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The Graphic, Review of Stebbins's Cushman Biography, Sept. 28, 1878
The Graphic contributes a positive review of Stebbins's biography of Charlotte Cushman and values its insights into Cushman's domestic life.
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19th Century U.S. Newspapers
Letter from Jane Carlyle to Charlotte Cushman, [Sept. 1861]
This letter is one of the first ones that Jane Carlyle sends to Charlotte Cushman.Carlyle writes about Spiritual Magnetism and a note from Cushman. Eventually, she tells Cushman about "strange" men among whom is her husband.
Letter from Emma Stebbins to Anne Whitney, Oct 30, 1879
Emma Stebbins writes to Anne Whitney about her grief over Charlotte Cushman's death, the spirit and the Church.
Credit
Wellesley College Archives, Papers of Anne Whitney (MSS.4)
Tags: illness/death, love
Craik's A Woman's Thoughts on Women (1858)
Craik comments on the relationship between truth and gossip, men and women, and gives contemporary examples of gossip and how to refrain from participating in gossipping activities.Leach indicates that Craik and Charlotte Cushman knew eacht other and…
Letter from Emma Stebbins to Anne Whitney, March 24, 1874
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)
Tags: illness/death, travel/touring, women's jobs
Letter from Anne Whitney [to Edward], Feb 27, 1876
Anne Whitney writes that she has learnt of Charlotte Cushman's death via telegram
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Wellesley College Archives, Papers of Anne Whitney (MSS.4): Correspondence. 48.
Letter from Emma Stebbins to Anne Whitney, July 6, 1878
Emma Stebbins thanks Anne Whitney for her kind words about the Cushman-memoir and mentions the letters of praise she has received about the book. Stebbins also asks for information about Dr. Mitchell, famous for his rest cure, and the charges…
Letter from Emma Stebbins to Anne Whitney, Jan 8, 1879
Emma Stebbins writes about grieving and some rumors in the papers, among which Hosmer confronts some libel.
Credit
Wellesley College Archives, Papers of Anne Whitney (MSS.4)
Tags: illness/death, rumors
James Parton's Eminent Women of the Age (1869)
Eminent Women was written by James Parton, Horace Greeley, T.W. Higginson, J. C. Abbott, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Prof. James M. Hoppin, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, and others that are not listed.Greeley founded the New…
Letter from Rosalie Sully to Charlotte Cushman, May 11, 1845
Rosalie Sully writes to Charlotte Cushman. Rosalie is heart-broken since the two had to go separate ways. To show her love, she is still wearing a ring and bracelet that Cushman gave her last summer. Rosalie is referring to a pledge on July 6, 1844,…
Anne Brewster's "Miss Cushman," Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Aug 1878
Anne Brewster describes the relationship between herself and Charlotte Cushman starting at the beginning of the 1840s as an "intimacy" and "intimate friendship". Together they were reading plays and preparing for Charlotte's performances on stage.…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow, Sept 20, 1861
Charlotte Cushman addresses Emma Crow's marriage with Ned Cushman. Additionally, she informs Emma about financial issues of Emma Stebbins's work as a sculptor.
Credit
Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, [1871-1875]
Charlotte Cushman addresses Helen Hunt in her quarrel with James Fields. Cushman advises Hunt to transact her own business and confront Fields about some gossip and to "beat him to death with compliments."Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, Jan 1, 1871
The letter is the answer to a former letter included in this collection, item 214. Charlotte Cushman admires Helen Hunt for her poems and calls her a "gentlewoman."Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, n. d. [fragment]
Cushman discusses her travel plans, thanks Hunt for a book she sent (authored by her?).Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, Friday 13, 1871
For transcripts, please visit Colorado College.
Tags: love, social capital, travel/touring
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, March 12, 1871
Charlotte Cushman is facing another surgery.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.
Tags: illness/death
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, March 21, 1871
Charlotte Cushman faces surgery again and is afraid she may die. Cushman asks Helen Hunt to care for Emma Cushman if she dies.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.
Tags: illness/death, love, social capital
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, March 29, 1871
Dr. Wright could not help Charlotte Cushman to get better. Cushman is anxious and convinced that she will die in a couple of month, she "will seek every palliative" available. She desperately tries to consult medical advice in different cities.As…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, April 14, 1871
Emma Crow Cushman owns a house in Newport at this point in time. She is with Charlotte Cushman who is still consulting more doctors on her state of health.Emma Stebbins and Cushman remain in different locations, Stebbins is still spending her time in…
Tags: love
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Charlotte Cushman
Charlotte Cushman becomes widely known on both sides of the Atlantic as the first successful US-American actress. Earlier, she was a singer under the tutelage of James G. Maeder, married to actress Clara Fisher, in Boston. Charlotte has been the sole financial support of her mother since her father…

