The Court of Alexander III: Letters of Mrs. Lothrop, Wife of the Late Honorable George Van Ness Lothrop, Former Minister.of the United States to Russia 4ced. By William Prall.

In the spring of the year 1885 President Cleveland appointed the late George Van Ness Lothrop, of Detroit, Michigan, to the position of Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to Russia. Shortly after his acceptance of the appointment Mr. Lothrop and his wife and daughters sailed for England, and proceeded to St. Petersburg. Here they resided, with intervals of vacation, for more than three years. Mrs. Lothrop, upon her arrival on Russian soil, began to write to members of her family letters descriptive of the persons and things she saw with the simple idea of giving information to her correspondents. However, when she returned home she was informed that her letters had been read by, or to, her immediate friends; and they kindly suggested that she ought to collect and publish them.
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