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"Military Appointment Politics," Trenton State Gazette, Apr 18, 1864
The president is announced to attend one of Greenwood's lecture.
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Greenwood Lecture, National Anti-Slavery Standard, May 7, 1864
This small paragraph defends Greenwood as a lecturer who, apparently, has been criticized for talking about politics.
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"Personal," Lowell Daily Citizen and News, March 26 1864
A report stating that Greenwood visited the Potomac army and is due to give four lectures to "large audiences".
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"Grace Greenwood," Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov 24, 1863
Grace Greenwood's work as a lecturer is praised.
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Record of the Metropolitan Fair in Aid of the United States Sanitary Commission Held at New York in April 1864
The excerpt praises Cushman's performance of "Macbeth" together with Edwin Booth retrospectively""It was perhaps the most memorable of all the public performances given to the Sanitary Commission."The record ispublished in 1867, three years after the…
"Our Sanitary Fair in Rome," The Methodist, Apr 2, 1864
The preparations of the Sanitary Commission are highlighted. The article praises American artists in Rome, among who Cushman and Stebbins can be found, that contribute to raising money in a patriotic manner. The article names Emma Stebbins and…
Excerpts from Brander Matthews's Edwin Booth and His Contemporaries (1900)
Biographical sketch by Clara Erskine Clement with excerpts from articles and biographiesCredit
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James Parton's Eminent Women of the Age (1869)
Eminent Women was written by James Parton, Horace Greeley, T.W. Higginson, J. C. Abbott, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Prof. James M. Hoppin, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, and others that are not listed.Greeley founded the New…
John G. Nicolay, Lincoln's Secretary
In the context of social gatherings in Washington after 1862, Nicolay took notes about meeting Cushman and Stebbins.
Mrs. Walker's Reminiscences of the Life of the World-Renowned Charlotte Cushman (1876)
The biography traces Cushman's successful career and mentions many business partners and friends. However, it excludes every references to Cushman's same-sex relationships. It is published after Charlotte Cushman's death.The Cushman-Macready-…
Excerpt from Louisa Drew's Autobiographical Sketch of Mrs. John Drew (1899)
The autobiography describes Cushman as Maeder's pupil and displays two photographs of Cushman performing as Romeo and as Mrs. Haller. The autobiography compares Madame Celeste's farewell performances to those of Cushman.The autobiography was…
Emma Crow Cushman's Memoir about Charlotte Cushman: "A Memory" (1918)
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…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, Dec 5-6, 1862
As Emma Crow Cushman is married and busy decorating and furnishing her house, Charlotte Cushman thinks nostalgically of more frequent and longer "old time letters." Repeatedly, Charlotte mentions that Emma's husband, and Charlotte's nephew and…
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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…