Aug. 6th, 1940.         
 
 
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Dutchess County, N. Y.
 
Dear Franklin:
 
             Replying to your letter of August 3rd in 
reference to the Hyde Park assessments, this morning I c
ompared the 1939 and 1940 tax books, which are now in the 
Town Clerk's office, and found that they had made no 
allowance in the assessment of the residence to your mother 
for the 16.31 acres conveyed by deed dated July 24th, 1939 
to the U. S.Government and that they had increased the 
assessment of the Dumphy farm lying west of Violet Avenue 
from $5700. to $8000. Those were the only objections I 
could find to the assessments.
 
             I will write to John Vandewater, the Chairman 
of the Board of Assessors, and ask that a reasonable
reduction be made in the assessment of the residence 
property to your mother for the 16.31 acres of land conveyed
to the Government by deed dated July 24th, 1939.
 
 
             I also have your note of August 3rd in
reference to the deeds which I am holding for your mother.
 
                              Sincerely yours,
                              Henry Hackett