HENRY T. HACKETT 
            ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW  
                  226 UNION STREET     
            POUGHKEEPSIE,    NEW YORK           
                                         
                                      Nov. 3rd, 1938.
 
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt                                  
Hyde Park                                                   
Dutchess County, N.Y.                                       
          
 
Dear Franklin:
 
     I acknowledge receipt of your note of November 1st
containing letter from Henry J. Toombs dated October 3rd,
1938 requesting that the insurance on the Dutchess Hill
cottage be increased to $15,000. I have just called up Mr.
Luckey and he informs me that there is now $15,000.
insurance on the Dutchess Hill cottage.
 
     I acknowledge receipt of your note of November 2nd and
certificate issued by the New York Fire Insurance Rating
Organization approving the electrical installation in the
Hughson house by Charles Engelhardt.
 
     Hatfield has written to Mrs. Leo, one of the Lent
heirs, to ascertain the places of residence of her brothers 
and as yet has not received any reply. He told me today that
he will write her again on Monday if he does not hear by that
time.
 
     The deed from Anna Dupilka to Frank Jacobs and Charles
Jacobs dated June 28, 1917 and recorded in Liber 398 at page
521 contains the following:
 
     "Except a right of way, if any, over the premises above
described from what is known as the Lent wood lot to the
public highway."
 
      I will write to Frank Jacobs and tell him that you
have no desire to purchase his farm at this time.
 
     Judge Rosenman has written me that he thinks the Rohan 
price is too high.
 
      Hoping to see you before you return to Washington, I
am
 
                    Sincerely yours,
 
                   Henry T. Hackett