Letter from Helen Hunt to Charlotte Cushman, May 17, 1871
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Title
Letter from Helen Hunt to Charlotte Cushman, May 17, 1871
Subject
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Illness
Jackson, Helen Hunt
Description
Helen Hunt is worried about how tired Charlotte Cushman had looked the last time she saw her, and that Cushman might not get enough rest since she is too caring about others. Otherwise, there was nothing new for her to write about, except that she has been ill.
For transcripts, please also see Colorado College.
Credit
Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.For transcripts, please also see Colorado College.
Creator
Hunt, Helen Jackson, 1830-1885
Source
LoC, CCP 11: 3400-3401
Date
1871-05-17
Type
Reference
Letter Item Type Metadata
Text
[3400] Darling Queen Woman,
Am left disquieted. You looked so tired. Will you ever rest? So much giving out of vitality as you did in Boston can’t but hurt you. You are caring down your life for others daily. I suppose you can’t help it. But if you only could!
Nothing new here. I have been on
[3401] my lounge for three days, but had, on the whole, the most comfortable and natural illness I have had since December. I am certainly very much better than when the winter began.
Don’t say it is not good for me to be here. It hurts and troubles me, to have a point in all my thinking or living, which is out of harmony with your wish or your judgement. My Great Grand darling!
[reverse 3400] Some day when I see you more quietly perhaps I can win you to see all as I see it; - most of all – to do justice to the sweetest patientest most self sacrificing human soul that ever walked in chains! – You can’t tell me of any fault I do not see. I know some which you do not.
[reverse 3401 is missing]
Am left disquieted. You looked so tired. Will you ever rest? So much giving out of vitality as you did in Boston can’t but hurt you. You are caring down your life for others daily. I suppose you can’t help it. But if you only could!
Nothing new here. I have been on
[3401] my lounge for three days, but had, on the whole, the most comfortable and natural illness I have had since December. I am certainly very much better than when the winter began.
Don’t say it is not good for me to be here. It hurts and troubles me, to have a point in all my thinking or living, which is out of harmony with your wish or your judgement. My Great Grand darling!
[reverse 3400] Some day when I see you more quietly perhaps I can win you to see all as I see it; - most of all – to do justice to the sweetest patientest most self sacrificing human soul that ever walked in chains! – You can’t tell me of any fault I do not see. I know some which you do not.
[reverse 3401 is missing]
From
Hunt, Helen Jackson, 1830-1885
To
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Location
Newport, Rhode Island
Geocode (Latitude)
41.4899827
Geocode (Longitude)
-71.3137707
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Collection
Citation
Hunt, Helen Jackson, 1830-1885, “Letter from Helen Hunt to Charlotte Cushman, May 17, 1871,” Archival Gossip Collection, accessed April 24, 2024, https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/208.