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Bradford's "Charlotte Cushman" (1925/1932)
In his biography Biography and the Human Heart (1932), Bradford republished the article (The North American Review, Vol. 221, No. 827 (Jun. - Aug., 1925)) as a chapter. Other biographical chapters covered Walt Whitman or Henry Longfellow, for…
Letter from Eliza Cook to Charlotte Cushman
Cook praises Cushman for her part of Bianca in Milman's tragedy Fazio.It is republished in Eliza Cook’s Journal on May 21, 1853.
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Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Poem by Eliza Cook to Charlotte Cushman, June, 1846
A love letter from Cook devoted to Cushman, addressed to C******** C****** but obvious to those in her social circle. The poem is published in the Weekly Dispatch on June 14, 1846.
Credit
Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript…
Poem by Eliza Cook to Charlotte Cushman
A Love Letter written in the form of a poem by Cook to Cushman.
Credit
Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
"IMPROMPTU. TO CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN", Eliza Cook's Journal, July 30, 1853
This is a poem in Eliza Cook's journal written by her and dedicated to Charlotte Cushman.
Credit
Gale Digital Collections, Nineteenth Century Collections Online
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow, Sept 17, 1861
Charlotte Cushman sends Emma Crow boots and writes about her life with Emma Stebbins ("aunt Em"). Cushman also mentions the North-South divide in the US and an article by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Credit
Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers,…
Excerpt from Louisa Drew's Autobiographical Sketch of Mrs. John Drew (1899)
The autobiography was published with an introduction by Drew's son.It 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…
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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…