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Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, Sept 08, 1843
Category News: Chesnut Street Theatre reopened with Cushman as manager
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Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, Sept 30, 1843
Writers for the Knickerbocker; Lines to Fitz Greene Halleck on reading "Forget-Me-Not" by Charlotte Cushman reprinted in the Inquirer taken from the Knickebocker;The paper stresses how the lines about someone else still honor the author more than the…
Pennsylvania Inquirer, Oct 21, 1843
The article mentions Cushman as a contributor to a popular magazine called Graham's Magazine.
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The New York Herald, Cushman as a Rising Star, October 31, 1843
Part of the correspondence of the Herald. Sent on Oct 30, 1843, from Philadelphia signed by "yours&c"
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Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, False Reports, Nov 1, 1843
Cushman is mentioned in a headline in the category of news by the Eastern Mail. The Inquirer reprints the false reports that Macready criticizes in his diary. The article suggest the reciprocal benefits for both Macready and Cushman resulting from a…
Boston Evening Transcript, Macready and Cushman, November 14, 1843
On page 2, the paper speculates or utters wishful thinking about a theater performance involving both Macready and Cushman, performing Shakespearean roles. Given the context of false reports about Cushman accompanying Macready on his Southern tour…
Boston Evening Transcript, False Reports, November 16, 1843
The false reports that Macready referenced in his diary entry spread further.
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Vermont Gazette, Nov 28, 1843
On page 4, Cushman is mentioned as a regular contributor to the Ladies' Companion.
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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…