The Hacketts and the Roosevelts and Other River Families: An Informal History of the Relationship between a Firm of Country Lawyers and Their Aristocratic Clients

ix, 104 pp. Original wrappers. An informal history of the relationship between a firm of country lawyers and their aristocratic clients. This book is about the Hacketts and their clients and the time and place in which they lived - a little-known part of Dutchess County history. The Hacketts were a family of country lawyers who served the Hudson River aristocracy for more than a hundred years.