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Mowatt's Autobiography of an Actress; or, Eight Years on the Stage (1854)
Mowatt is an actress that performs with/meets Susan and Charlotte Cushman as well as Macready. She serves as an example of annother actress carefully analyzing press coverage.
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Hathi Trust
Greenwood's Haps and Mishaps of a Tour in Europe (1854)
Greenwood gives a detailed account of her journey through Europe, including dates and tourist sights. She also includes accounts of dinner parties, for instance. She characterizes the people participating in social gatherings for the reader.She also…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, [c. 1854]
Greenwood asks Fields to insert the enclosed article in the Transcriptas soon as possible. She also sent the first story for the Juvenile of which there are eight in total. There should be an illustration for every story as a paragraph page. Fields…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, [c. 1854]
Greenwood informs Fields that there was a mistake as she wishes for ruled paper. She asks him to change that for her and to send any proof to Mr. Phillips.
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Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Jan 3, 1854
Greenwood provides Fields with a list of names and addresses he should send copies to in her place. Fields should sign the copies going across the sea with "with regards from the author."
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Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields Papers and…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Feb 1, 1854
Greenwood explains why she has not replied to Fields' previous letter sooner. She compliments his new edition of poems, calling it "a perfect love of a book as well as a book of loves." She questions, however, why he has not included Moonrise at Sea…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Feb 11, 1854
Greenwood has sent some books by express for Mary Howitt, who is currently searching for material regarding the early settlement of the Western states. Fields should forward the package to Lippincott & Grambo's "Cabinet History of the United…
"Interesting to Ladies," Home Journal, March 4, 1854
Eliza Cook and Grace Greenwood are mentioned as Charlotte Cushman's intimate friends and Charlotte is characterized as feminine and honorable."Interesting to the Ladies" in the Home Journal, March 4, 1854, reprinted a note (presumably) first…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Feb 20, 1854
Greenwood has not been well of late as she has fallen ill after the sudden death of her father on the 15th. She asks Fields to send a copy of Haps and Mishaps to William Birney, the editor of The Daily Register in Philadelphia, who has published a…
"Sonner Hurt Than Healed," The National Anti-Slavery Standard, Feb 25, 1854
In this anonymous account, the narrator warns her readers about asking for and relying on gossip when moving to a new neighborhood. She herself makes the mistake of inquiring about people she has met during her walks, when she dines with an old…
Eliza Cook's Journal, Cushman mention, March 3, 1854
Personal account of Miss Bremer about Charlotte Cushman
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Hathi Trust
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Mar 3, 1854
Greenwood informs Fields about how he should take the medicine for nausea as prescribed by Dr. Laurie.Dickens awaits Haps and Mishaps with "friendly interest." She has not heard of Ticknor for some time and asks Fields to find poetry for The Little…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, May 21, 1854
Greenwood has sent a package for the Bennochs on Saturday and asks Fields to forward it. She wonders why Mr. Ticknor will not write about her book and whether the Fields will attend Mrs. Mowatt's wedding.
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Huntington Library, James Thomas…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Grace Greenwood, June 15, 1854
Charlotte Cushman tells Grace Greenwood about the change of her reputation after performing the role of Queern Katherine. She touches upon the heartbreak that she suffered from because Matilda Hays left her in London to be with Harriet Hosmer in Rome…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, [July 24, 1854]
Greenwood has sent one of her poems which has recently appeared in the London Illustrated News and asks Fields to republish it in the Transcript. Mr. Devereny will send drawings for her book to review before engraving and asks Field whether these…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Aug 22, [c. 1854]
Greenwood informs Fields that she has corrected the proof to the best of her ability and asks whether the printer has already calculated the number of pages.
Credit
Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda
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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…