Show FATES ODD MIXING OF TWO MESSAGES the well beloved daniel frohman frohmann sends me the following interesting information the late leonard grover a widely knonk theatrical manager of the early was the manager of the theater in washington in 1805 wherein abraham lincoln was shot lie he told me the following curious story in connection with that event it was the custom of the president to send word to sir mr grover to say when it would be convenient for him and his family to attend a performance at fords theater one day previous to the memorable tragedy he drove down penn sylvanita syl vanla vanta avenue and stopped in front of the theater he tore off a margin from the newspaper in his possession and wrote on it that he and his fam i lly ily would be happy to attend the next nest evening the play was our amerlean american cousin about this time sir mr grover was negotiating with J wilkes booth for a continuance of his contract as an actor in the ford theater company booth wrote mr grover a note on a sheet of paper folded in two tia sections saying he would accept the renewal renewal mr grover tossed Lincol ns script into a receptacle and he also put by mr booths letter many years afterward mr grover told me in looking through an old trunk to get letters and material for j a book he be was writing he came across mr booths old letter folded inside the fold of the letter was the strip of newspaper lincoln had used tc write on william lyon phelps in serab 1 ners nera magazine |