Browse Items (224 total)

  • Tags: travel/touring

Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Henry Fothergill Chorley, Aug 10, 1853

Browning courts Chorley, trying to convince him that the Brownings are fond of him. Apparently, Robert Browing misbehaved in the past which offended Chorley. She tells Chorley how Charlotte Cushman praised his play. Browning speaks of Cushman's…

Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to her sister Arabel, Oct 22, 1852

NYPL Berg Coll E.B.B to sister 1852, oct. CC + Hayes.pdf
Browning describes Cushman and Hays's relationship as a "female marriage." Credit New York Public Librarysee also: The Brownings Correspondence by Wedgestone Press

Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Isa Blagden, [Oct 20, 1856]

Elizabeth Browning informs Blagden that Robert and she are going to travel to Florence. She also mentions Cushman and Matilda Hays who are traveling to Algiers. Credit The Brownings Correspondence

Letter from Emma Stebbins to Anne Whitney, March 24, 1874

1874_Letter from Emma Stebbins Philadelphia Pennsylvania to Anne Whitney_CCs illness_omeka.pdf
Emma Stebbins writes to Anne Whitney and addresses Charlotte Cushman's precarious state of health. Credit Wellesley College Archives, Papers of Anne Whitney (MSS.4)

Letter from Emma Stebbins to Anne Whitney, Oct 13, [1869]

1869 Letter from Emma Stebbins Edinburgh Scotland to Anne Whitney.pdf
Emma Stebbins writes to Anne Whitney from Edinburgh to inform her about Charlotte Cushman's state of health. Stebbins hopes to be able to return to Rome soon. Credit Wellesley College Archives

Letter from Emma Stebbins to Helen Hunt Jackson, Oct 5, [1869?]

Emma Stebbins calls Charlotte Cushman her "patient" and is very anxious about Charlotte. Very slowly, Charlotte is recovering from her operation. They plan to visit Emma Crow Cushman with her children soon before returning to Rome.Transcripts…

Letter from Emma Stebbins to Unknown ("Julia"), April 21, 1871

CCP 16, Stebbins to unknown - OV.pdf
Emma Stebbins write from her sister's place to a friend about her recent travels. She inquires about their family, stresses how much she misses them, and lets them know that Ms Cushman is currently in Boston. Sallie Mercer is mentioned in the…

Letter from Frederick William Seward to Frances Miller Seward, Oct 18, 1863

Cushman is touring for the Sanitary Commission, Emma Crow Cushman is accompanying her. Credit Seward Family Digital Archive

Letter from Geraldine Jewsbury to Emma Stebbins, Feb 6, 1877

CCP Box 11 Jewsbury, Geraldine to Stebbins, Emma. Feb 1877. 3462-3471.pdf
While working on the memoir of Charlotte Cushman, Emma Stebbins has made a request to Jewsbury, asking for her letters from 30 years ago. Although there are no 'secrets' in those letters, Jewsbury seems reluctant to hand them to Stebbins. The…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Apr 10, 1849

Huntington, JTFP, Box 40, FI 1770, SJL to JF, Apr 10, 1849.pdf
Greenwood is delighted to find a few of her favorite poems in Fields' new volume. Yet she is surprised to hear of the urgency in regard to the publication of Greenwood Leaves. Recently, she has not written much for publication as both her parents…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Apr 13, 1852

Huntington, JTFP, Box 40, FI 1778, SJL to JF, Apr 13, 1852.pdf
Greenwood regrets the lack of correspondence between Fields and her but is overjoyed at the prospect of seeing him again in England. She will leave Rome on the 15th and travel to Naples and Florence with the Hills. Recently she has not been in good…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Aug 11, 1849

Huntington, JTFP, Box 40, FI 1755, SJL to JF, Aug 11, 1849.pdf
Greenwood finally arrives in Lynn after being detained at home and on the way and fears that she is too late for the publication business she and Fields arranged in spring. She wants to meet Fields either at Mrs. Philipps' or in Boston to consult him…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Aug 13, 1849

Huntington, JTFP, Box 40, FI 1756, SJL to JF, Aug 13, 1849.pdf
Greenwood notifies Fields that she will be coming up to Boston with the printed copies for the publication.She has neglected her other correspondents as of late which she intends to take up again. Credit Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Dec 27, 1852

Huntington, JTFP, Box 40, FI 1781, SJL to JF, Dec 27, 1852.pdf
Greenwood has entrusted Dr. Hosmer with a letter to Fields upon his return to America, in which she reports how well she is doing in Italy. She is in good health and immensely enjoys the artistic society of Rome. She praises the Bennoch's hospitality…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, July 19, [1853]

Huntington, JTFP, Box 41, FI 1739, SJL to JF, July 19, 1853.pdf
Greenwood has been ill with bronchitis and cannot travel yet but hopes to sail by the "America" on August 6th. She asks him to forward the enclosed notes. Credit Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Nov 14, 1849

Huntington, JTFP, Box 40, FI 1764, SJL to JF, Nov 14, 1849.pdf
Greenwood recounts Mr. Whipple's visit to Lynn.Mr. Phillips also left for California last March and has since left his friends anxious about his lack of contact. But a few weeks prior they heard the good news of him being on a…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Oct 19, 1848

Huntington, JTFP, Box 40, FI 1750, SJL to JF, Oct 19, 1848.pdf
In the first half of the letter, Greenwood writes as Sara J. Clarke to Fields. She will not be able to return the following fall but wants to meet him in Boston in the summer. Many of her articles need to be revised and cannot be published yet but…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Oct 20, 1849

Huntington, JTFP, Box 40, FI 1772, SJL to JF, Oct 20, 1849.pdf
Greenwood has just returned from Salem where has spent the day horseback riding, among other things. She agrees with the arrangement of the volume but wishes she had invested more time in revising the letters as they will be scrutinized upon…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Oct 8, 1852

Huntington, JTFP, Box 40, FI 1780, SJL to JF, Oct 8, 1852.pdf
Greenwood is pleased to hear of Fields' safe travels but regrets to hear about his recurring seasickness. She is currently staying with the Bennochs and enjoyed her travels in Ireland and Scotland, as mentioned in her Era correspondence. Delf and…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Sep 11, 1853

Huntington, JTFP, Box 41, FI 1783, SJL to JF, Sep 11, 1853.pdf
Greenwood's brother has informed Fields of her state of health. She nearly died and is still quite weak but plans to return to Boston in two weeks if her health allows it. She fears that Fields is angry with her for the delay.Greenwood has excluded…