Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, Sept 2, 1871
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Title
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, Sept 2, 1871
Subject
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Jackson, Helen Hunt
Cushman, Emma Crow, 1839-1920
Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882
Social Events--Travels
Illness
Relationships--Networks
Description
Charlotte Cushman, Emma Crow Cushman, and Emma Stebbins cannot come to visit Helen Hunt as announced as Emma Stebbins and Emma Crow Cushman's son are ill.
Emma Crow Cushman owns a country house outside of St. Louis.
Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, please visit Colorado College.
Emma Crow Cushman owns a country house outside of St. Louis.
Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, please visit Colorado College.
Creator
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Date
1871-09-02
Type
Reference
Letter Item Type Metadata
Text
Carina.
On the receipt of your letter, I made the messenger wait for a note to post from me to you, as we are 2 miles from the post office & messengers scarce, so my note was very likely more [underlined] than usually incomprehensible, but my telegram sent, at the same time, I hope informed you in sufficient time that I could not hope to occupy the rooms you had so kindly taken for us at the Hotel, and it is very fortunate that we did not attempt to make the move, for though she was ailing a good deal, & enough to make her feel that she did not dare to attempt the journey, yet. Yesterday morning, Emma Stebbins had an aggravated attack of the old enemy, which so completely prostrated her, that she has not been able to leave her bed, where she now is, so ‘all’s well that ends well’ & if you have not been inconvenienced about the rooms at the Hotel, I shall pocket my disappointment, as I have had to do a great many times within the last few years; & try to make it up some other time. The weather here has become so very cool, and so tempestuous that we expect the disappointments for ourselves, less than if it had been the hot muggy murky rainy weather of which I hear from Emma Cushman in Newport. Her youngest boy has taken to ailing just now, so that she could not have left. Even had she been so minded as we all were last Monday [underlined].
On Tuesday I have been for a day in Boston, & on Monday 6th we go to Newport & on the night of the 17th God willing, we go to New York to 128 East 16th St. where you will find me. Don’t forget me in your collecting of leaves for though I may not have a house of my own to put them in, next winter, yet I shall be going to my childrens house in St. Louis, & I should dearly like to have some for Emma Cushman’s to put up in her country house just out of St. Louis where I shall hope to be by the end of Jany, & through Feby, for an event which oddly enough always calls for my presence, as though I was a grandmother [underlined].
I am so sorry not to be with you this next week, & yet it is thought even wiser for me not to have to take that journey to Bethlehem, but it is a shame to have given you such trouble about the rooms. Forgive me, I would do as much for you. Ever my kindest regards to Miss Adams[?] My regrets to all your friends & with Miss Stebbins’ kind love, Believe me ever, as I am ever,
Your loving friend C.C.
I have your dear little 2d edition with the Welcomes [underlined]. Thanks Thanks Thanks [last two words underlined]
On the receipt of your letter, I made the messenger wait for a note to post from me to you, as we are 2 miles from the post office & messengers scarce, so my note was very likely more [underlined] than usually incomprehensible, but my telegram sent, at the same time, I hope informed you in sufficient time that I could not hope to occupy the rooms you had so kindly taken for us at the Hotel, and it is very fortunate that we did not attempt to make the move, for though she was ailing a good deal, & enough to make her feel that she did not dare to attempt the journey, yet. Yesterday morning, Emma Stebbins had an aggravated attack of the old enemy, which so completely prostrated her, that she has not been able to leave her bed, where she now is, so ‘all’s well that ends well’ & if you have not been inconvenienced about the rooms at the Hotel, I shall pocket my disappointment, as I have had to do a great many times within the last few years; & try to make it up some other time. The weather here has become so very cool, and so tempestuous that we expect the disappointments for ourselves, less than if it had been the hot muggy murky rainy weather of which I hear from Emma Cushman in Newport. Her youngest boy has taken to ailing just now, so that she could not have left. Even had she been so minded as we all were last Monday [underlined].
On Tuesday I have been for a day in Boston, & on Monday 6th we go to Newport & on the night of the 17th God willing, we go to New York to 128 East 16th St. where you will find me. Don’t forget me in your collecting of leaves for though I may not have a house of my own to put them in, next winter, yet I shall be going to my childrens house in St. Louis, & I should dearly like to have some for Emma Cushman’s to put up in her country house just out of St. Louis where I shall hope to be by the end of Jany, & through Feby, for an event which oddly enough always calls for my presence, as though I was a grandmother [underlined].
I am so sorry not to be with you this next week, & yet it is thought even wiser for me not to have to take that journey to Bethlehem, but it is a shame to have given you such trouble about the rooms. Forgive me, I would do as much for you. Ever my kindest regards to Miss Adams[?] My regrets to all your friends & with Miss Stebbins’ kind love, Believe me ever, as I am ever,
Your loving friend C.C.
I have your dear little 2d edition with the Welcomes [underlined]. Thanks Thanks Thanks [last two words underlined]
From
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
To
Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885
Location
Swampscott, MA, US
Geocode (Latitude)
42.4699241
Geocode (Longitude)
-70.9171507
Location (Recipient)
Bethlehem, NH, US
Geocode Recipient (Latitude)
44.2804901
Geocode Recipient (Longitude)
-71.6867729
Annotations
added by person who transcribed the letters:
[Letter sequence jumps from Sept., 1871 to July, 1873]
[Letter sequence jumps from Sept., 1871 to July, 1873]
Provenance
Helen Hunt Jackson Papers, Part 2, Ms 0156, Box 1, Folder 17, letters from Charlotte Cushman to HH, 1871-75. Transcribed by Nancy Knipe, 2007, https://libraryweb.coloradocollege.edu/library/specialcollections/Manuscript/HHJ2-1-17.html. Accessed 30 March, 2020.
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Citation
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876, “Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Helen Hunt, Sept 2, 1871,” Archival Gossip Collection, accessed July 3, 2024, https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/263.