https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/83972595b4176426d9b3bb88703d2150.pdf 9c82c2cd1913ecd33ce5787c7dba2119 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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 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. 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>." <h6 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/c4226e025914fe32ca1542c728bd11cc.JPG"><img title="Item Locations" alt="Item Locations" src="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/c4226e025914fe32ca1542c728bd11cc.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="349.5" height="237.5" /></a>(<a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/">Palladio</a> visualization, Dec 2021: location of items in collection, size nodes)</h6> <h6 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG"><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" /></a>(<a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/">Palladio</a> visualization, Dec 2021: letter correspondence for items that have values defined for "location sender" AND "location recipient," size nodes)</h6> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived 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 Any textual data included in the document [2652] my dear Miss Cushman. I have been deeply offended by certain statements wh have been made by your friend Miss Hayes regarding me - and of wh you know I am acquainted. I have written to her I trust, courteously, but emphatically denying what she has said. It is my wish to avoid any quarrel with your friend - and for this reason I have written with every +++   [2652 reverse] but I must express to you how intensely aggrieved I feel. I have ever acted towawds you and in your +++ with that[?] frankness & outspoken manner with wh I wish to deal with those I like. I never before in my life had to regret this, but I confer I have now experienced an outrage wh I feel doubly because an innocent lady has had thoughts thrust upon her mind of which - whatever your opinion may be - I, in my very +++ believe her as unconscious as I am myself For myself. I say at once to you   [2653] that I do highly or +++ regard you. It would cost me a deep +++ to watch the triumph of what I believe to be a scheme to end a friendship ! but knowing me as you now do – however much you may in any thing think my manner unguarded, (as I know it may be. if you attribute this to malice of mind – to wickedness of thought - or intent. you fearfully dishonor[?] me. There is always in this world a kind or an unkind way of acting. I am unused to have my conduct perverted; or to have people +++ things   [2653 reverse] wh exist solely in the tortuous perversions of their own minds and it would intensely delight me for you or +++ to unsee what I sincerely believe your own unbiassed[sic,?] and unprejudiced mind never for a moment would have conceived[?] However. be that as it may. I only feel that I have been +++ wronged. & I cannot disguise this from you; or in real sadness or sorrow I beg you to Believe me Your most faithfully J.M. Bellew To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Admin Comment Comments for further research, pending questions, tasks that still have to be completed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chippendall_Montesquieu_Bellew Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Bellew to Charlotte Cushman, March 16, 1856 Description An account of the resource The author of that letter accuses Matilda Hays of a "scheme" to end the friendship between the writer and Charlotte Cushman but spreading false information which is described as 'perverting' the author's conduct. Hays is called Cushman's "friend." <h3>Credit</h3> <a href="https://www.loc.gov/">Library of Congress</a>, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived LoC, CCP 9:2652-2653 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1856-03-16 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0354 Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Hays, Matilda Mary, 1820-1897 Friendship Gossip--Private Rumors gossip--unpublished public intimacy rumors