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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…
Letter from E. B. Fisher to Charlotte Cushman, Oct 8, [1836]
Fisher describes himself as an unworthy correspondent to Charlotte Cushman. He praises her talent as an actress and apologizes for past mistakes without specifying what he is talking about. He agrees to her request that they should not meet…
Letter from Thomas Colley Grattan to Charlotte Cushman, n.d. [1843]
The letter has no date on it but is addressed to Cushman in Philadelphia and talks about her performing together on stage with Macready in New York and Philadelphia, which suggests that the letter could be written in fall 1843. Thomas Grattan regrets…
Boston Evening Transcript, October 31, 1843
On page 2, the newspaper falsely reports on Cushman going tour with Macready. Macready mentions these false reports in his diary, which make him furious.
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Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, False Reports, November 01, 1843
Macready refers to these news as false reports in his diary.
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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 suggests reciprocal benefits for both Macready and Cushman when performing…
Macready and Cushman, Boston Evening Transcript, 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, Nov 16, 1843
The false reports that Macready referenced in his diary entry spread further.
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Letter from Rosalie Sully to Charlotte Cushman, May 11, 1845
Rosalie Sully writes to Charlotte Cushman. Rosalie is heart-broken since the two had to go separate ways. To show her love, she is still wearing a ring and bracelet that Cushman gave her last summer. Rosalie is referring to a pledge on July 6, 1844,…
"Reviews", Liverpool Mercury, Aug 16, 1846
This article reports on a lithograph of Charlotte Cushman being produced and valued at an astonishingly low price. It also praises Cushman on her skills and talent in acting, but disagreeing with Connoisseur that she is in the only tragic actress at…
"A Real Romeo", Northern Star, Jan 9, 1847
This short entry reports on Susan Cushman's romantic attachment to a young Englishman from Liverpool.
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"'Brief Chronicler of the Times'", Manchester Times, May 14, 1847
This article reports on Charlotte Cushman's health, stating that she "lies dangerously ill at Chester," after injuring her spine on her journey from Belfast.
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The British Library Newspapers,Gale Digital Collections
"Rogers (the poet) and the Misses Cushman", Northern Star, Dec 8, 1849
This short entry concerns the rumours about Susan Cushman's wedding and Samuel Roger's wife's remark that the former should marry her sister Charlotte Cushman.
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NCSE: Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition
"California", Jackson's Oxford Journal, Aug 30, 1851
This is a short entry under news from America reports on the rumours that Charlotte Cushman has "adopted male attire" permanently.
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The British Library Newspapers,Gale Digital Collections
"Miss Cushman", Era, Feb 1, 1852
This article addresses the false rumours of Charlotte Cushman's death and reports on the certainty of her recovery as she is back in favourable health.
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The British Library Newspapers,Gale Digital Collections
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…
Craik's A Woman's Thoughts on Women (1858)
Craik comments on the relationship between truth and gossip, men and women, and gives contemporary examples of gossip and how to refrain from participating in gossipping activities.Leach indicates that Craik and Charlotte Cushman knew eacht other and…
"The American Stage. Theatrical Items," Era, May 9, 1858
The newspaper reprints rumors about a marriage between Forrest and Cushman.
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The British Library Newspapers,Gale Digital Collections
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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…