Letter from Charlotte Cushman to William F. Bridges
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Title
Letter from Charlotte Cushman to William F. Bridges
Subject
Relationships--Networks
Illness
Death
Political Affairs
Religion
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882
Description
Cushman would like to send a letter of introduction and describes the press as "know nothings" quoting Emma Stebbins in terms of her Horrace Mann statue. Cushman also mentions that she has been "out of health this spring and summer." Cushman writes about the assassination of the president and attacks on her "friends, the Sewards."
Massachusetts Historical Society
Credit
Massachusetts Historical Society
Creator
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Source
MHS, Charlotte Cushman letters, 1840-1941; bulk: 1840-1865, folder 3 (folder 4 for transcript offered by archive)
Date
1865-08-23
Type
Reference
Letter Item Type Metadata
From
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Location
The Grandby, High Harrogate Yorkshire, UK
Geocode (Latitude)
53.9921491
Geocode (Longitude)
-1.5391039
Annotations
Transription mistakes: "Martha Cushman" (signature) should be "Charlotte Cushman" & even though the date was corrected and is difficult to read, we believe it to be AUg 23 (and not "22" as given in the transcript)
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Citation
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876, “Letter from Charlotte Cushman to William F. Bridges,” Archival Gossip Collection, accessed April 23, 2024, https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/969.