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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…

Tags: gender norms/bending, public intimacy, social capital

Letter from Elizabeth Barret 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

Tags: Rome, social capital

Letter from Elizabeth Barret Browning to Isa Blagden, [April 15, 1859]

Browning tells Blagden of a conversation she overheard "through a half-open door," in which Cushman spoke highly of Isa Blagden. Recently, Cushman is troubled due to her own health issues, the illness of her sister Susan, and a miscommunication…

Tags: press coverage, Rome, social capital

Letter from Elizabeth Barret Browning to Isa Blagden, Jan 7, [1859]

Cushman is expecting Isa Blagden to visit her. Credit The Brownings Correspondence

Tags: Rome, social capital

Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Charlotte Cushman, [ca.] Jan 1859

Bronwing invites Cushman over. Credit The Brownings Correspondence

Tags: Rome, social capital

Letter from Elizabeth Barret Browning to Isa Blagden, Dec 12, [1858]

Browning tells Blagden her first impressions of Rome. She mentions Cushman, Harriet Hosmer, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and others. Credit The Brownings Correspondence

Tags: Rome, social capital

Letter from Elizabeth Barret and Robert Browning to Sarianna Browning, Nov 26, [1858]

Elizabeth Barret and Robert Browning share the letetr space to inform Robert browning's sister about their journey to Rome. Robert mentions the high prices for accomodation and how they received a reduction in price since the landlady knows them.…

Tags: financial concerns, gossip, Rome

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

Tags: public intimacy, travel/touring

Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Jessie Meriton White, [April 28[?], 1856]

Browning advises Jessie Meriton to ask Cushman for help in terms of a translation of George Sand who has a "reputation [...] of being tenacious" about her translations. Browning admits that she cannot interfere on Meriton's behalf since she does not…

Tags: social capital

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

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

Tags: gender norms/bending, social capital, travel/touring

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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…