Show FATES ODD MIXING OF TWO MESSAGES the well belfied daniel Fr oliman sends me the following interesting in information formation the lute late leonard grower grover a alde widely haloin theatrical manager malinger of the early was the manager of the theater in washington in ml where in abraham lincoln was shot lie told me the following curious story in connection with tant event it was the custom of the lie president to send word to mr ir grover to say bay when it would be convenient for him and ills family to attend a performance for mance at fords theater one day previous to the memorable tragedy lie drove down pennsylvania syl vanla avenue and stopped in front of the tb theater enter ile he tore off n margin from the newspaper in his posses poises eton elon and wrote on it that lie he and ills his daml family ly would be happy to attend littena the next nest evening n the play was our american cousin about tills this time mr grover was negotiating with J wilkes booth for a continuance of his con condriet triet ns an actor in the ford theater company booth wrote mr air grover a note on a sheet of paper folded in two sections saeng lie he would accept the renewal mr grover tossed Lincol ns script into a receptacle and lie he also put t there here mr air booths letter many years afterward mr air grov er told me in looking through an old trunk ro 0 get letters and material for a book lie he was writing wilting he came across mr air booths old letter folded inside the fold of the letter was the strip of newspaper lincoln had used to write on william lyon phelps in scribners magazine |