Correspondence (incoming): Grant, Julia D, 1889

SE 66th New York

Nov 9th 89

Thank you my dear Mrs Stanford for the basket of bright and beautiful flowers you sent me for Riverside.

I will take them up the first good day. We are having very wet weather now, and I am not feeling so well

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him words of good Please remember me to both your brothers and The Senator

And believe me always yours affectionately

Julia D. Grant

Monday Nov 11th

We have been to Bayreuth to hear the Operas of Wagners I will bring you the libretto of Parsifal I thought of you and your Leland and all the temptation of youth of my dear Ulysses - Persaval [sic] looked just like him and was as pure Ida, and I wrote you about the same

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you are, suppose I was looking for a letter from you as I counted up the time I might expect an answer to my letter of June 2nd But when none came, I was and am, afraid, you have gone on that nice trip, you promised to take me - have you?

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all these beautiful things. Fred and Ida have gone to look up a place for us during the summer, that will be cooler than here.

Our children Julia & Ulysses have the whooping cough but not badly, and one we hope over the worst of it. We found the out going minister quite feeble

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He was very nice as was his wife They were very polite and did every thing they could to make us comfortable. Fred and Ida did the same for them sending their carrage [sic] to take them to and fro to depot, &c, &c, with considerate messages &c. My dear Mrs Stanford I am afraid you will be quite fatigued with

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We were served by ladies of the Royal families Princess Metternich, and many ladies of high degree. We ate some of Baron Rothchilds [sic Rothschilds] luchus [sic luscious] peaches, whom we had the pleasure of seeing also. This fatee [sic fete] was given for charity the proceeds going to the poor. We saw a beautiful set of opals like yours and a sets [sic] of gold service. I thought of you whilst looking at

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this long letter. But I must say we all send you ever so many kind wishes and all join me in love to you and the Senator wont you write to me? Your very sincere friend Julia D. Grant

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If I had not brought my sister Mrs Dent with me, I should have often been lonely, but as she is with me, and always agreeable I am not lonely ever. Mrs Dent and I are taking lessons in German. I cannot say however that we are making much

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progress-. We walk daily out, and look at all the novelity [sic] of this most interesting country-. And such pretty things as we see: china glass, silver, and jewels, all, all so enticing, and so beautiful and all, are heroically [pressed?} but greatly admired by this party We have visited all the churches with their magnificent