Grant and Lincoln's invitation

[RJNorton]

I agree with Bill. I have read various descriptions of the "previous history" of the two ladies, and I simply think Julia Grant did not want to spend an evening at the theater sitting in the same box as Mary Lincoln. I believe this dislike may also have come up in 1879. The Grants were traveling in Europe and stopped in Pau, France, at the same time Mary Lincoln was there. No contact with Mary Lincoln was made, and Jean Baker uses the word "snubbed." Julia Grant later explained she and her husband didn't realize Mary was also in Pau until it was too late to visit her, but Jean Baker feels it was more likely "repayment for past slights." Who knows.