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Emma Stebbins Obituaries
Obituaries taken from Emma Stebbins scrapbook: Scrapbook inluding photographs of Stebbins, her dogs, and her sculpture, a sketch of Stebbins with her dog, clippings, and biographical notes. Compiled by Mary Stebbins Garland, Emma Stebbin's sister.The…
"Personal Intelligence," The New York Herald, July 8, 1860
Emma Stebbins is described as Charlotte Cushman's "friend." The article infroms the reader about three works of Stebbins among which is the bust of Cushman.
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19th Century U.S. Newspapers
"Grace Greenwood in Italy," New Hampshire Statesman, Apr 16, 1853
The article includes an excerpt from a "private letter" and remarks that, in London, Greenwood "was the frequent guest of eminent literary and noble personages, her sketches of whom have added much to the value of her letters." Rumors about her love…
"Memories of Three Great Women," New-York Tribune, Jul 21, 1890
The article shares some memories of the private and artistic lives of Charlotte Cushman, Emma Stebbins, and Harriet Hosmer. Emma Stebbins is mentioned as Charlotte's "friend" and "sharer in [...] artistic aims and pleasures" who "shared an…
Note from Eliza Cook, Broadway Journal, Nov 1, 1845 (reprinted 1943)
ELIZA COOK AND CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN.— In the Broadway Journal, New York, 1 Nov. 1845 (II, 259) is the following note; We have before Us a letter from Miss Eliza Cook, in which she says: ‘I need not tell you how much I admire and esteem your bright…
Cobbe's "Celibacy v. Marriage," Fraser's Magazine (1862, reprinted as "Essay II" in Essays of the Pursuits of Women 1863)
The essay gives reasons for both sexes to refrain from marrying, among which gendered violence can be found. Although marriage remains the ideal, a "love and union conjugal nobler and more tender" (56), the contexts of new laws by Divorce Court and…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Unknown [Rosalie Sully], Glasgow, Nov 30, [1845]
Charlotte Cushman laments the "restrained expression" of the addressee in letters addressed to Charlotte. She met the addressee when the latter was 18 years old. The addressee has blue eyes and Cushman repeatedly assures the addressee of her love.…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, Jan 30, 1863 [1864?]
This letter seems to be a follow up of Jan 22, 1864, and hence have the wrong date. Instead of "1863," the letter is probably from 1864.Charlotte Cushman tells Emma Crow Cushman that she never shows her letters to anyone except for reading single…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Rosalie Sully [?], Nov 21, [1845]
Charlotte Cushman is probably writing to Rosalie Sully here, since Charlotte is working in Great Britain and spending time with Eliza Cook. She repeatedly confesses her love to the addressee. They cannot show their intimacy publicly and Cushman can…
Letter from Kate Field to Emma Crow, July 10, 1860
Field admits her disappointment in not being able to see Romeo (referring to Charlotte Cushman) and her Juliet, Emma Stebbins. She addresses Cushman with the pronoun 'he.' In a witty account, Field teases Crow about her age, heritage, and appearance.…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow, June 30, [1858]
![CCP 1, 68-70, CC to ECC, June 30, [1858].pdf](https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/square_thumbnails/b772ac65c1b431bd7e3df9aa5c751c5b.jpg "CCP 1, 68-70, CC to ECC, June 30, [1858].pdf")
Cushman regrets that Crow could not be with her, due to Crow's father not allowing her to come with to New York. She was disappointed to only see Crow's mother instead of her. Crow's parents had decided that Cushman was too occupied for their…
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow, Apr 27, 1858
Charlotte Cushman feels poorly, so "unlike" herself lately. She is busy rehearsing and refers to her past life as a "hotel life" in which she was a "wanderer." Emma's father, Wayman Crow, is doing business in Baltimore and known as an honorable…
Letter from Bellew to Charlotte Cushman, March 16, 1856
The author of that letter accuses Matilda Hays of a "scheme" to end the friendship between the writer and Charlotte Cushman but spreading false information which is described as 'perverting' the author's conduct. Hays is called Cushman's…
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…
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.
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Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript…
Transcripts of Letters from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, July 27 + Sept 4, 1876
Emma Stebbins asked the publisher Mr. Osgood for time to work on the biography since she is suffering from health issues. She mentions Emma Cushman's "voluminous correspondence" with Charlotte Cushman and how personal letters require "careful…
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, July 8, 1876
Emma Stebbins ponders the publishing arrangement with Mr. Osgood. Stebbins wants to annul or postpone it, as she is disagreeing with Lanier on his behavior towards Mr. Cushman and about leaving out the England period which Stebbins deems crucial for…
Partial Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, July 6, 1876
Emma Stebbins tells Lanier about several letters from Charlotte Cushman to her mother. She does not want to include letters of an early lover of Cushman, a person Cushman seemingly was engaged to. She does not include a name here. The documents have…
Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, June 6, 1876
Emma Crow Cushman handed over some documents to Emma Stebbins, among which was Charlotte Cushman's diary from the time when she had gone to England (1845). Stebbins admits that it is difficult to read. Stebbins laments that the process of writing the…
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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…