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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>Hathi Trust, &lt;a href="http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015074629984"&gt;http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015074629984&lt;/a&gt;. Accessed May 28, 2019.</text>
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            <text>Due to Cushman's huge success, Easley suggests that the public knew that how to decipher "C.C. in America" (Easley 2018, pp. 40)</text>
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            <text>OUR RAMBLES BY THE DOVE.&lt;br /&gt;ADDRESSED TO C.C. IN AMERICA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'Tis well to proudly tell me of the glories of the West,&lt;br /&gt;Of the streamwith rapid torrent and the lake with heaving breast,&lt;br /&gt;of the mountainand the prairie, of the forest and the bluff,&lt;br /&gt;Savannah spot so fragrant and the jungle dell so rough.&lt;br /&gt;I know that there are wonders in your own gigantic land,&lt;br /&gt;The gorgeous and the beautiful, the startling and the grand,&lt;br /&gt;I know the cataracts are bold, the fields of maize are wide,&lt;br /&gt;I know the pines are thick enough to let the lightnings hide;&lt;br /&gt;But glad I am to hear thee say with warm and clinging love,&lt;br /&gt;Thou thinkest of Old England and our rambles by the "Dove."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prize as thou wilt the banks that keep thy clear broad rivers in,&lt;br /&gt;where panthersdrink and light canoesbear on the tawny skin,&lt;br /&gt;Be speaking fondly as thou may'st of hills that climb around,&lt;br /&gt;And boast of wildflowersthat bedeckthe trackless "hunting ground"&lt;br /&gt;Magnolias are exquisite and humming-birds are choice,&lt;br /&gt;And "whip-poor-will" may charm the with his melancholy voice;&lt;br /&gt;But canst thou quite despisethe thrush that whistled on the thorn,&lt;br /&gt;And those "forget-me-not." that wore the jewels of the morn,&lt;br /&gt;Canst thou shut out the greenbelow and cloudless blue above,&lt;br /&gt;That led us still, still onward in our rambles by the "Dove?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, no indeed, I know thy land will never chase away&lt;br /&gt;The happiness we found in mine on that long, sunny day;&lt;br /&gt;I know thy great White Mountains cannot dim the winding steep,&lt;br /&gt;That lured us dreamily along to gain the "Lover's Leap,"&lt;br /&gt;Do you remember how we sat, and tried to find a word&lt;br /&gt;That would express the plashing gush of water that we heard;&lt;br /&gt;And how we watched the alders bend, as peacefully and light,&lt;br /&gt;As though an angel'swing had passedand touched them in its flight,&lt;br /&gt;And how we said that Eastern clime held no Arcadian Grove,&lt;br /&gt;Of more romanceand sweetness than the valley of the "Dove."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We were familiar with the place, we had been there before,&lt;br /&gt;But somehow on this August day we worshipped it the more,&lt;br /&gt;And every crag of old grey rock and every wave washedstone,&lt;br /&gt;Seenuedtouchedwith richer colouring and breathed a softer tone.&lt;br /&gt;That tiny river, how it crept beneath the leafy shade,&lt;br /&gt;Where golden perch and silver dace in glancing frolic played,&lt;br /&gt;And how it dashed in foaming haste adow in the mossy wall,&lt;br /&gt;Where granite fragments broke the ſlow and made a waterfall,&lt;br /&gt;And how we stood in silent joy with hearts brim full of love,&lt;br /&gt;And saw the great Creator gliding onward with the "Dove."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, do not let the mighty scenes that meet thy vision now&lt;br /&gt;Shut out "Thorpe Cloud" that standeth like a frown on Beauty's brow,&lt;br /&gt;Oh, do not let the noble trecs that spring upon thy sod,&lt;br /&gt;Prompt thee to spurn the bramble arms that hugged us as we trod,&lt;br /&gt;Thou wilt be seeing many things to win thy loudest praise;&lt;br /&gt;But let Old England's woods and dales yet steal upon thy gaze,&lt;br /&gt;Think of our merry travels on this marrowisland earth,&lt;br /&gt;And own that we have often found rare spots of Eden birth,&lt;br /&gt;And when amid the vast and fair thy native footsteps rove,&lt;br /&gt;Call up our sunny rambles by the waters of the "Dove."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I breathed a prayer while straying there, God grant ’twas not in vain,&lt;br /&gt;It asked the boons of Life and Health to seek that place again,&lt;br /&gt;It asked that those around me then might share the future joy,&lt;br /&gt;The hope wasearnest,strong, and pure, God keep it from alloy.&lt;br /&gt;Write on—and proudly tell me of the wonders of the West,&lt;br /&gt;But glad I am that more than once thy spirit hath confessed&lt;br /&gt;Affection for our daisied fields, green lanes, and babbling brooks,&lt;br /&gt;Our orchards and white cottages,and fairy-haunted nooks,&lt;br /&gt;For I believe thet thou wilt conic with all thy olden love,&lt;br /&gt;And let my prayer be answered by the waters of the "Dove."&lt;br /&gt;Eliza Cook.</text>
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              <text>&lt;em&gt;Eliza Cook's Journal&lt;/em&gt;, Poem Addressed to Cushman, January 26, 1850</text>
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&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.hathitrust.org/"&gt;Hathi Trust&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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