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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00785 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1870s |
| Title | Elizabeth B. Custer to Mary F. Stoughton congratulating her on the promotion of her husband and noting her own fatigue |
| Date | ca. 1878 |
| Author | Custer, Elizabeth B. (1842-1933) |
| Recipient | Stoughton, Mary Fiske Bound Green |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Congratulates Stoughton on the appointment of her husband, Edwin W. Stoughton, to U.S. Minister to Russia (served from 1878-1879). Wishes her well on her trip and asks to be remembered to their Russian friends, particularly Admiral Poisson. In a despondent tone, she notes that "My work absorbs most of my time and I am so fatigued by it I can sleep now. My cousins are living here with me so I am not utterly alone." Written on mourning stationery and signed "Libbie B. Custer." Libbie's husband, George Armstrong Custer, died at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876. |
| Subjects | Women's History Children and Family Diplomacy Global History and Civics |
| People | Custer, Elizabeth Bacon (1842-1933) Stoughton, Mary Fiske Bound Green (fl. 1841-1899) Stoughton, E. W. (Edwin Wallace) (1818-1882) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | Reconstruction; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |