Show FATES ODD MIXING OF TWO MESSAGES the well beloved daniel Froh niall sends bends me the following foli owing interesting information the late leonard grover a wide ty ly blown theatrical mana manager gerOf of the ell early aly TOs was the manager of the theater la in washington in ISO wherein abraham lincoln was shot lie ile told me the following curious story in connection with that event it was waa the custom of the president t to 0 send word to mr grover r to a say ay when it would be conven convenient lent for him and his big family to attend a performance for mance at fords theater one day previous to tile the memorable tragedy lie drove down pennsylvania avenue and stopped in front of the theater ile he tore off a margin from the newspaper in his posses poises ston slon and wrote on it that lie and his family wo would uld be happy to attend tile the next evening the play was our american cousin about this time mr grover wai m negotiating with J willies Booth for a continuance of his c as nn an actor in the ford fold theater company booth wrote mr G grover a note on a sheet of paper folded in two sections sect loni saying lie he would accept the renewal mr air grover tossed lincoln Lincol ns script into a receptacle and he also put there mr booths letter many years tears afterward mr air grov brov er cr told me in looking through nn an old trunk ro 0 o get letters and material for or a book he was writing he came across mr air booths old letter fol doil inside the fold of the letter was the strip of newspaper lincoln had used to write on william lyon phelps in scribners magazine |