Hyde Park, New York 
                                      August 11, 1939
 
Dear Henry:
 
        In regard to the Schmaling farm, I think it is all 
right to bid up to $8,250. This for 155 acres would be 
about $53.00 an acre. Will you, therefore, go ahead with 
this bid on August twenty-second. You can reach me at any 
time on the ship by sending a telegram to the White House 
with the request that it be transmitted by radio.
 
              Sincerely yours,
              Franklin Roosevelt
 
              Henry T. Hackett, Esq.,
              226 Union Street,
              Poughkeepsie, New York.