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"The Miss Cushmans", People's Journal, Vol 2, July 18, 1846
Letter from Grace Greenwood to Mr. White, April 12, 1850
Tags: gossip, gossip--published, social capital
Letter from Gace Greenwood to Mr. Welles, Dec 30, 1859
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Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, May 23, 1860
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, July 15, 1860
Letter from Mary Devlin Booth to Emma Crow Cushman, May 11, 1862
My dear friend Emma--[...] oh! I am so anxious to know what it is!--but believe me--you will love it just as well--if it is a boy--as though your wish for another Charlotte to be born, had been fulfilled-- [...]I wonder if your Aunty will pass…
Tags: social capital
Letter from Mary Devlin Booth to Emma Crow Cushman, Oct 4, 1861 (Excerpt)
My cherished friend[...] Your Aunty is ere this I presume at Rome--where no doubt cherie would like to be too; although I'm sure that you will find in Boston the right kind of society, as in everything 'stamped' Boston.--Your Grandma was to have…
Tags: social capital
Letter from Mary Devlin to Charlotte Cushman, Nov 4, 1858
Darling Miss Cushman,Need I tell you how grateful I am for your thought of me, and how pleased I was at your present, --suffice it is to say that through the politeness of Capt Leitch I received it safely and longed for your presence to kiss, and…
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Letter from Frances Anne Kemble to Charlotte Cushman, n.d.
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Excerpts from Fanny Seward's Diary, 1863-1864, Cushman mentions
Tags: admirers, Civil War, social capital
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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…