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                <text>&lt;p&gt;A collection of archival material (letters, diaries, articles, auto/biographical accounts) collected from different archives (cf. &lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/sources/archives/"&gt;list&lt;/a&gt;) that showcase the life of Charlotte Cushman, one of the most successful US American actresses of the nineteenth century.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;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, &lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/browse?collection=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;browse all items&lt;/a&gt; in this collection, or explore thematic compilations of selected items in our "&lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/exhibits" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Exhibits&lt;/a&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;h6 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG"&gt;&lt;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" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/"&gt;Palladio&lt;/a&gt; visualization, Dec 2021: letter correspondence for items&lt;br /&gt;that have values defined for "location sender" AND "location recipient," size nodes)&lt;/h6&gt;&#13;
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            <text>Crow, Wayman, 1808-1885</text>
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            <text>Cushman, Emma Crow, 1839-1920</text>
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            <text>&lt;p&gt;[2999] My dear Emma&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;I got home thursday night at 10. havig [sic] had a deliteful [sic] trip far beyond my expectation much of my description I must +++ till I see you as super+++ are deficient to express the +++ I have of the Country—yor[sic] mother &amp;amp; +++ are well but the weather is very warm 8 Ce to go by it taking the&amp;nbsp; out of us all. very&amp;nbsp; fast especially do I feel it coming from the bracing air of the Rocky Mountains&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;[2999 reverse] where +++ 10500 feet +++ &amp;amp; the bracing air of the +++ +++ to 5000 feet high—So we Shall get away as soon as we can perhaps [abt] the +++ or 7 June—&amp;amp; as Minnie is very solicitary we should stop at her sister's one day in +++, &amp;amp; we may do So it convenient arriving in N.Y. abt 9 or 10th or here we may stay till Isabels [sic] School is out— Nothing abt Ned later than yr letter.&amp;nbsp; +++ +++ was in yesterday to ask abt him, his latest +++ was a week old—He said the mill was not doing quite so well +++ +++ +++ having short&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;[3000] I note what you say abt way +++ think of his care till I come on &amp;amp; give me your +++ as to what is best—also I am anxious about Cornelia’s health—what is best for her She must have a change I suppose &amp;amp; yet I dont [sic] see +++ she can go to Malvern well, in view of the claims at home still She must have a change &amp;amp; make an effort to get her system in better State—How can it be done &amp;amp; what is the&amp;nbsp; best plan? you +++ not say as much to her Still I wish to do what will bring it&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;[3000 reverse] about in some or +++— Tho' She has other responsibilities which are to be thought of there are the [sic] her boys &amp;amp; her husband to +++ave all there in your mind as well as Isabell &amp;amp; we will talk them over freely when we meet I have gathered no local news as yet—this am. met Mrs Sheply[?] in Market who told me Hitchcock was due in San Francisco 13th, June &amp;amp; +++ Collier in Ne [sic] York 12 June. this hot weather will came a great way to be cooking east ward— give our love to all &amp;amp; Kisses to the boys—&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;[3001] Tell Carlino I have no boy to go on the "Gee Gee" now &amp;amp; have only Polly to play with, &amp;amp; Polly +++ me in Italian &amp;amp; french—I saw such pretty +++ in the mountains &amp;amp; thought of them if they were living in the country where they could keep them— You will have him to write me on +++ this please say what part of the house at west minster we ought to ask for a room in? I hear Mr. whittaker is better but dont [sic] hear a word of John—Suppose you &amp;amp; Ned +++ seen him.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;[3001 reverse] M&lt;sup&gt;r&lt;/sup&gt; +++ giving a great entertainment on Monday 4 to 8 oclk on his +++ the anniversary of +++ I shall perheps [sic] go when Nelsson[?] was here Can't She sent to yr mother for your address, &amp;amp; did not send card I think it was not very civil to yr mother had I hear a poor house—good bye, Yrs truly&lt;br /&gt;Crow&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Just as I close there comes in a letter in yr hand writing to Ned, postmarked 24th—So I think we shall see him soon—&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;No news from Ned yet, he is not with Emma; Cornelia is suffering from health issues&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; No mention of Charlotte Cushman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Credit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;a href="https://www.loc.gov/"&gt;Library of Congress&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;span&gt;Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.&lt;/span&gt;</text>
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