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Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Edwin Booth, July 30, 1871
Cushman mentions that she missed Booth's letter of the 23rd because she was traveling. She urges him to engage Davenport as Macbeth for she will have to carry the play on her own otherwise. She mentions that she does not care so much who plays the…
Tags: social capital, travel/touring
"Rome – Foreign Correspondence of the Boston Post," Boston Post, February 23, 1867
A short excerpt from this long report on the US American art market in Rome – the part in which Hosmer and Cushman are described as expert riders whose muscular physique would make men envious – is subsequently reprinted in a number of newspapers,…
C. W. Elliott's "One Woman's Work," The Galaxy, Feb 1869
In a dramatized biographical account, Elliott depicts a hard-working, ambitious Cushman and her rise to success. Elliott includes direct quotes, questions, exclamation marks, and behind-the scenes gossip which "[m]any will remember." The article…
"Personal," The Evening Star, July 1, 1880
The Evening Star characterizes Anne Brewster as "the accomplished correspondent" and a salonnière at Rome, Palazzo Maldura. Next to the "Political Notes," there is a column of "Washington Gossip."
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Chronicling America
Tags: press coverage, social capital
"An American Salon in Rome," Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, 1881
The articles gives a definition and historical genealogy of salons with a specific focus on French salons. A salon is described as a social gathering "brought together by some leading maîtresse de maison, for the purpose of promoting an agreeable…
"Miss Brewster," [New York Observer], [1881]
The author describes Anne Brewster as a "well-known literary person[]" and a woman of "republican simplicity and cordiality" whose Monday afternoon receptions also attract "titled acquaintances."Brewsters work as a foreign correspondent has gained…
"American Artists in Rome," Mineral Point Tribune, July 20, 1871
This reprint from the Boston Advertiser informs the public about the travels of American artists living in Rome. More reprints of this article can be found here, for instance.
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Chronicling America
Tags: artists abroad, press coverage, publicity, Rome, social capital
"Stories of Women," Daily Memphis Avalanche, Oct 1, 1882
The short note on Anne Brewster stresses her quality as a hostess and her social circles. As she is a devoted Roman Catholic, she is acquainted to many "church dignitaries" in Rome.
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Brewster in Rome, Inter Ocean, Feb 13, 1879
The note sketches Brewster's life in Rome and portrays her as a great hostess to many Americans and Italians living in Rome. The final passages addresses Brewster's relationship with Cushman. The article claims that Brewster thrives after Cushman's…
"Personal," Buffalo Commercial, Sep 26, 1878
Note on Harriet Hosmer and Anne Brewster who go riding together. Brewster's Blackwood article on Charlotte Cushman is mentioned as well.
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Newspaper.com
Greenwood as a Social Lion, Brooklyn Times Union, Aug 6, 1887
The article presents Greenwood as "a social lion, being constantly entertained by the leading families in England" based on intimate knowledge from a "private letter."
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Newspaper.com
"MISS CUSHMAN", Glasgow Herald, Jun 4, 1858
This article reports that Charlotte Cushman and Susan Cushman Muspratt were present at the President's levee at Washington and had been received by the President with "marked attention". They had also been invited to dinner at homes of "others of the…
"Charlotte Cushman," Chicago Tribune, June 22, 1878
This review laments that Emma Stebbins's biography of Charlotte Cushman lacks a proper account of Cushman's dramatic career and instead focuses too much on her private life. Emma Stebbins first met Cushman in Rome and the "two ladies soon became…
Busts for Music Hall, Ladies' Repository, May 1868
In the section "Literary and Artistic," an article about Cushman in the Atlantic Monthly is mentioned, in which she is praised as a "distinguished countrywomen" and lover of art who has discovered a Danish sculptor genius. She has ordered casts of…
Tags: press coverage, Rome, social capital
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 30, 1863
Charlotte and Emma Cushman are with the Sewards
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Seward Family Digital Archive
Tags: Civil War, social capital
Petition "To the Laws of Property as They Affect Women," Feb 16, 1856
Carlyle, Cushman, Hays, Browning, and Jewsbury signed the petition
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The Carlyle Letters Online/CLO
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Mary Cushman, Apr 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…
"Actresses Unhappy Wives," Port Jervis Evening Gazette, Oct 15, 1870
The article is based on the anonymous author's knowledge of Charlotte Cushman and deems Cushman to be "satisfied" with her husbandless condition of "virginity."
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NewspaperArchive
"The Weekly Record," Howitt's Journal, Vol 1, 1847
Charlotte Cushman is listed among the "representatives of the best portion of American artists" that are a transatlantic product of "true simplicity, such genuine worth, and so natural a possession of the noblest poetic temperament." This…
Tags: admirers, press coverage, social capital
"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…
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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…