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Grace Greenwood
Grace Greenwood is the pen name of Sara Jane Clarke Lippincott. Lippincott often signs her letters with her pseudonym. Greenwood travels Europe (for a certain period of time, she also travels with Cushman) in 1853 and publishes Greenwood Leaves with…
"Strong Friendship between Hosmer and Cushman", Albany Evening Journal, Jan 21, 1859
On page 2, the newpaper uses the term "strong friendship." It is publicly known that both women live together.
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"The Cabinet", Farmer's Cabinet, Feb 2, 1859
In one of the entries in this column, Hosmer and Cushman are reported to be living together in Rome.
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[no title], Weekly Council Bluffs Bugle, Oct 26, 1859
A very short entry reports that Charlotte Cushman and Emma Stebbins are travelling together to Rome.
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William Charles Macready
Macready and Cushman meet in 1843. The relationship between Macready and Cushman is displayed in an exhibit.On July 10, 1848, he takes a farewell benefit at Drury Lane, and Charlotte Cushman performs as Queen Katharine to his Wolsey.
[no title], Boston Evening Transcript, Dec 14, 1843
The paper quotes a New York correspondent who describes Cushman's voice as "coarse."
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Macready and Cushman, Boston Evening Transcript, November 14, 1843
On page 2, the paper speculates or utters wishful thinking about a theater performance involving both Macready and Cushman, performing Shakespearean roles. Given the context of false reports about Cushman accompanying Macready on his Southern tour…
Boston Evening Transcript, October 31, 1843
On page 2, the newspaper falsely reports on Cushman going tour with Macready. Macready mentions these false reports in his diary, which make him furious.
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John G. Nicolay, Lincoln's Secretary
In the context of social gatherings in Washington after 1862, Nicolay took notes about meeting Cushman and Stebbins.
Boston Evening Transcript, Nov 16, 1843
The false reports that Macready referenced in his diary entry spread further.
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The New York Herald, Cushman as a Rising Star, October 31, 1843
Part of the correspondence of the Herald. Sent on Oct 30, 1843, from Philadelphia signed by "yours&c"
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Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, False Reports, November 01, 1843
Macready refers to these news as false reports in his diary.
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New York Herald, Tuesday, Jan 3, 1843.
Letter to the editor section, reports by New York Herald correspondent Ariel in Baltimore section
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Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, Sept 08, 1843
Category News: Chestnut Street Theatre reopened with Cushman as manager
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Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, Sept 30, 1843
Writers for the Knickerbocker; Lines to Fitz Greene Halleck on reading "Forget-Me-Not" by Charlotte Cushman reprinted in the Inquirer taken from the Knickebocker;The paper stresses how the lines about someone else still honor the author more than the…
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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…