ceeds of said real estate, shall be a part of the said
residue and remainder of my estate, and shall be divided
and disposed of as above directed in this, the sixth
paragraph, of my last Will and Testament.
 
  Seventh:--I direct my executors and trustees to make 
such investments as they may deem safe and proper, and they 
may retain as part of said trust funds, investments I have 
made during my life, they to be in no manner liable or 
responsible for any loss, except through fraud or gross 
negligence.
 
  Eighth:---I do hereby appoint my wife sole guardian of my 
son Franklin D. Roosevelt, and I wish him to be under the 
influence of his mother.
 
  Ninth:--I give and bequeath to each of my executors and
trustees the sum of one thousand dollars, in lieu of
executors' and trustees' fees and commissions, and they
shall not be required to give bonds in either capacity.
 
  And Lastly:--I do hereby nominate and appoint my beloved 
wife executrix, my son James R. Roosevelt, my brother John 
A. Roosevelt, and my brother-in-law Warren Delano, Jr.,executors 
and trustees of this, my last Will and Testament,hereby 
revoking all former Wills by me made.
 
  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and 
affixed my seal this 20th day of April in the year one thousand 
nine hundred (1900).  
 
                                JAMES ROOSEVELT. [L. S.]
 
Witnesses:  JOHN HACKETT.
            Jos. A. DAUGHTON.
 
  The foregoing instrument was, on the day of the date thereof,
signed, sealed, published and declared by James Roosevelt, the 
above named testator, as and for his last Will and Testament, 
in our presence, and we then and there at his request, in his 
presence, and in the presence of each other have hereunto 
subscribed our names as witnesses.
 
            JOHN HACKETT, residing at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
        Jos. A. DAUGHTON, residing at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
 
  I, James Roosevelt, of the Town of Hyde Park, in the County 
of Dutchess and State of New York, being of sound mind and memory,
do make, ordain, publish, acknowledge and declare this to be a 
Codicil to my last Will and Testament, bearing date April 20th, 
1900, as follows, viz:
 
  WHEREAS, By my last Will and Testament, dated April            
20th,1900, I have given, bequeathed and devised        
unto my wife for and during her life, the use and        
enjoyment of all of that farm of land situate in        
the Town of Hyde Park, and generally known as the        
"Bracken Place," excepting that part which my Will        
states to have been theretofore sold by me to        
Thomas E. Parker; and
 
  WHEREAS, The said sale to said Parker of said part of        
said Bracken Place was, in fact, no sale but        
simply a verbal agreement to sell to said Parker        
the north part of said "Bracken Place," and there        
never has been any transfer, deed or conveyance of
any kind from me to said Parker of any part of the        
said "Bracken Place"; and
 
  WHEREAS, The said Thomas E. Parker has recently        
concluded not to purchase any part of said        
"Bracken Place"; and 
 
  WHEREAS, The said Thomas E. Parker and I have            
heretofore settled and adjusted all matters        
involved in, relating to or affected by said        
agreement to sell to him said part of said       
 "Bracken Place," and we have, for good and        
valuable considerations, paid by each to the        
other, cancelled and annulled said agreement for
       the sale to said Parker of said part of said         
"Bracken Place";
 
  Now, THEREFORE, I, being the exclusive owner of the        
whole of said "Bracken Place" and the said Parker        
having no right, title or interest of any kind,           
either in law or in equity therein, do hereby        
give,bequeath and devise unto my wife, for and        
during her life, the
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