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Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir, Chapter 19: (search)
rch. A few days before the inauguration, Adolph E. Borie, of Philadelphia was in Washington, and ose his business as General-in-Chief. But when Borie was refused admission he sent his card to me, ion politics. Accordingly I suggested that as Borie had been so good a friend he should be accorded a moment's interview. Grant acquiesced, and Borie and his friends came in. There had been a vastnsylvania, and Grant at once inquired: Well, Mr. Borie, have you come to learn the name of the man from Pennsylvania? Borie disclaimed any curiosity, and two days afterward, returning to Philadelph of State; Stewart, Secretary of the Treasury; Borie, Secretary of the Navy; Creswell, Postmaster-Geen originally selected by Grant. Meanwhile Borie had read the notification of his appointment aanother Cabinet Minister delayed or declined. Borie was personally very much attached to Grant, anourse it was his regard for Grant that decided Borie, but he often laughingly said to me that but f
Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir, Chapter 47: (search)
ared with these, but, except with Rawlins, he had no personal relations with any of them, such as he maintained with several other friends; perhaps I should except Borie from this category; and certainly Grant had a profound personal regard for Fish, but he never confided to his Secretary of State, details of intimate thought and feeling such as Rawlins and possibly Borie shared. Borie was very close to Grant personally. He played cards, and whoever of Grant's intimates did this, had a peculiar hold upon him. For cards had a singular fascination for him. He was extremely fond of all games in which skill and chance are combined; perhaps they suggested war;Borie was very close to Grant personally. He played cards, and whoever of Grant's intimates did this, had a peculiar hold upon him. For cards had a singular fascination for him. He was extremely fond of all games in which skill and chance are combined; perhaps they suggested war; and when a man whom he liked in other affairs or for other reasons played with him, that man could become very intimate. But very few of his important or personal associates liked cards as he did; so that most of his comrades at the whist or poker table were men to whom his political or military or personal secrets were unknown.
Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir, Chapter 48: (search)
ident's daughter she was the object of a very natural attention. Mr. Borie, Grant's former Secretary of the Navy, was sailing for Europe with his wife, and Mrs. Grant requested Mrs. Borie to take Nellie with her. It was a great favor on Mrs. Borie's part, but she was happy to conseMrs. Borie's part, but she was happy to consent. She thought, however, that she was to take a schoolgirl, and she found she had a half-fledged princess on her hands. She did not want to young ladies, and they could not propose themselves. Then, too, Mrs. Borie had no gown to wear to court, but this difficulty was overcome, aey performed. On the return voyage, the young lady met her fate. Mr. and Mrs. Borie were both ill and kept their staterooms while Miss NeMrs. Borie were both ill and kept their staterooms while Miss Nellie remained on deck. There she fell in with a young Englishman, Algernon Sartoris, and before they reached America the mischief had been does to do the copying, but when they arrived he was worse off than Mrs. Borie. The son of the President and the gentleman who accompanied him
Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir, Chapter 50: (search)
ichmond was the naval vessel placed at his disposal by the Government of the United States. Mr. Borie was Grant's first Secretary of the Navy, and one of his most intimate and valued friends. He come over here therefore, and, if you get this in time, why not come with Young this week? Mr. Borie sails on Thursday, the 26th, by the steamer Ohio from Phila. He will accompany me on the whol form no idea of the time of my departure. I cannot leave Paris however until after the 15th. Mr. Borie, who goes with me, will want a little rest here, and if Fred goes he cannot arrive in Paris bece sealing this a cablegram informs me that Fred. sails in the Britannic on Saturday, to-day; Mr. Borie not until next week. U. S. G. Letter no. Forty-nine. In passing through London on his eption for him. He then proceeded to Paris, where he was joined by his son, Colonel Grant, and Mr. Borie. I returned with him to Paris, and accompanied him to Marseilles, from which place he sailed