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Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, July 29, 1874

Charlotte Cushman is with Emma Stebbins and Emma Crow Cushman in Newport. She despises T. Tilton and tells Hunt that he and Grace Greenwood (together with S. Ames) are friends. Cushman describes them as "rotten."Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe,…

Tags: gender norms/bending, press coverage, social capital

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow, March 13, 1862

Charlotte Cushman calls Emma Crow Cushman her "daughter." Cushman laments the dishonesty and greed in the times of the Civil War. She was relieved to hear from Ned and Emma and is now longing to return to "America."Ned and Emma may have to move in…

Tags: Civil War, financial concerns, gender norms/bending, love, respectability, Rome, same-sex attraction, social capital, travel/touring

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, March 29, 1874

Charlotte Cushman mentions Grace Greenwood and discusses her readings in Philadelphia.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.

Tags: travel/touring

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, Feb 23, 1874

Charlotte Cushman discusses her readings in New York and complains about the press, in particular, the critics.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.

Tags: press coverage, travel/touring

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, Jan 6, 1874

Charlotte Cushman discusses friendship and Helen Hunt's pen name Saxe Holm about which Cushman will stay quiet. The letter may be the response to item 213. Cushman also touches upon people who gossip/spread rumors. Eventually, she informs Hunt that…

Tags: breach of privacy, gossip--published, press coverage, public image (active), rumors, travel/touring, women's jobs

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, July 24, 1873

Charlotte Cushman apologizes for writing less often. She is in a better state of health but Emma Stebbins is not well. Cushman turned 55.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.

Tags: illness/death, social capital

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, July 14, 1873

Charlotte Cushman writes from her Newport home. Her health has deteriorated again. Cushman calls Emma Stebbins "Emma S." She is looking after Emma Crow Cushman's kids.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.

Tags: illness/death

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, Sept 2, 1871

Charlotte Cushman, Emma Crow Cushman, and Emma Stebbins cannot come to visit Helen Hunt as announced as Emma Stebbins and Emma Crow Cushman's son are ill.Emma Crow Cushman owns a country house outside of St. Louis.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe,…

Tags: illness/death, travel/touring

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, Aug 25, 1871

Charlotte Cushman is about to start a new engagement in NY, she will perform Queen Katherine in Henry VIII. She shows some resentment against "society" and admits that the audience will pay to see her much more than the play itself, which makes her…

Tags: gender norms/bending, travel/touring, women's jobs

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, Aug 18, 1871

Cushman encourages Helen Hunt's work as a poet and critic and talks about "American men" who do not "understand or appreciate beauty".She has decided to take on the role of Queen Katherine in New York in September, adding that it is an "easy part to…

Tags: gender norms/bending, public image (active), travel/touring, women's jobs

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, June 28, 1871

Currently, Charlotte Cushman is not in pain. Mrs Garland, Emma Stebbins's sister, is very fond of Helen Hunt because of the book of poems she sent.Cushman announces a visit of Stebbins and herself in Bethlehem. Among others, Booth urges Cushman to…

Tags: admirers, illness/death, love, press coverage, public image (active), travel/touring, women's jobs

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, June 11, 1871

Charlotte Cushman left Newport for the Villa Boscobel. Cushman refers to Emma Stebbins as 'Miss Stebbins' who Cushman did not see for seven weeks as she emphasizes.Cushman admits that she is thinking of Helen Hunt: "I think of you often & much…

Tags: financial concerns, love, women's jobs

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, April 14, 1871

Emma Crow Cushman owns a house in Newport at this point in time. She is with Charlotte Cushman who is still consulting more doctors on her state of health.Emma Stebbins and Cushman remain in different locations, Stebbins is still spending her time in…

Tags: love

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, March 29, 1871

Dr. Wright could not help Charlotte Cushman to get better. Cushman is anxious and convinced that she will die in a couple of month, she "will seek every palliative" available. She desperately tries to consult medical advice in different cities.As…

Tags: financial concerns, illness/death, love, press coverage, same-sex attraction

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, March 21, 1871

Charlotte Cushman faces surgery again and is afraid she may die. Cushman asks Helen Hunt to care for Emma Cushman if she dies.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.

Tags: illness/death, love, social capital

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, March 12, 1871

Charlotte Cushman is facing another surgery.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.

Tags: illness/death

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, Friday 13, 1871

For transcripts, please visit Colorado College.

Tags: love, social capital, travel/touring

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, n. d. [fragment]

Cushman discusses her travel plans, thanks Hunt for a book she sent (authored by her?).Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.

Tags: admirers, love

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, Jan 1, 1871

The letter is the answer to a former letter included in this collection, item 214. Charlotte Cushman admires Helen Hunt for her poems and calls her a "gentlewoman."Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.