Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir

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I will telegraph you the exact day when I will be in London as soon as possible, and also the day when I will go to Birmingham.

Yours Truly,

U. S. Grant. Gen. A. Badeau.

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Letter no. Nineteen.

The last part of this letter refers to the assertion made by a prominent American that I had not been authorized or invited to accompany General Grant on his tour, but had thrust myself upon him.

Warsash, Oct. 5th 1877.

Dear Gen.,—I enclose you two cards of invitation to the Merchant Tailors' feast which you may accept formally. I have already informed them informally, in reply to a note sent to ascertain if I could attend, that I would be in London on the 18th of Oct.

My plans from now until we go to the Continent are about complete, and if you will be kind enough you may arrange accordingly. On Monday the 15th we will be in London: on Wednesday, the 17th, I would like to go to Birmingham to return the next day evening. On Saturday—the 20th—we go to Brighton to be the guests of Capt. Ashbury until the following Tuesday. We then return to London and will go to Paris on the 24th.

I am amazed at what you say about . . . but are you sure he has made any such statements as you quote? Everything I have said in his presence—or elsewhere—disproves his statements if he has made them. You have been of incalculable help to me, and your presence has been most acceptable to our whole party. When I see . . . I will take occasion to put in a few words that he will feel if he has been talking as you suspect.

Very Truly Yours,

U. S. Grant. Gen. A. Badeau.

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Letter no. Twenty.

The Mr. Walter spoken of in this letter was the proprietor of the London Times, who had invited General Grant to pay him a visit at his country seat of Bearwood.