Letter to "Charlie", 1873 October 6.

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Letter to "Charlie", 1873 October 6.

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In a letter to "Charlie" [Charles Kendall?] Custer discusses his stallion "Frogtown," a champion racer, whom he intends to stand or to sell for a considerable profit. He also mentions a house sale; payment on a loan and on his Michigan farm; attendance with General Sheridan at an Army of the Tennessee reunion in Toledo; his new quarters at Fort Abraham Lincoln "the most important military post in the U.S"; successful hunting; visit from a relative; and his wife Libbie.

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