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Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow, Nov 26, 1858
As it is often the case, Cushman is very busy, and finds it quite hard to write distant friends. It takes a month for a letter to get to St. Louis from Rome. Cushman informs Emma about her daily routine in Rome and her activities with Emma Stebbins.…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow, Dec 24, 1858
Charlotte Cushman tells Emma about her language barriers and ongoing struggles with the house renovations in Via Gregoriana, Rome. Emma Stebbins and Charlotte have still not been able to move. Harriet Hosmer who has helped Cushman out in the past…
"Strong Friendship between Hosmer and Cushman", Albany Evening Journal, Jan 21, 1859
On page 2, the newpaper uses the term "strong friendship." It is publicly known that both women live together.
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Readex: America's Historical Newspapers
[no title], Weekly Council Bluffs Bugle, Oct 26, 1859
A very short entry reports that Charlotte Cushman and Emma Stebbins are travelling together to Rome.
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Readex: America's Historical Newspapers
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to the Fields Family, [1860]
Charlotte Cushman does not want to let Emma Stebbins' sickness interfere with the excursion the Fields had planned. Cushman does not leave without Stebbins.
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Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to the Fields Family, [1860]
Cushman asks the Fields to join her for dinner the following Wednesday or Thursday.
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Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to the Fields Family, [1860]
Cushman informs Fields about a letter from Kate Field and Miss Blagden. Hosmer is anxious about her father's health.
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Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, May 3, 1860
This letter is particularly hard to read since it was written in pencil.Cushman will meet Emma in a hotel in Paris. She goes over detailed travel arrangements.Cushman and Emma Crow hope for a future that allows them to be together as much as…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman and Emma Stebbins to the Fields family, May 3, 1860
Cushman expresses her delight upon receiving a letter from the Fields while they were in Florence. She will leave Rome on May 13th, weather permitting, and plans to arrive in London on May 25th or 26th. She will pick up the Crows in Paris along the…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, May 8, 1860
Emma is with Miss Whitwell who interferes with Emma's traveling plans to see Charlotte. Cushman feels that Whitwell is jealous of Charlotte and Harriet ("Her remarks with regard to your dear friend Miss Cushman are simply womanish spite"). A ring…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to the Fields family, May 23, 1860
Cushman writes to the Fields of travel arrangements and complications which were experienced along the road and of a potential meeting in London. She informs them about the rooms she would like for her travel companions and herself, asking James to…
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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…