BRETT & WYCKOFF, INC.
                            REAL ESTATE
                        400 MADISON AVENUE
                          AT 47TH STREET
                            NEW YORK
 
 
                                            November 22,
1938
 
The Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Georgia
 
My dear Mr. President:
 
             I have taken the liberty of writing you at the
above address relative to Hyde Park, as an idea occurred to
me recently and I thought that at present you would have
time to digest it and let me have your reaction.
 
             It occurred to me that you really ought to be
the owner of the Huyler property of 880 acres, and I can
sell it to you exclusively for $55,000, or $62.50 per acre,
and I thought I could then contact our friend, Judge Mack,
who would put me in a position to see Banks in Poughkeepsie
relative to a purchase money mortgage. I am quite confident
I could get this type of mortgage for all or nearly all the
entire purchase price. You could therefore carry this
property for five or ten years as you so desired, as a
dairy that is now functioning on the East Park section
could be enlarged and properly developed to more than carry
the property.
 
             I also thought that within the time I have
mentioned possibly Franklin, Jr. or James might want land
in this section. Also I can think of at least a dozen of
your
friends to whom portions of this property could be sold by
you.
 
             I am enclosing a diagram showing how the
property is now divided among the several Huyler heirs, and
their attorney,Mr. Alexander A. Maypher, has said that they
are all anxious to dispose of this property and want to
sell it to the first purchaser who comes along.
 
             May I ask that you give this matter serious
consideration and allow me to see you when you return to
Washington relative