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Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russel Mitford, May 20, [1853]

After meeting Greenwood, Elizabeth Browning admits that she likes the writer despite the defamatory rumors. Credit The Brownings Correspondence

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.…

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…

Letter from Robert Browning to William Wetmore Story, [March 29, 1854]

Robert Browning mentions that Grace Greenwood "has printed" the Brownings "flamingly in her book." Credit The Brownings Correspondence

Haps and Mishaps Review, London Athenaeum, Nov 18, 1854

The reviewer belittles Greenwood's admiring accounts of well-known people in her Haps and Mishaps of a Tour in Europe. The author criticizes her for misinterpreting certain conversations. Credit Hathi Trust

"American Artists in Rome," Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Feb 1869

The article starts with a graphic description of the Piazza di Spagna in a first-person plural narrative. It further includes passages on pieces of art in the studios that Brewster visited, buyers of portraits, reasons for purchases, the historical…

"Select Miscellany," The Enterprise and Vermonter, May 27, 1881

The summary of the articles in the recent issue of Lippincott's Magazine claims that Tincker's novel By the Tiber has sparked immense interest in Anne Brewster and her network. Credit Newspaper.com

Letter from Anne Brewster to [Mary Agnes] Tincker, July 16, 1879

Anne Brewster advises Mary Agnes Tincker who will publish By the Tiber in 1881, a novel which includes references to Brewster and her circle in Rome, to stick to the truth whenever Tincker refers to something that has been talked about by the two…

Letter from Anne Brewster to Mary Howell, May 29, 1864

Brewster received an unaffected letter by Cushman and mentions the Hawthornes as neighbors. Credit The Library Company of Philadelphia

Letter from Anne Brewster to Mary Howell, July 8, 1864

Anne Brewster describes the fiancé of her cousin Frank as a "well-posé person" whose manners she feels drawn to. She adds: "Had I been alone with her I should have kissed her [inserted] but I would not take a liberty with her before any one for fear…

Letter from Anne Brewster to Mary Howell, July 26, 1864

Brewster writes about meeting a bishop, other encounters, and her novel St. Martin's Summer. She does not plan on working in the summer and fall as she is "living enjoying existence." Brewster mentions the Boston Athenaeum and the Atlantic Monthly,…

Letter from Anne Brewster to Mary Howell, Dec 4, 1864

Anne Brewster comments on her social duties: "I love a little society just a little, but if that society demand too much of me I must give it up for I can only receive & take so much."Brewster mentions her correspondence with Charlotte Cushman.…

Greenwood Employment, National Era, Nov 28, 1850

The National Era reprints a note in which Greenwood's employment for the said paper is announced. Credit Newspaper.com

Greenwood's "Notes from over the Sea," New York Times, Dec 9, 1878

This note is written in Paris on Nov 21, 1878. Greenwood reports her experiences during a fair in Paris and criticizes one of Sarah Bernhardt's roles on stage, which she compares with Charlotte Cushman's Meg Merilies.

Greenwood's "Notes from over the Sea," New York Times, Jan 9, 1876

Greenwood recounts some of her travel experiences from Switzerland. She writes this report in Paris on Dec 20, 1875. Greenwood includes the beautiful scenery, reminiscences of a late friend and the discomforts of her travels.

Greenwood's "Notes from over the Sea," New York Times, Sep 6, 1875

Greenwood writes this note in Lucerne, on Aug 15, 1875. She reviews some performances she witnessed in England during her travels. She mentions Henry Irving, Isabel Bateman, and Salvini.

Greenwood's "Notes from over the Sea," New York Times, Sep 24, 1876

Greenwood writes this note from La Celle St. Cloud on Aug 28, 1876. She reviews some of the works, ideas, and the atmospere of the French and English salons, the art exhibitions. She also mentions Julian Hawthorne and the wedding anniversary of her…

Reprint of Greenwood Letter, Buffalo Morning Express and Illustrated Buffalo Express, July 14, 1852

This note reprints a part of a Greenwood letter to the National Era. Greenwood recalls her passage to Liverpool, on which she observed Jenny Lind, the Swedish actress. Credit Newspaper.com

Reprint of Greenwood Letter, Daily American Telegraph, April 12, 1852

The reprint of the National Era starts with an account of Mary Stuart. Eventually, however, the article pays tribute to Charlotte Cushman as a hard-working genius on stage characterized by passion, tenderness, force, and…

"Letters from the Capital," National Era, April 1, 1852

Another example of Grace Greenwood's column "Letters from the Capital" for the National Era. Credit Newspaper.com