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https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/54ad2ef8afdddab0e2697ef5e6231601.pdf
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Title
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Letter from CC to Af and JF, July 30, 1868
Creator
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Charlotte Cushman
Source
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James T. Fields Papers, Huntington Library,
FI 710
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1868-07-30
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Title
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Cushmania
Subject
The topic of the resource
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882
Gossip--Published
Gossip--Private
Relationships--Networks
Italy--Rome
Description
An account of the resource
<p>A collection of archival material (letters, diaries, articles, auto/biographical accounts) collected from different archives (cf. <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/sources/archives/">list</a>) that showcase the life of Charlotte Cushman, one of the most successful US American actresses of the nineteenth century.</p>
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Source
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Library of Congress
New York Public Library
Philadelphia Historical Society
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1816-00-00/1920-00
Letter
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Text
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<p>[page 1] Dear friends <br />How are you? where are you? What are you by this time? and when shall [?] we +++ ourselves in your +++? Have you got +++ enough to read a line from the wanderers? Are you wondering where we are? Are you wanting to hear from us? Are you going to be able to get to the white mountains with us? Do you remember us? Has not the sight of old families & well loved faces. The sight of home cares & occupations - the <br /><br />[page 2] sounds of business & the +++ atmosphere crowded from your immediate memory these nomads who address you? and when will you find the leisure sufficiently long to answer these few questions. which though we are not naturally curious <del> +++</del> are [inserted] suggested by the affection which we feel for the charming meadows of our native land of whose well being we are very anxious to hear! We know you must be awfully busy but still you will give us some "sign" we +++ in excellent health & spirits on the 5"- since there have been bashing & roasting. New York has been as "+++<br /><br />[page 3] as - "any thing. & " Circumstances over which we had no control have driven us here. to just the very more beautiful farmhouse. I ever saw <u>in America</u>!" When the weather has been too cool to be pleasant of an afternoon & where one dear Emma has been as ill as any poor soul could be. with another abcess [sic] in her jaw. which jaw I have bid her hold to an unlimited <del> +++</del> extent & she only replies 'you're another"! & moans in helpless agony. Eight days she has been in bed. & eight nights wide awake as a Yankee [?] enduring such pain as I hope I may never witness again. We are kept prisoners in this lovely place until she is fit to be seen & then we get back to New York we <br /><br />[page 4] hope by Saturday, or Tuesday next at the farthest (the 7") to be in Newport there to remain until you shall let us know when you can roam to the mountains with us. On Thursday we shall leave here for New York. address me care of Alex Cushman Chemist [?] Hotel St Germain. 5" avenue & hope to have a line from you. Have you seen Hattie? Mrs Stowe? Mrs Howe? how is every body. & how are you. which is the alpha & omega of my note. Dear Emma sends best love to you so do I & so does everybody who knows whats [sic] what <br />Ever your lovingly attached <br />Charlotte Cushman </p>
From
The name and email address of the person sending the email
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
To
The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent
Fields, Annie, 1834-1915
Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881
Location
The location of the interview
Croton Falls, NY, US
Geocode (Latitude)
41.3480995
Geocode (Longitude)
-73.6621875
Admin Comment
Comments for further research, pending questions, tasks that still have to be completed
mentions Hattie and Stowe, none of whom have an item.
Dublin Core
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Title
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Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Annie and James Fields, July 30, [1868]
Description
An account of the resource
<a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/1" title="Charlotte Cushman">Cushman</a> is writing on behalf of herself and <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/2" title="Emma Stebbins">Emma Stebbins</a>, inquiring about the well-being of the <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/59" title="James T. Fields">Fields</a> family and asking the Fields to join them for a trip to the White Mountains. Emma has been ill for several days, they have retreated to a farmhouse before going back to New York.<br />
<h3><strong>Credit</strong></h3>
<a href="https://www.huntington.org/">Huntington Library</a>, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda
Creator
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Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Source
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Huntington, JTFP, Box 12, FI 710
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1868-07-30
Type
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Reference
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
0150
Subject
The topic of the resource
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882
Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881
Fields, Annie, 1834-1915
Travel Reports
Friendship
United States--New York City
social capital
travel/touring