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https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/fc33487aad9699201baa19538c16443a.pdf
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Title
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Cushmania
Subject
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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>
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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
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Text
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<p>[page 1] Dear Mr Story. <br />Your kind letter should have been answered long ago. & would have been but for a pressure of business. which since I came to the Seaboard at the end of April. has rendered it an absolute impossibility for me to write. If you could have witnessed my occupations you would forgive me without the asking As it is I must beg you to excuse me upon <u>faith!</u> I know your statuette was +++ & thought I <u>wrote</u> "But +++! — Thank you very much for your information about it. I shall be very glad to possess a copy in Bronze & will beg you to have one made for me aginst my coming to Rome in Nov. next</p>
<p>[page 2] I need not say how delighted I should be to see & read your poem. & wish you might be tempted to send me a copy to England this summer. Even though I am [illegible crossed out] giving up my work for a season. I shall not act or read in public for some time to come — having laboured very seriously this winter I want a long rest from public life & purpose taking it, at least a good portion of it in Italy. where I hope for many opportunities of writing[?] & knowing you. If you have an opportunity & like to send me a copy of your poem. to [illegible crossed ou] the end of my</p>
<p>[page 3] studying it – perhaps reading it in Rome first & after elsewhere. I shall receive it safely — if sent to my London house — 1. Bolton Row May Fair. If on the contrary. after what I have told you of my purposes — you prefer to wait until you can see & talk with me. I shall +++ be in Rome in Nov — will you thank Mrs Story for all her kind offers of help to <span>Miss Stebbins — in[?] our housekeeping dreads & believe me ever. very sincerely yours Charlotte Cushman </span></p>
From
The name and email address of the person sending the email
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Location
The location of the interview
Boston, MA, US
Geocode (Latitude)
42.3602534
Geocode (Longitude)
-71.0582912
Location (Recipient)
Palazzo Barberini, 13 Via delle Quattro Fontane, Rome, Italy
Geocode Recipient (Latitude)
41.9033252
Geocode Recipient (Longitude)
12.4898746
To
The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent
Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895
Dublin Core
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Title
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Letter from Charlotte Cushman to William Wetmore Story, May 31, 1858
Type
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Reference
Identifier
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0944
Creator
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Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Source
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LoC, CCP 16, Misc
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1858-05-31
Subject
The topic of the resource
Italy--Rome
England--London
Artists--Sculptors--US American
Relationships--Networks
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882
Arts--Sculpture
Actors and Actresses--US American
Description
An account of the resource
Charlotte Cushman orders a copy of one of Story's statuettes and asks about one of his poems for her to read. She also informs him about taking a break from stage and reading performances ("<span>I want a long rest from public life") </span>and her moving to Rome in November, after traveling to London soon.<br /><br />
<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.
artists abroad
London
Rome
social capital
travel/touring