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Letter from Charlotte Cushman and Emma Stebbins to the Fields family, May 3, 1860

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Cushman expresses her delight upon receiving a letter from the Fields while they were in Florence. She will leave Rome on May 13th, weather permitting, and plans to arrive in London on May 25th or 26th. She will pick up the Crows in Paris along the…

[no title], Cincinnati Daily Press, Dec 13, 1861

1861. Cincinnati Daily Press. CC home in Rome.pdf
This short entry in a section dedicated for house wives reports that Charlotte Cushman is in Rome and is mostly engaging in charitable activities. Credit Newspapers.com, Ancestry

"Theatrical Gossip", New York Times, Jul 9, 1860

1860. Theatrical Gossip_NYT - Omeka.pdf
This article reports that Charlotte Cushman arrived in the United States on the Persia and has plans of visiting California shortly. Credit The New York Times TimesMachine

London

In October 1844, Cushman moves to Europe to pursue her career there. In England, Cushman meets Mary Howitt, Geraldine Jewsbury, Eliza Cook, Sarah Anderton, and Matilda Hays, all of whom turn out to be admirers of her and boost her career in the…

"CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN", New York Weekly, Dec 20, 1860

1860. Sarah Gould poem to Charlotte Cushman.pdf
A poem dedicated to Charlotte Cushman. Credit EBSCO Research Databases

"WINTER GARDEN—REAPPEARANCE OF MISS CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN", New York Times, Oct 2, 1860

1860. Reappearance_NYT.pdf
This article reports that Charlotte Cushman performed in the United States the first time in three years due to the long time she spent in Europe. She performed as Mrs. Haller in the play The Stranger at Winter Garden drew a large crowd. Among the…

"MISS CUSHMAN", Glasgow Herald, Jun 4, 1858

1858. Glasgow Herald. CC observed.pdf
This article reports that Charlotte Cushman and Susan Cushman Muspratt were present at the President's levee at Washington and had been received by the President with "marked attention". They had also been invited to dinner at homes of "others of the…

"Charlotte Cushman," Chicago Tribune, June 22, 1878

This review laments that Emma Stebbins's biography of Charlotte Cushman lacks a proper account of Cushman's dramatic career and instead focuses too much on her private life. Emma Stebbins first met Cushman in Rome and the "two ladies soon became…

"Old Maids," Woman's Voice and Public School Champion, Jan 25, 1896

1896. Woman Voice. Old Maids - Cushman.pdf
The article refers to an account of Frances Willard who was asked to provide information on famous "spinsters" or "old maids." The author adds to this list and refers to Willard's account as a "catalogue of famous spinsters."The author, E.E. F.,…

Frances Albert Doughty's "Noted Bachelors and Spinsters," Catholic World, Aug 1898

1898. Catholic World. Bachelors and Spinster. omeka.pdf

"It is always interesting to observe how persons above the average of their kind have demonstrated the usefulness and the happiness of life under exceptional conditions. Biography, however, is as limited in revealing the actual feelings of the great…