Grant and Lincoln's invitation

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(10-10-2014 07:45 PM)STS Lincolnite Wrote:  So who is actually reporting this to the author of the article? Grant or his unidentified friend? Based on the structure of the article, it sounds to me like the author is relaying the words of the "friend". Not that that necessarily negatively impacts the veracity of the account.

Grant once said to an aide, "Ah, you know my weaknesses, my children and my horses." Is it then safe to say that his family was one of the most important things in his life? Can you than make the conclusion that Grant’s relationship with his wife was a devoted and happy one and that he loved his children?

Julia Grant began her memoirs by dictating to her son Frederick and later to a secretary The memoirs were then edited by John Y Simon. Does that make the memoirs less reliable?