Letter from Charlotte Cushman to James Fields, [before 1876]
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Title
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to James Fields, [before 1876]
Subject
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Fields, Annie, 1834-1915
Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881
Illness
Social Events--Travels
Description
Charlotte Cushman asks James to forward her regrets to Mr. Longfellow as she will not be able to meet with him because she is departing for Newport.
Credit
Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields Papers and AddendaCreator
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Source
Huntington, JTFP, Box 12, FI 719
Date
before 1876
Type
Reference
Letter Item Type Metadata
Text
[page 1] Dear friend
I ought to go to New Port [Newport] this afternoon. I ought to have gone on Saty [Saturday]. on Friday. & now I am really going tomorrow. so I shall not be able to accept the Kind [?] visitations of Mr Longfellow on Wednesday. will you convey to him my regrets at missing his visit - and also my inability to go out to see him. Mr +++ comes [?] this Monday [?]. & has gone this afternoon. your note came too late for me to
[page 2] deliver your message to him. I am not feeling well today or would come again & see you
Ever yours & Annies [inserted, sic] aff [affectionately]
Charlotte
I have seen Mr Warwood.
Many thanks to Annie.
I ought to go to New Port [Newport] this afternoon. I ought to have gone on Saty [Saturday]. on Friday. & now I am really going tomorrow. so I shall not be able to accept the Kind [?] visitations of Mr Longfellow on Wednesday. will you convey to him my regrets at missing his visit - and also my inability to go out to see him. Mr +++ comes [?] this Monday [?]. & has gone this afternoon. your note came too late for me to
[page 2] deliver your message to him. I am not feeling well today or would come again & see you
Ever yours & Annies [inserted, sic] aff [affectionately]
Charlotte
I have seen Mr Warwood.
Many thanks to Annie.
From
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
To
Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881
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Collection
Citation
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876, “Letter from Charlotte Cushman to James Fields, [before 1876],” Archival Gossip Collection, accessed April 19, 2024, https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/173.