Louise married Stephen Griswold, her late sister's widower, on New Year's Day 1862. In 1867 they embarked on a trip to Europe on an English steamer from New York City. They arrived in Liverpool and toured England, including London where they saw Queen Victoria and her children. After several days in England, the Griswolds crossed the English channel and toured France and Switzerland. They crossed the Alps into Italy and traveled down to Naples, where they met up with a party of "pilgrims" leaving for the Holy Land on the steamer Quaker City, the first trans-Atlantic American cruise. A fellow passenger, Mark Twain, was on board with the task of sending articles back to the United States about the journey. These articles were later compiled into Innocents Abroad, his first best-seller which jump-started his career. Many passengers of the voyage became characters in Twain's book, and Mr. Griswold was not written about favorably by Twain. Stephen's wife Louise kept her own journal of the journey, and after returning was encouraged by friends to publish it as "A Woman's Pilgrimage to the Holy Land", a log of the places and people encountered. It was published in 1872 and Stephen submitted a copy to the Library of Congress. Stephen worked as a jeweler and was elected to the New York State Senate, representing the 3rd district in 1886-1887.
Louise married Stephen Griswold, her late sister's widower, on New Year's Day 1862. In 1867 they embarked on a trip to Europe on an English steamer from New York City. They arrived in Liverpool and toured England, including London where they saw Queen Victoria and her children. After several days in England, the Griswolds crossed the English channel and toured France and Switzerland. They crossed the Alps into Italy and traveled down to Naples, where they met up with a party of "pilgrims" leaving for the Holy Land on the steamer Quaker City, the first trans-Atlantic American cruise. A fellow passenger, Mark Twain, was on board with the task of sending articles back to the United States about the journey. These articles were later compiled into Innocents Abroad, his first best-seller which jump-started his career. Many passengers of the voyage became characters in Twain's book, and Mr. Griswold was not written about favorably by Twain. Stephen's wife Louise kept her own journal of the journey, and after returning was encouraged by friends to publish it as "A Woman's Pilgrimage to the Holy Land", a log of the places and people encountered. It was published in 1872 and Stephen submitted a copy to the Library of Congress. Stephen worked as a jeweler and was elected to the New York State Senate, representing the 3rd district in 1886-1887.
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