(CUSTER GEORGE A) [CUSTER ELIZABETH B] Autograph Note unsign

Sale 2058 - Lot 52

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(CUSTER, GEORGE A.) [CUSTER, ELIZABETH B.] Autograph Note, unsigned, to Custer, declining his invitation to attend a concert as she is already going with her father, written at the very start of their courtship. 1/2 page, single 8vo sheet; wrinkled, a bit toned and soiled. Monroe, December 1862

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Home on leave from the War, Custer met Libbie at a Thanksgiving party and began courting her against the wishes of her family. "Nearing her twentieth birthday as well as her graduation from Boyd's Seminary, she was considered the prettiest girl in Monroe . . . Yet in a letter to a friend Libbie wrote, 'I don't care for him except as an escort'"--Frost, The Custer Album, page 33.