HENRY T. HACKETT
                 ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW 
                      226 UNION STREET
                POUGHKEEPSIE.       NEW YORK
 
                                   Dec. 19th, 1938.
 
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt 
The White House 
Washington, D. C.
 
Dear Franklin:
 
               I acknowledge receipt of your 
letter of the 9th instant containing check for $200.
to my order to reimburse me for that amount paid to
John DeWitt Lent; also leases signed by you with 
Arnold Berge and Christian Bie.
 
              I will have these leases signed
by Berge and Bie as soon as possible.
 
              Feller has finished drilling 
the well at the Tompkins house and Mrs. Johannessen 
has just told me that the plumber has connected it with
the water system in the house.
 
              Peter C. Rohan paid today his 
installment of rent amounting to $250. which is due
this month.
 
               With kindest regards and best 
wishes for a Happy Christmas and New Year, I am
 
                                Sincerely yours,
 
                                Henry T. Hackett