General Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia were invited to accompany President Lincoln and Mrs. Lincoln to the play at Ford's Theater, but Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Lincoln were not on good terms. Therefore, the Grants declined the invitation. Several others also declined an invitation before Major Henry R. Rathbone and Rathbone's fiancee, Clara Harris agreed to sit with the Presidential couple.
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