They buried the President's mother, in quiet dignity, in St. James's churchyard at Hyde Park, where for 41 years her husband's body had awaited her. Next day, in Poughkeepsie, her will was filed.
To Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, her daughter-in-law, and to her five grandchildren, Mrs. Roosevelt left one-tenth of her estate, to be divided in six equal parts. To St. James Church she gave $5,000. The rest of her estate she bequeathed "unto my beloved son, Franklin D. Roosevelt, forever."
Under the terms of his father's will, the President also inherits the sprawling, 113-year-old estate at Hyde Park which belonged to...
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