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The Free Press vol. 1, no. 2, Apr 5, 1868

Issue of the Free Press, with special focus on instances of published gossip about politicians from informal sources. Credit American Antiquarian Society

The Colored Citizen vol. 3, no. 29, May 19, 1866

An issue of the The Colored Citizen, with a special focus on the column "Parlor and Fireside", containing gossip about European celebrities. Credit American Antiquarian Society

Romeo and Juliet Performance, Haymarket Theatre, London, Dec 30, 1845

Charlotte Cushman performs as Romeo and her sister takes over the role of Juliet.Cushman's performance as Romeo is generally met with wild enthusiasm. There were, however, also critical voices, among them Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855). Mitford was…

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…

Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, Sept 08, 1843

Category News: Chestnut Street Theatre reopened with Cushman as manager Credit 19th Century U.S. Newspapers

Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, Feb 1, 1843

Published in the category of communication, signed by "E."The article mentions the genius of Cushman as well as the struggle of the theater profession to gain public appreciation. Interestingly, the article speaks about Cushman's "private worth" that…

Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, False Reports, November 01, 1843

Macready refers to these news as false reports in his diary. Credit 19th Century U.S. Newspapers

Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, False Reports, Nov 1, 1843

Cushman is mentioned in a headline in the category of news by the Eastern Mail. The Inquirer reprints the false reports that Macready criticizes in his diary. The article suggests reciprocal benefits for both Macready and Cushman when performing…

Northern Star about Charlotte Cushman, June 28, 1845

THE PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—The manager of this, "the prettiest theatre in London," deserves well of the English public for introducing to them Miss Cushman, the American actress. She is by far the best female performer on the stage. Devoid of…

New York Times, Stebbins and Cushman, Aug 31, 1860

The author of this article mentions a "peculiar intimacy" between Stebbins and Cushman.

New York Herald, Tuesday, Jan 3, 1843.

Letter to the editor section, reports by New York Herald correspondent Ariel in Baltimore section Credit 19th Century U.S. Newspapers

Ladies Home Journal

Ladies Home Journal is a monthly American women's magazine first published by the Curtis Publishing Company of Philadelphia in 1883. Besides short and serial fictional stories, the magazine is devoted to any issues related to home life. It contains…

Harper’s Bazaar

Harper's Bazaar is an American magazine founded by Harper & Brothers in New York in 1867. On the cover of its inaugural issue, the magazine describes itself as "a repository of fashion, pleasure, and instruction."Inspired by the Berlin magazine…

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

Greenwood Leaves, Second Series, 1852

Greenwood publishes her letters in a second series of her Greenwood Leaves.For instance, letter no. 12 is published in the National Era, Sept 23, 1852.The first series was published two years earlier, in 1850. Credit Archive.org

Gossip (Washington, DC, 1891)

This is the first issue of Gossip, published in Washington, DC, in 1891 (a periodical of the same name appeared in New York in 1900). Numbers 1 to 11 are available on microfilm in the Library of Congress. No other copy seems to have survived – nor…

Good Housekeeping

Good Housekeeping is an American women's magazine first published in Massachusetts in 1885. The magazine aims "to produce and perpetuate perfection [...] as may be attained in the household" and provides its readers with recipes, health advice, and…

Godey's Lady's Book

Godey's Lady's Book, later known as Godey's Magazine, is an American magazine devoted to women's issues and is first published by L.A. Godey in 1830 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.In 1837, Sarah Josepha Hale becomes the editor of Godey's Lady's Book.…

Eliza Cook's Journal, Poem Addressed to Cushman, January 26, 1850

Poem addressed to C.C. (Charlotte Cushman) Credit Hathi Trust