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

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 Elizabeth Browning to Robert Browning, [Oct 21, 1852]

Elizabeth Browning tells Robert of her Paris experience, recounting an encounter with Louis Napoleon together with Cushman. Elizabeth Browning also mentions that Cushman "is on her way to Rome with her friend Miss Hayes who translated George Sand,—so…

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

Browning describes Cushman and Hays's relationship as a "female marriage." Credit New York Public Librarysee also: The Brownings Correspondence by Wedgestone Press

Grace Greenwood and Charlotte Cushman in Rome, <em>Sunbury American</em>, Dec 4, 1852

Grace Greenwood and Charlotte Cushman traveled to Rome. Greenwood is described as a "bleu."

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

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…

"TO CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN, ON SEEING HER PLAY "BIANCA," IN MILMAN'S TRAGEDY OF "FAZIO"", Eliza Cook's Journal,[no date], 1853

This is a poem in Eliza Cook's journal written by her and dedicated to Charlotte Cushman. Credit Gale Digital Collections,Nineteenth Century Collections Online

Letter from Elizabeth Browning to her Sister Arabella Moulton-Barrett, Jan 15-17 1853

Browning writes about Rome: "Rome is very full, I hear– Fanny Kemble is to be there this month, & Miss Cushman is there, & a world of Americans" Credit The Brownings Correspondence

Letter from Elizabeth Barret Browning to Isa Blagden, Feb 13, 1853

Elizabeth Browning recounts her first encounter with Charlotte Cushman, who was with Matilda Hays, at that time. Browning liked both of them very much: "I particularly liked Miss Cushman—& I liked, too, Miss Hayes who was with her, though…

"A Nice Party," Daily Evening Star, Washington DC, Feb 25, 1853

The article describes Charlotte Cushman, Grace Greenwood, Matilda Hays, and Harriet Hosmer as a "Happy Family" living in Rome. Credit Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers

Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Isa Blagden, March 3, [1853]

Browning characterizes Grace Greenwood as a "strong-minded" and a woman who cannot be trusted with confidential information since she would capitalize on it: "What makes me talk so illnaturedly is the information I have since received, that she has…

"Greenwood Leaves from over the Sea," National Era, March 10, 1853

The article discusses the work of several US-American artists in Rome. It ends on a note about the carnival in Rome. Credit Newspaper.com

"A Dangerous Party," Portsmouth Inquirer (Ohio), March 11, 1853

The exact same article republished from the Daily Evening Star (Washington DC) from Feb 25, 1853, except the words "a Nice Party" being replaced by "A Dangerous Party." Credit Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers

"American Artists in Rome," Washington Union, March 26, 1853

The Washington Union reprints part of a Greenwood article for the National Era. At the end, a passage on Gibson and Hosmer is added, which is transcribed here. Credit Newspaper.com

"Grace Greenwood in Italy," New Hampshire Statesman, Apr 16, 1853

The article includes an excerpt from a "private letter" and remarks that, in London, Greenwood "was the frequent guest of eminent literary and noble personages, her sketches of whom have added much to the value of her letters." Rumors about her love…

Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russel Mitford, May 20, [1853]

After meeting Greenwood, Elizabeth Browning admits that she likes the writer despite the defamatory rumors. Credit The Brownings Correspondence

Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Isa Blagden, June 1, [1853]

Elizabeth Browning asks Isa Blagden whether Cushman is coming and speaks kindly of Grace Greenwood: "Grace is really a Grace, & not a Corinna, not assuming, not presumptuous." Credit The Brownings Correspondence

Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Isa Blagden, June 1, [1853]

Elizabeth Browning emphasizes again that Grace Greenwood is a person of "general intelligence & sensibility," countering the rumors spread about the writer.Blagden lives with Charlotte Cushman in Via Gregoriana, Rome, for the time being.…

Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Arabella Moulton-Barrett, June 11, [1853]

Again, Browning defends Greenwood and characterizes her as an "unassuming & cultivated, a pleasing woman whose prettiness is an open question." A large part of the letter is devoted to spiritualism, a medium, and talking to the death--stories…

Letter from Matilda Hays to Sallie Mercer, July 13, 1853

Hays tells Mercer that a Mr.Rogers will see her and that she should make her arrangements accordingly.The paper also includes several poems, one signed by Ellen Hooper, another titled "A Dream" by Hays, and a note by her with an unpublished poem.…

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

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