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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;
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            <text>Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876</text>
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            <text>Cushman, Emma Crow, 1839-1920</text>
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            <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[279] Wednesday.&lt;br /&gt;God love [sic] you my precious darling for your dear letter of last night +++ &amp;amp; its enclosures. you are the dearest &amp;amp; darlingest daughter - an exacting and impatient mother ever had. &amp;amp; I will try to be more &amp;amp; more worthy of you. my darling I have had a long and tiring rehearsal. &amp;amp; my head is splitting with pain - so I cannot write you a long note to day. you will forgive me &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;will you not. - I am so very &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;very&lt;/span&gt; sorry about your petty coat. You can &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;do nothing with it. The green [?] can +++ be got out. a stain of green is irredeemable &amp;amp; irremediable. I am so &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;[279 reverse] sorry. why did not my darling +++ into somebodys [sic] house - any body would have sheltered you. any thing is better than ruining ones [sic] clothes! But it will teach you to watch the clouds darling &amp;amp; not wear out your very best in +++ weather. my sweet is not half careful enough. but she will learn better in time &amp;amp; +++ heart. I think the pictures of you &amp;amp; Ned good enough to have a dozen each of them for myself. &amp;amp; Sallies [sic] is capital &amp;amp; so are mine. will you tell Mr Case that I have rec&lt;sup&gt;d&lt;/sup&gt; them &amp;amp; will have one dozen of each of mine. one dozen &amp;amp; a half of Sallie &amp;amp; one dozen of Each of yours. Tell him I think those of me quite the best that has ever been done especially the &lt;del&gt;+++&lt;/del&gt; profile view. you will see [?] in them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;[280] Oh darling my boot is paining me &amp;amp; I am altogether miserable. Till much +++ be is to see the money I sent him if he wants it. &amp;amp; we will &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;settle [?] when I come back. Till then I am satisfied with +++ &amp;amp; do not think of worth his while to come down. God bless you my beloved child dear love to Ned &amp;amp; Grandmother&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Dont [sic] forget to give much John my message. &lt;br /&gt;ever &amp;amp; ever your loving&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Auntie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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              <text>Cushman reprimands Emma for ruining her best clothes and advises her to be more cautious in the future. She praises the photographs that have been taken of Ned and Emma, Sallie, and herself, especially the profile pictures.&#13;
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