Browse Items (972 total)
Sort by:
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Oct 25, 1853
Greenwood asks Fields about his insights on Mr. Tufts as he has not done so yet. She does not want to transfer such an extensive right for The Little Pilgrim to Mr. Tufts if he is not known as reliable. Greenwood also stresses that she will not feel…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Oct 24, 1853
Greenwood reports that she has almost recovered from her illness. She is pleased with Fields retaining "Haps and Mishaps" as the title of her book and thanks him for his favor regarding the damaged luggage. Greenwood wonders whether Fields will…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Oct 6, [1853]
Greenwood informs Fields that the proof still has not arrived. She will express back the poems and telegraph a new title for the book which she hopes Fields will approve of. She also asks him to make alterations to the proof she had sent the day…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Sep 28, 1853
Greenwood informs Fields that she has received an application from a certain Mr. Tufts from Boston. He wishes to arrange for the sole agency of their papers. She asks Fields to inform her husband if Tufts is reliable enough to…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Sep 22, 1853
Greenwood informs Fields that she has sent materials for the book by express and has decided to retain "Limerick Bells" for the volume. She is not getting well as fast as he has hoped and cannot leave Philadelphia until the middle of the next month.…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Sep 16, 1853
Greenwood has sent the material for the book and asks Fields to sent her the proof any time after the 25th to Philadelphia. She will not be able to visit Boston this fall as her health does not allow it so Fields must correct the proof himself if he…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Sep 11, 1853
Greenwood's brother has informed Fields of her state of health. She nearly died and is still quite weak but plans to return to Boston in two weeks if her health allows it. She fears that Fields is angry with her for the delay.Greenwood has excluded…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Aug 26, [1853]
Greenwood informs Fields that she will not be able to see him in Boston as they are leaving for Albany. She asks him to advertise the book until she returns and prefers the title "Haps and Mishaps of a year inEurope" for this purpose.Fields should…
"IMPROMPTU. TO CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN", Eliza Cook's Journal, July 30, 1853
This is a poem in Eliza Cook's journal written by her and dedicated to Charlotte Cushman.
Credit
Gale Digital Collections, Nineteenth Century Collections Online
Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, July 19, [1853]
Greenwood has been ill with bronchitis and cannot travel yet but hopes to sail by the "America" on August 6th. She asks him to forward the enclosed notes.
Credit
Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda
Letter from Matilda Hays to Sallie Mercer, July 13, 1853
Hays tells Mercer that a Mr.Rogers will see her and that she should make her arrangements accordingly.The paper also includes several poems, one signed by Ellen Hooper, another titled "A Dream" by Hays, and a note by her with an unpublished poem.…
"Grace Greenwood in Italy," New Hampshire Statesman, Apr 16, 1853
The article includes an excerpt from a "private letter" and remarks that, in London, Greenwood "was the frequent guest of eminent literary and noble personages, her sketches of whom have added much to the value of her letters." Rumors about her love…
"American Artists in Rome," Washington Union, March 26, 1853
The Washington Union reprints part of a Greenwood article for the National Era. At the end, a passage on Gibson and Hosmer is added, which is transcribed here.
Credit
Newspaper.com
Featured Item
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…