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https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/532b412f303553c5879cf454184a28ea.pdf
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Dublin Core
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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
<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>
<p>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>."</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.
From
The name and email address of the person sending the email
Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882
To
The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Location
The location of the interview
NYC, NY, US
Geocode (Latitude)
40.7127281
Geocode (Longitude)
-74.0060152
Text
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<p>[page 1] My Dear Lanier <br />a much longer time than I +++ has +++ since the reception I of your lettr [sic], but you will pardon it, when I tell you that I have been much more unwell, and forbidden to indulge in more brain exercise than I could help. The harsh cruel <u>spring</u> weathr [sic] – has given in much the same sort of setback, that it did last year, the consequences of which were so disastrous for our enterprise Much the same result obtains now. I have been for more than a month unable to do even the little, I bad been doing in the way of systematizing and arranging materials, and recalling memories, and I am not yet in a conditions to return to my work – for the last six weeks I have been under Watr [sic] treatment - from which I have just emerged - not I fear greatly benefitted by it. It seems hard and slow work to pull me up from the depths into which I/ descended after my Beloved friend and I almost believe now it is not to to done at all I shall by this summer again what change of air will do and if this fails – why - the will of God be done! You will see by this – that there is no hurry about your contribution to the work – I do not see any immediate prospect of tho completion, or even of the prosecution of it, and indeed I doubt whether you are any bettr [sic] able than I am - to tap your brain You can well understand how this inability tries me for I have this mattr [sic] as much at heart, but I am literally helpless – just is I was last summer, +++ dear friend I am anxions to know something about you – how you are getting on - and how Mrs. Lanier is – Where you are and</p>
<p>[page 2] all about you. Let me hear from you – +++ do not tax youself to into much – I will keep you informed of my progress, and the moment I see any prospect of getting on with the work I will apprize you – meantime this is nothing for it – but patient submission to higher powers — With kindest greetings to Mr<u>s</u> Lanier <br />I am ever yours faithfully <br />E.S. </p>
Annotations
annotations added by someone other than members of the project's researcher team; those annotations may have been added by the producer/creator of the item, an archivist, or by another researcher who had access to the archival material; may be specified as known or suspected due to context and content
Lorenz frequently annotated her own transcripts
Dublin Core
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Title
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Transcript of Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, April 13, 1877
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Reference
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
0305
Description
An account of the resource
<p>Emma Stebbins apologizes for delay in responding to Lanier but she has not been feeling well nor has she been able to work on <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/19" title="Emma Stebbins's Charlotte Cushman: Her Letters and Memories of Her Life">the biography of Cushman</a>. She is still grieving the death of her "beloved friend." She mentions Lanier's contribution to the biography but predicts that the whole process of writing will take another couple of months.<br /><br />Transcripts by <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/mm92081445/">Jennie Lorenz</a><br /><strong><br /></strong></p>
<h3><strong>Credit</strong></h3>
<a href="https://www.loc.gov/">Library of Congress</a>, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
LoC, JLP 2
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1877-04-13
Subject
The topic of the resource
Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882
Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Transcript
Illness
Death
Relationships-- Intimate--Same-sex
Arts--Literature
auto/biography
love
public intimacy