https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/0497114df39c7e1ba828a2363e8b5f7a.pdf 6a65a2b300d3a964518266c3346b43f6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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 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. We invite you to either look for specific items via the tag cloud at the bottom of the page or the search function at the top, <a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/browse?collection=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">browse all items</a> in this collection, or explore thematic compilations of selected items in our "<a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/exhibits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Exhibits</a>." <h6 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/c4226e025914fe32ca1542c728bd11cc.JPG"><img title="Item Locations" alt="Item Locations" src="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/c4226e025914fe32ca1542c728bd11cc.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="349.5" height="237.5" /></a>(<a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/">Palladio</a> visualization, Dec 2021: location of items in collection, size nodes)</h6> <h6 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG"><img title="Item Locations" alt="Item Locations" src="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="349.5" height="324.5" /></a>(<a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/">Palladio</a> visualization, Dec 2021: letter correspondence for items that have values defined for "location sender" AND "location recipient," size nodes)</h6> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived 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 A resource containing textual messages sent from one person to another or one person to many people. Text Any textual data included in the document [page 1] Dear JTF. [James Thomas Fields] & a F [Annie Fields]: both dear & true. Lo [?] & behold. I did not get to Boston for Egmont [?]. & there was no voice to tell you why. On Sunday night I arrived here from Phila. & was ordered by my +++ to send to Boston to say I could not read without peril of paralyzing the vocal chords! so I sent a messenger [?] to +++. who was troubled – but not as much as he would have been if he had not sold all his tickets on the strength of the combination & then he saved his $500 to me. which is much! & the fault not his — though the loss was mine, in every way! for I [page 2] was well prepared & should have done something with the "dared thing!" as William Hunt would say. However. it was not to be. I have been musing [?] these straind [sic] vocal chords. which refuse to be healed. & how I am to get through My Phila engage [engagement]" commencing on Monday next 22°. only the good father knows. but I must try! Reading "Macbeth". was the last stone upon my head. it was awful. but. I tell you. in confidence — it was not bad! Though I say it as shouldn't I have not heard a word from any mortal soul —or seen  [page 3] about my not keeping my engage [engagement]? I think John Pray who keeps me informed. is ill. & no one else tells one anything — Let me see anything that may have been said: another thing. I send you a "war saga" have you seen it? written by a +++ poet Evidently in England! I don't know if it has been reprinted here. but if it has not. I want it to be printed--with this reply to it — a Peace Saga--which I want to be paid for. & I think the Atlantic will do it. you may attribute it to whom you like but you must not know who wrote it. & you must make the Artantic [sic] Editor, on every Saturday take it & pay for it. just for fun [?]. Dont [sic] tell Annie [?] to answer me about it. but just you. JTF. do it! [page 4] +++ +++ +++. you see is good enough for a newspaper printing & Host & print & publish it after. Osgood might have done it before & made money out of it. but the poem is another matter & as you see made by another head. Do you like it? if so just send me a word to say so. My nephew went to see my house in Newport. I asked Richard Hunt for three things only. & left all the rest to himself. I have not one of the three I asked for! Who would build a house? not I again! Ever my +++ Love Hunt. +++ porcelain. that she is. Love to you both. write to me at La Pierre [?] House Phila. Pa from the 18" — & believe me ever faithfully & affectionately Yours C.C 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 Villa Boscobel, High Bridge, NY, US Geocode (Latitude) 40.8424433 Geocode (Longitude) -73.9316531 Admin Comment Comments for further research, pending questions, tasks that still have to be completed mentions john pray, but has no item yet Villa Boscobel adjoins High Bridge but isn't the actual place --> replace location with Villa Boscobel Tremont, New York? Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Charlotte Cushman to the Fields family, Apr 16, 1872 Description An account of the resource <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/1" title="Charlotte Cushman">Cushman</a> suffers from her strained vocal chords, a cancelled reading event, and the resulting financial loss. She draws <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/59" title="James T. Fields">James Fields</a>'s attention to a 'Peace Saga' that Cushman wants him to publish in the Atlantic. She explicitly mentions that she expects to receive money for it. Cushman refuses to tell who wrote it. Her mind is troubled with the task of building a house since Richard Hunt does not follow her instructions. <h3>Credit</h3> <a href="https://www.huntington.org/">Huntington Library</a>, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Huntington, JTFP, Box 12, FI 704 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1872-04-16 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0169 Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Illness Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881 Relationships--Networks Atlantic Monthly Finances Reputation financial concerns press coverage public image (active) social capital travel/touring