Dec. 12th, 193l.
           
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Executive Mansion,
Albany, N. Y.
 
Dear Governor:-
          I have written Mr. Reilly, as requested in your
letter of the 3rd inst., and enclosed herewith his reply 
thereto.
 
          The only letters I can find regarding the grant 
are enclosed herewith - one from Secretary of State Lazansky 
and one from you.    Have written the Trust Company and 
asked them to look over any communications they might have 
among the papers in their possession but have received no 
reply from them yet.
 
Any assurance from the State in writing would have been 
sent to your brother personally and it might be a good idea 
to have one of Sam Rosenman's assistants look over the 
Attorney General's files in this matter, if possible, 
and see if a copy of a letter giving the assurances about 
filling in the land granted spoken of by you cannot be 
found among the Attorney General's old files.
 
             With best wishes, believe me
               John Hackett