The Washington herald., 1915-10-06
HISTORY BUILDERS.
When Grant First Met Abraham Lin
coin
Tomorrow-TroubIe with the Fren
Republic.
Written expressly for The Washington Herald }
By DIR. r.. }. EDWARDS.

Written expressly for The Washington Herald)
By DIR. r.. }. EDWARDS.
The late Frederick Dent Grant. son of
Gen. L. $. Grant. told me that he had in
mind the publication OF a loW-priced edi-
ton of his fathers memoirs. to which he
would add many anecdotes which he
thought would furnish some good side
lights upon the character and tempera-
mcnt of the great man. Gen. Grant de-
layed the preparations of the low-priced
edition of the memoirs of his father, pre-
sumably rcs-rving that work until after
he should be retired from active service
in the regular army. His death made
such valuable contribution as his anec-
dotes would prove to be to the lie OF
his father impossible.
1t was at this time that Gen. Fred
Grant told ME of his journey from the
West to Washington in the late fall OF
1864 with his father. President Lincoln
was to commission Gen. Grant lieuten-
ant general, and had summoned him to
Washington for the purpose of delivering
the commission to Gen. Grant in the
presence of the members of the Ca abinet.
| said to Gen. Grant that l had heard
that President Lincoln and his father
had not met personally until Gen. Grant
/ went to the Cabinet room at the White
House to receive his commission as lieu
tenant general
That was an impression which VAS
Widespread" Gen. Grant replied. 1T was
true that my father had never met or
even seen at a distance any member OF
President Lincoln's Cabinet until he met
! them in the cabinet room when he went
there to receive his commission. But he
had seen Mr.. Lincoln and had actually
been introduced to him.
1T was while We lived at Galcna. Ill.
Lincoln WAS engaged in the famous joint
debate with stephen A. Douglas. and
father learned that Lincoln and Douglas
were to speak at FrccpOrt. Ill, one aft
crnoon Father had been greatly inter-
estrd in reading reports of the debate.
which appeared in the Chicago newspa-
/ pcrs. so that he determined to go TO
F'reeport and hear and see both Lintoln
and douglas.
After Lincoln had delivered to my faith
er the commission as lieutenant general
and father had mad" his V'Ely, the Pres
ident said that that was the first occa-
sion on which they had ever met.
In reply, father said that they had
met before and MIR. Lincoln asked him
when Father said that he went TO Free
mort to hear Lincoln speak in lSiS. and
that after tne SpetCI N'is 'h~'" i'S y" "'''
introduced to sir. Lincoln by common
friend But he added that II was not
strange that Mr. Lincoln did not remem-
Der him since a great many other per-
sons were introduced to him that day.
Thereupon Mr.. Lincoln said. There were
indeed a great many. and it is not strange
that ! should not remember all OF
them.
So II was in the summer of ISIS that
the man who was to be President OF the
United States three wears later met ana
took the hand of the leather clerk OF
Galena, who. six years later. was to be
commissioned by President Lincoln lieu
tenant general OF the Union armies.
Tomorrow Or. Edwards Will tell OF
"The Mystery of Sealed Envelope.