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Letter from Charlotte Cushman to William F. Bridges
Tags: social capital
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Mr. Harrington, July 15, 1840
Tags: press coverage, social capital
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, Nov 20, 1872
Tags: social capital, travel/touring
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Madame Vraidot, June 10, no year
Tags: financial concerns, social capital
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Jane Welsh Carlyle, July 12, 1862
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Jane Welsh Carlyle, Nov 16, 1861
Tags: love, Rome, same-sex attraction, social capital
"Rome – Foreign Correspondence of the Boston Post," Boston Post, February 23, 1867
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to William Wetmore Story, May 31, 1858
Tags: artists abroad, London, Rome, social capital, travel/touring
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, Dec 26, 1862
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, Dec 12-13, 1862
Tags: artists abroad, love, respectability, Rome, social capital
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, Dec 5-6, 1862
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to George Combe, Nov 23, 1845
Tags: respectability, social capital
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Mr. Danop, Oct 16, 1863
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Henry C. Willard, Nov 22, 1871
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Henry C. Willard, Dec 8, 1871
Tags: social capital, travel/touring, women's jobs
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Henry C. Willard, Dec 2, 1871
Tags: social capital, travel/touring, women's jobs
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, Aug 31, 1865
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, Aug 28, 1865
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, Aug 25, 1865
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Hanson A. Risley, July 2, 1869
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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…