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https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/c243d0099e0ff4466b2d573552a5a201.pdf
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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
A resource containing textual messages sent from one person to another or one person to many people.
Text
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<p>[page 1] Thursday<br />Dear & kind friend <br />Your note of Tuesday has brought me. great satisfaction! How good & true you are, & how much I have to thank you for your attention to my desires for my boy +++ my warmest gratitude & indeed you have it. Nobody, <u>Ever</u> did so much for me before & I feel it accordingly. Ned brings this to you! he is "happy as a king". happier he is duly, impressed with his great good fortune & I believe will do all that in him lies to justify what you have said of him: He has so much at stake. so much to strive for, that I believe sincerely, he will do his very utmost to deserve success.<br /><br />[page 2] you know that it requires a very peculiar talent to become a salesman, & it may be that he will not succeed in that department but I am sure he will try. & during the trial he will be getting a general knowledge of business which must prove of service to him. Heaven knows how Earnestly I desire him to succeed. Mr Crow does business with the +++ of Gardner Brown. and thus Ned must be on his good behavior & make himself popular with all the members of the house. as well as the buyers. you can give him a hint of this<br /><br />[page 3] which coming from a businessman — Ned will value far higher than any "old-aunty's notions". May I ask of you to deal with him as a younger brother. & dont [sic] forget the word of caution about my associates — & place where he makes his home. See how your kindness emboldens me to ask for "more" — indeed I am so for +++ in. "receeding [sic] +++ as tedious as go o'er". He will remain in Boston until he can see Mr Brown what do you think of his seeing Mr Bube first. and if possible doing something with +++. which Mr</p>
<p>[page 4] Fish [?] & Mr Blodfelt [?] — (partners of Mr Bube) could be approached in through [?] Mr Cochian! +++ use your own judgments. Mrs Crow leaves here next Wednesday. I have told Ned to arrange if possible to come back here to remain with them until they leave, & then he can return & commence work. Again & again thank you! we speak of you & dear Annie incessantly & love you both dearly. You have taken Mrs Stebbins & Mrs Sartain [?] by Storm — as you did us. <br />God bless you. Ever believe me <br />Your attached <br />Charlotte Cushman <br /><br />Emma sends kindest love to Annie — as does every body here</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, James Thomas, 1817-1881
Location
The location of the interview
Lenox, MA, US
Geocode (Latitude)
42.356475
Geocode (Longitude)
-73.2848289
Admin Comment
Comments for further research, pending questions, tasks that still have to be completed
Mr.Bube still without item
Dublin Core
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Title
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Letter from Charlotte Cushman to James Fields, Sep 20, 1860
Description
An account of the resource
<a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/1" title="Charlotte Cushman">Cushman</a> is grateful to <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/59" title="James T. Fields">James Fields</a> who talked to Mr. Bube and got <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/9" title="Edwin "Ned" Cushman">Ned Cushman</a> a job as a salesman to work with Bube's company. She also asks Fields to take care of Ned and deal with him as if he were his "younger brother." Cushman is very much invested in a successful future career of Ned as a businessman.<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 684
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1860-09-20
Type
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Reference
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
0178
Subject
The topic of the resource
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Cushman, Edwin "Ned" Charles, 1838-1909
Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881
Crow, Wayman, 1808-1885
Relationships--Networks
social capital