Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-03
I'd EDITION.
--latest kilograms to The Star.
WRITTEN By GEN. GRANT.
Nearly Two Hundred Tablets Preserved
ny DE. Douglas - The Originals to be
PRESENTED 70 the Family-InterestfnS
incidents Of the Generals Last Days.

Special Dispatch to THE EVENING STAR.
MT. McGREGoR, N. Y, August 3.-Dr. Doug
Las mas preserved nearly 200 tablets written to
him by Gen. Grant during his illness He pro-
the originals to the family. This morning your
correspondent was given opportunity to look Mt
some Of them. Shortly after Gen Grant began to
the cancer affected the vocal cords he wrote as
follows on the 18th of June to Dr. Douglas 81
snan nave 10 be careful about my writing. I
1t In his pocket. Some day they will be coming
up against my English" It was Gen. Grants
OF the war and the records of the Rebellion very
closely and carefully, and then to sit down and
write ior hours at a stretch on his memoirs.
MAKING BOOK AND A COFFIN.
on the 2od OF june at p. m, he tried to tell
DR.. Douglas something about his condition, and
he wrote the following: II said had been ad-
ding to my book and to my coffin. presume
every strain on the mind or body is one more
his book sn Th P be
lay awake nights after he had been reading
up, and planned what he should write, and that
haps longer than they should. On the 27th Of
June, at 10 am, the general wrote: II don't
talk because ,a my mouth is easy and want to
now I would probably go to work pre-
pairing par ,s something for reading up" Be
patient had told DR.. Douglas that he had fin
1shed about what he had on hand of his memo
randa, for his book was constantly on his mind,
ana whenever ne was depressed or WEAKNESS
overcame him, he seemed to find comfort and
relief In his work. On the same day in the af-
ternoon he wrote tablet saying that he had
been at WORK despite what he had said in the
morning; He wrote at o'clock in the after
noon: II wrote four pages. 1 tore it off and
eriy." '' ''"O - '''0fe l Gun "fi'e pfop-
Els VIEWS ON LINCOLN AND STANTON.
On the I'd of July, at pm, the general wrote
this interesting tablet: I have had no rest
since you lett there. Think feel more like
viii try to rest little however pe Worked ie and
feel little weak from it, but cannot sleep.
From this morning I have dozed off few
have been writing up my views of some of our
generals and of the character of Lincoln and
stanton. don't place Stanton as some people:
Mr.; LINCOLN cannot be exalted too highly"
Most Of the tablets, all of them with a few ex-
ceptions, in fact, refer to the symptoms of the
disease. On June Goth, at pm, he wrote:
"This is always the trouble; no matter how
well get along the balance of the twenty-fou.
hours, when the middle of the afternoon com.
uncomfortable"
On the 30th Of June the general wrote the
following: "The atmosphere here enables me
TO i've n IN comparative comfort while am being
treated or while nature is taking its course with
my disease. have no idea that l should
have been able to come here now If had re-
would have been alive now. would be much
better able to move back than was to come up
at The time did" This the general signed with
his name, a. U. s. Grant"
On the 1st of July the general expressed the
wish to have wine discontinued, and wrote as
follows: 81 have not taken any wine in six
days. So far as have tried, don't think alco-
holic drinks agree with me. They seem to heat
me up, and have no other effect" Gen. Grant
had periods of dependency, and when he was
respondent he always seemed to fear that he
might strangle OR choke to death. DR.. Doug
las assured him that there was no danger
of this, provided assistance was near.
This allayed the dependency of his patient.
On July Sd the general wrote as follows: 'There
are times when could not recover if left to
myself. What is to be my fateto-night DOCTOR
will have to lay awake making it study? 1t
Is about as much as 1 could stand to go
through another night His anxiety not to be
left alone too was the very reason why DE-
Douglas remained by him faithfully ana
SO constantly ready tor any emergency. July
4th at p IN. he wrote: II have been getting
along very. well to-day. There is a growing
weakness however,