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Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to [Sidney Lanier], June 23, 1875

JLP 1, CC to [Sidney Lanier], June 23, 1875.pdf
Charlotte Cushman wants to meet Lanier. Her illness is always present. She asked for another operation to improve her help but her doctor from Boston informed her that it was too late for such a treatment. Cushman reads the press reports about…

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Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Rosalie, July 8 - 12, 1875

JLP 1, CC to Rosalie, July 8, 1875.pdf
Charlotte Cushman is not happy with Mabel: "there has always been the feeling with me that she was so much more Muspratt than you – that I have never been drawn to her so much as to you – who are so much more like your poor dear mother - /&like…

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Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, Aug 17, 1875

JLP 2 Stebbins to Lanier, Aug 17, 1875.pdf
Charlotte Cushman "had been in such constant suffering during the summer." Emma Stebbins repeatedly mentions Mr. Lippi as Cushman's doctor. Transcripts by Jennie Lorenz Credit Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division,…

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Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, Sept 10, [1875]

JLP 2 Stebbins to Lanier, Sept 10, [1875].pdf
Stebbins admits that Cushman's "illness absorbs" her. She often uses the first person plural to give opinions and news. Lanier is working on a book.Cushman let Stebbins send a note to a friend in England to receive some magazines that they usually…

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Transcripts of Letters from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, Sept 21, [1875] & Oct 7, 1875

JLP 2 Stebbins to Lanier, Sept 21, [1875].pdf
Emma Stebbins calls Charlotte Cushman "our Regina," like Helen Hunt, and writes about the obstacles that Cushman is facing, also in terms of health issues. Cushman's health has been improving.Lanier seems to be lonely and has suffered from health…

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Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to [Sidney Lanier], Oct 21, 1875

JLP 1, CC to [Sidney Lanier], Oct 21, 1875.pdf
Charlotte Cushman begs Lanier to pay her a visit. She is in great pain. Transcripts by Jennie Lorenz Credit Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, Nov 27, no year [1875?]

JLP 2 Stebbins to Lanier, Nov 27, no year.pdf
Emma Stebbins assures Lanier that the four of them (Stebbins, Cushman, "Dr.," & person x) are "getting on spendidly." Cushman's health is improving.Transcripts by Jennie Lorenz Credit Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript…

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Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Sidney Lanier, Dec 18[?], 1875

JLP 1, CC to Sidney Lanier, Dec 1[8], 1875.pdf
Charlotte Cushman describes James Fields as a "very useful man." Transcripts by Jennie Lorenz Credit Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, Jan 11, [1876]

JLP 2 Stebbins to Lanier, Jan 11, [1876].pdf
Emma Stebbins confesses to Lanier that she felt helpless due to Cushman's illness progression but her state of health seems to be improving.This impression soon proved to be deceptive as Charlotte Cushman dies in February 1876.Stebbins describes her…

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Two Partial Transcripts of Letters from Charlotte Cushman to Sidney Lanier, Jan 11 & Feb 6 1876

JLP 1, CC to Sidney Lanier, Jan and Feb 1876.pdf
Charlotte Cushman writes these letters shortly before she dies. She is very ill and the doctors say that treatment has culminated. Under the impression of constant pain, her lines indicate that she has come to terms with death that is about to…

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