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Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Oct 17, 1849

Greenwood has recovered from her "brief, yet serious illness." She hopes to correct the poof in an intelligible manner and asks whether she is supposed to write the preface soon. She met a friend of Fields, Mr. Peabody of Portsmouth, who heavily…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Oct 20, 1849

Greenwood has just returned from Salem where has spent the day horseback riding, among other things. She agrees with the arrangement of the volume but wishes she had invested more time in revising the letters as they will be scrutinized upon…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Oct 21, [1849]

Greenwood asks Fields to send her the sheets of her poems and a printed version or manuscript of a story. Credit Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Sep 12, 1849

Greenwood asks Fields to make alterations to her letters written to the National Press and Home Journal. She has arrived in Lynn the day before and met Whittier at the depot. She hopes that Whittier, Whipple, and Fields will arrive in Lynn together…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Nov 14, 1849

Greenwood recounts Mr. Whipple's visit to Lynn.Mr. Phillips also left for California last March and has since left his friends anxious about his lack of contact. But a few weeks prior they heard the good news of him being on a…

"Rogers (the poet) and the Misses Cushman", Northern Star, Dec 8, 1849

This short entry concerns the rumours about Susan Cushman's wedding and Samuel Roger's wife's remark that the former should marry her sister Charlotte Cushman. Credit NCSE: Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition

Letter from W. Corbyn to Messrs. Ludlow & Smith, Dec 13, 1849

This letter discusses travel arrangements for Charlotte Cushman, Matilda Hays, and Sallie Mercer. Cushman has voiced safety concern that "authorities [...] will seize" her servant or "put a temporary stop" to their traveling when they go to New…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, [c. 1850]

Greenwood sends Fields a letter to Miss Chamber which he should take into careful consideration. Credit Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Jan 4, 1850

Greenwood is anxious to know how the book sale is going. She has some pending payments which is why she is anxious to know whether the book will profit her at all before she starts working on another book line. Fields should send a new supply of…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Jan 19, 1850

Greenwood has not received an answer from Fields for some time now. She will send the corrected copy of Greenwood Leaves within the next two days. Greenwood states that she would not publish a new volume in the spring if there is no demand for a…

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

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

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Jan 28, 1850

Greenwood has sent Fields the corrected copy of Greenwood Leaves and hopes he will amend the errors. She has contacted the artist Seth Cheney to commission her portrait but has not received a reply yet. She asks Fields to attend to the matter should…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Jan 29, 1850

Greenwood asks Fields to correct an omitted line in the book. Credit Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Mar 1, 1850

Greenwood still has not received the books, which Fields was supposed to send her, and has been waiting on his response regarding Cheney's picture. She inquires of Fields about a piano which he should commission for her from Chickering or…

Letter from Henry F. Chorley to Charlotte Cushman, Mar 7, 1850

Chorley gives Cushman some advice: "only don't stop in America till you get £30.000. – because, perhaps, by that time you will be used not to want England again." He is outraged over the negative critiques of his play "Duchess Eleanor": "On the…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to Mr. White, April 12, 1850

Greenwood lets the addressee know that she is "more deeply interested in them [=distinguished people] by the representations of some common friends." Credit New York Public Library

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to C. Adams, Apr 19, 1850 [?]

Charlotte Cushman asks a Mr. Adams to release her from her contract, since April proves to be an unfortunate time for performances in terms of revenue and people attending. Credit New York Public Library

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, Apr 22, 1850

Greenwood states that Fields remains the same individual in her eyes, even if he is a married man.She asks him to write Willis regarding the portrait, which should no longer be delayed, and informs him that she will send the first proofs by express…

"Fashionable Intelligence", Freeman's Journal, Sept 19, 1850

This short entry under the section "Fashionable Intelligence," reports that Charlotte Cushman performed on stage in Liverpool, and that just a fortnight after, she will be performing at Niblo's Garden, miles away. It states that this was made…

Letter from Grace Greenwood to James Fields, [c. Oct 1850]

Greenwood returns the proof and has enclosed material for the "Pet" book and some subjects for illustration. Credit Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda