Grant and Lincoln's invitation

[Linda Anderson]

I have a hard time with Mary Lincoln. It seems she could be lovely when she wanted to be and not so lovely when it didn't suit her. She snubbed Mrs. Seward and Fanny when Mrs. Seward came to pay a courtesy call on her when Mrs. Seward first came to Washington in September 1861. Mary didn't like Seward but she should have met with Mrs. Seward for Lincoln's sake.

Do you suppose Grant knew Mrs. Lincoln called him "an obstinate fool and a butcher?"

I'd like to read the book on Kate Chase, too. She was young, beautiful and smart but she had a tough time with the men in her life, namely her alcoholic husband and her cold fish of a father.