Emma Stebbins write from her sister's place to a friend about her recent travels. She inquires about their family, stresses how much she misses them, and lets them know that Ms Cushman is currently in Boston. Sallie Mercer is mentioned in the…
Emma Crow Cushman emphasizes that she knew Charlotte Cushman "intimately." Emma and Charlotte met in 1858 when Charlotte brought two letters of introduction (by Hosmer and Kemble) to her father in St. Louis. Emma describes her as a "great artist and…
Charlotte Cushman writes a diary in 1844 and 1845. In October 1844, she gets on a steamer to go to Liverpool. In England, she hopes to be successful enough to enable her love, Rosalie Sully, to always be with her. The journey is rough and Charlotte…
Emma Stebbins calls Charlotte Cushman her "patient" and is very anxious about Charlotte. Very slowly, Charlotte is recovering from her operation. They plan to visit Emma Crow Cushman with her children soon before returning to Rome.Transcripts…
Cushman reports her plans and negotiations regarding a house in Newport. She tells Helen Hunt that whenever her name is mentioned, she has to pay more for services since she is well-known among US-American people.For transcripts, please visit…
Both Charlotte Cushman and Emma Stebbins are wretched from the passage to the US.Helen Hunt is publishing with Fields & Osgood.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.
Charlotte Cushman, Emma Stebbins, and Emma Crow Cushman and her children are preparing for the passage to the US. Cushman informs Hunt about the plans for the next couple of months. She has already started to pay farewell visits to her friends.Col.…
Emma Stebbins suffers from problems with her eyes. Emma Stebbins, Emma Crow Cushman, and Charlotte Cushman are in Paris.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.
At this state, Charlotte Cushman is "a poor shaky old 'queen'" who contemplates going back to the US.She comments on her relationship with Emma Stebbins and reveals a breach of trust with, presumably, Emma Crow Cushman:"You are wrong dear in you…
Helen Hunt Jackson will visit Cushman in Great Malvern very soon.Stebbins is suffering from her anxiety about Cushman.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.
Charlotte Cushman is currently recovering from her surgery. She is allowed to travel again and Emma Crow Cushman is in charge of finding a place to stay on the journey.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.
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…
