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Two Partial Transcripts of Letters from Charlotte Cushman to Sidney Lanier, Jan 11 & Feb 6 1876
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…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to [Sidney Lanier], Jan 3, 1875
![JLP 1, CC to [Sidney Lanier], Jan 3, 1875.pdf](https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/square_thumbnails/8136dfa1df1794fd9a05e77854821835.jpg "JLP 1, CC to [Sidney Lanier], Jan 3, 1875.pdf")
Charlotte Cushman is thankful for Lanier's affection. Death is hovering above her. Stebbins is devastated due to Cushman's state of health but Dr. Thornton is increasingly optimistic about Cushman's condition.Charlotte mentions press reports about…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to [Sidney Lanier], June 23, 1875
![JLP 1, CC to [Sidney Lanier], June 23, 1875.pdf](https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/square_thumbnails/53fb03bbd33041fdf75eb77cd36804f1.jpg "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…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to [Sidney Lanier], Aug 3, 1875
![JLP 1, CC to [Sidney Lanier], Aug 3, 1875.pdf](https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/square_thumbnails/8fb99566c015e7ba6ba38647de1043c7.jpg "JLP 1, CC to [Sidney Lanier], Aug 3, 1875.pdf")
Charlotte Cushman writes to Sidney Lanier about a Mr. Calvert who admires his poems. She has been cut of all her “English associations for so long—& they were never of the Press, that it is not clear to me at once.” Charlotte is suffering from…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to [Sidney Lanier], Feb 3-4, 1876
![JLP 1, CC to [Sidney Lanier], Feb 3, 1876.pdf](https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/square_thumbnails/5875abdf22b6294235194ebb199af251.jpg "JLP 1, CC to [Sidney Lanier], Feb 3, 1876.pdf")
Charlotte Cushman feels very ill and is very thankful for the friends that keep visiting her. Some of her wounds are not covering up yet but her doctor is satisfied with the healing process. She is unable to walk around. The letter is sent shortly…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Rosalie, Feb 13, 1874
Charlotte Cushman writes to her niece about being ill and an abscess under her arm. Cushman discusses work and family issues.
Transcripts by Jennie LorenzCredit
Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Rosalie, Oct 11, 1874
Charlotte Cushman mentions past quarrels between Rosalie/her husband and the Muspratts. Ned Cushman is conducting business in Charlotte's name.Cushman mentions her reading tour, which exhausts her. She is too ill to cross the ocean and visit…
Transcript of Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Rosalie, May 27, 1875
Charlotte Cushman advises Rosalie to exchange letters with her uncle Charles as she does not want to write the same things twice.Rosalie's sister Mabel will come to see Cushman and Charlotte advises them on how to proceed with customs if officers try…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Sarah Anderton [?], Jan 26, [no year]
![CCP 7, 2219-2222, 2245-2248, 2314-2317, CC to Sanderton, Jan 26 [no year] - OV.pdf](https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/square_thumbnails/b7ff745c0cd331b9477e8ce46ac98802.jpg "CCP 7, 2219-2222, 2245-2248, 2314-2317, CC to Sanderton, Jan 26 [no year] - OV.pdf")
Cushman writes about traveling and touring in Ireland and England. She is with Matilda Hays and undergoes homeopathy treatment.As she sends her greetings to Dilberoglue via the addressee, Cushman may have written this letter to Dilberoglue's wife,…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Miss Lloyd, Sep 23, 1874
Cushman apologizes to Miss Lloyd for not answering her correspondence lately. She has been engrossed in her occupational duties, which she had taken on again to distract from her anxiety.She is also under the care of a new hydropath and while her…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, June 27, 1869
Cushman is feeling much better because of her water treatment. She deeply misses Emma and her children and hopes that they will join her in Malvern after their return from Paris.Rosalie has improved in health, in part due to Cushman's care, and will…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, June 29, 1869
Cushman has received an important business note from Wayman Crow, who is shaken by his sister's death. She hopes that Ned will ease his anxieties by taking on some of his work. Cushman also asks Emma to send her Longfellows' translation of…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, July 25, 1869
Cushman thanks Emma for the photographs she sent, especially the one of Carlino, which she put in a locket. She jokingly states that Carlino might rival Wayman as the most handsome of the family one day. She asks when Emma and her children will visit…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, Sep 17, 1865
Cushman thanks Emma for her thoughtful letters and states that the world would be "very bare & bitter" without her. She asks Emma to be patient with her as she is still struggling with her health, but she assures her that she "shall come out all…
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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…