Frederick D. Grant

Banhofs Hôtel

Coburg, den July 16th 1980

My Dear Senator Stanford:

We arrived safely at Bamburg after leaving you and Mrs Stanford at Kissinger where each and all of us were so delighted to be with you again. I write especially now to express our great appreciation of your kindess to us there, and the hospitality which we were unconsciously accepting of you, while at the hotel, I asked for my bill the night before leaving and again in the morning, but each time was told that

to you and express our gratitude for your former kindness, as well as to have the pleasure of seeing you, by going to pay our respects to you then.

We shall all cherish our visit to Kissinger with the greatest happiness, and the memories also of our excursion up to the Old Castle with you and Mrs Stanford. Our little children are surprisingly happy in remembering their good time and all that you and Mrs Stanford did for them. We were very glad to meet Mr Lathrop and send our warm regards to him as well as to Mr Nash.

We are looking forward to surely seeing you in Vienna sometime during the month of September. Mrs Stanford has told Ida that we may not hope to have you at our house, which is a disappointment for us, but we shall at least try to contribute to your pleasure while you are there and I beg, my dear Senator, that you will either telegraph or have word written me when you & your party will arrive in Vienna, as soon as that time is decided upon.

With most affectionate regards for us all for you Mrs Stanford and your party. I remain faithfully yours F. D. Grant

LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES,

VIENNA.

October 11th 91

My Dear Gov'r Stanford:

I am most grateful for your letter of August 31st, as well as for the one received from Mrs Stanford shortly before yours, it gives me always the deepest pleasure to hear from you both, and I have been reading lately with especial interest about your great University which is already of world wide fame, and is

being opened this Fall with such success. What satisfaction and happiness you and Mrs Stanford must feel in all of your good works, and their beneficial results to humanity.

With reference to my message to you, I certainly telegraphed in ignorance of the inwardness of Mr Carl Frankfurther's design and hope I did not give you trouble in any way. I am quite dumb-founded at

the methods adopted by foreigners, who consider themselves gentlemen, to carry out matrimonial schemes. The sentiment and delicacy, which we think should control marriages, is left out of the question, by them. I am glad that you understood at once, that I was being misled.

My familiy and I, are very well, and are enjoying our home life here in Vienna, more than