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Letter from E. B. Fisher to Charlotte Cushman, Oct 8, [1836]

Fisher describes himself as an unworthy correspondent to Charlotte Cushman. He praises her talent as an actress and apologizes for past mistakes without specifying what he is talking about. He agrees to her request that they should not meet…

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Letter from E. B. Fisher to Charlotte Cushman, Sept 13, 1836

Fisher presents himself as a great admirer of Charlotte Cushman. He offers her his 'services' in terms of press coverage, e.g. in the Philadelphia papers, and supporting her in her career ambitions. Credit Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman…

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Letter from Edwin "Ned" Cushman to Susan Cushman Muspratt, n.d. [before 1858]

Edwin notifies Susan Cushman of his arrival in Bombay, tells her about his experiences there, and what he is planning to do. He almost died during the trip and met a young woman. He brought letters of introduction and wants to join the Indian…

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Letter from Edwin Cushman to Charlotte Cushman, Jan 14, 1852

In his letter, Edwin justifies not writing to his mother Susan. He tells Charlotte about an affair that some family friends wanted to hide from her as they were afraid of her reaction. Eventually, he sends love to Hays which indicates that Hays and…

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Letter from Eliza Cook to Charlotte Cushman

Cook praises Cushman for her part of Bianca in Milman's tragedy Fazio.It is republished in Eliza Cook’s Journal on May 21, 1853. Credit Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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

Elizabeth Barret and Robert Browning share the letter 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.…

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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…

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

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

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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…

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

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

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Letter from Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning to Anna Brownell Jameson, Feb 4, 1847

The Brownings inform Jameson that "Miss Cushman means to be imperious about Mr Chorley’s tragedy .. the ‘Duchess Eleanor’" Credit Armstrong Browning Library - The Browning Letters

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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…

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

Bronwing invites Cushman over. Credit The Brownings Correspondence

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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…

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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

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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

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Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Isa Blagden, Jan 5-9, 1860

Elizabeth Browning tells Isa Blagden that she "will offend Miss Cushman" if she does not visit the actress in Rome. Credit Armstrong Browning Library - The Browning Letters

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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

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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.…

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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…