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Letter from E. B. Fisher to Charlotte Cushman, Oct 7, 1836
Fisher asks Charlotte Cushman to refrain from contacting him again. He expresses a firmly rooted disappointment in and aversion to society ("a scandal loving world"). Fisher touches upon an issue of Cushman being involved ("intimacy") with the…
"Cromwell at the Coffin of Charles I.," Graham's Magazine, 1843
Poem by Charlotte Cushman
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Hathi Trust
Poem by Cushman about Macready, The Anglo American, Jan 1844
Cushman writes that poem in December 1843 and publishes it in January 1844.
There is no diary entry from when Charlotte Cushman published her poem about Macready. Between Dec 1843 and May 1844 Charlotte Cushman is not mentioned in Macreadys diary.
There is no diary entry from when Charlotte Cushman published her poem about Macready. Between Dec 1843 and May 1844 Charlotte Cushman is not mentioned in Macreadys diary.
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Mary Cushman, April 17, 1845
The letter discusses an incident of "beastly conduct of a woman" who Charlotte once defended and called her "intimate friend." Charlotte fears being "implicated by any misrepresentation of hers." Charlotte hopes that her mother's "account was a…
Wemyss's Twenty-Six Years of the Life of an Actor and Manager (1847)
Francis Courtney Wemyss is an actor and theater manager. The entry for Cushman envisions her as a business woman that cleverly paved her way to success by acquiring knowledge about the profession of an actress and the respective people involved in…
Letter from Grace Greenwood to John G. Whittier, Sept 9, 1849
Greenwood writes to Whittier about her Greenwood Leaves, the first series is about to be published by Ticknor&Fields. She laments that she is only allowed to include stories but no letters. Ticknor and Fields, however, offered her to publish a…
"Letters from the Capital," National Era, Feb 13, 1851
An example of one of Greenwood's letters reporting about the political life in Washington DC
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Newspaper.com
Greenwood Leaves, Second Series, 1852
Greenwood publishes her letters in a second series of her Greenwood Leaves.For instance, letter no. 12 is published in the National Era, Sept 23, 1852.
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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…