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Helen Hunt Jackson
Hunt addresses Charlotte Cushman as "Regina" or her "Queen" in the letters she writes between 1869 and Cushman's death. Cushman repeatedly tells Hunt that she loves her and admires her for her literary work.Hunt is known as "HH" to the public and…
William Wetmore Story
William Wetmore Story is critical of CC and her circle, Lisa Merrill describes him as Cushman's "adversary" (Merrill, When Romeo Was a Woman, p. 231). He is US consul in Rome before Cushman's nephew Ned Cushman takes over after Lincoln's re-election.…
Rufus King
He is minister to Rome and is referred to as "ambassador" and "newspaperman" by Charlotte Cushman, who describes some meetings with his wife in her letters.
George Combe
He voiced his "concern" regarding Charlotte Cushman's private life. He is a phrenologist and the husband of Fanny Kemble's cousin and Sarah Siddons's daughter.
Frances "Fanny" Anne Kemble Butler
She is married to Mr. Butler but gets divorced. Charlotte Cushman supports her in her fight for custody. Kemble is an old friend and theatrical colleague of Charlotte Cushman. Eventually, they part on bad terms, as Fanny is disturbed by Charlotte's…
James Sheridan Muspratt ("Dr.")
Charlotte Cushman's letters to Rosalie in the 1870s expose her not very favorable opinion of the Muspratts. Muspratt is a wealthy Liverpool scientist.
Jane Welsh Carlyle
Jane Carlyle is Charlotte Cushman's counterpart in Great Britain. She is in love with Jewsbury who then meets Charlotte Cushman. In 1860, she is with Stebbins and Charlotte in Rome. In 1863, Fields writes that Mrs. Carlyle is very fond of Charlotte…
Frances "Fanny" Seward
Fanny Seward is the daughter of William Seward, Secretary of State (Lincoln). Annie Fields describes Charlotte Cushman as a "Seward-ite" type, speaking about 1863 in her diary of 1871. In the fall of 1863, Seward and Cushman developed a more intimate…
James T. Fields
James T. Fields is immensely influential as an editor and publisher in the late nineteenth century. William Ticknor is his business partner and Ticknor & Fields purchase The Atlantic Monthly in 1859. James is an editor from 1861-71 (successor:…
Annie Fields
Annie Fields spends a considerable amount of time with Stebbins and Charlotte Cushman in Rome in 1860. Annie Fields and her husband are friends with Charlotte Cushman and prove to be of particular interest for the actress in terms of social capital…
Anonymous Fan Letter
In this anonymous, undated letter, signed "a friend," a fan of Cushman professes her (?) admiration for the actress and then explains how she found solace in her faith. She recommends Cushman does the same.
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Library of Congress, Charlotte…
Edwin Booth
He is an actor an theater owner as well as the brother of Lincoln's murderer John Wilkes Booth. His father is Junius Booth. He is first married to Mary Devlin and later to Mary McVicker.
Kate Field
Kate Field is a US American journalist who lives in Rome at the same time as Charlotte Cushman. She has been familiar with Cushman even as a child, as her mother Eliza Riddle Field played with Charlotte Cushman in Romeo and Juliet.Field is born in…
Frances Power Cobbe
Cobbe stayed with Hosmer and Cushman in Rome, 38 Via Gregoriana, during her Italian travels in 1861/62.Commenting on the role of Rome for independent women, Cobbe publishes Italics: Brief Notes on Politics, People and Places in 1864.In vol. 2 of her…
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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…