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Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Jessie Meriton White, [April 28[?], 1856]

Browning advises Jessie Meriton to ask Cushman for help in terms of a translation of George Sand who has a "reputation [...] of being tenacious" about her translations. Browning admits that she cannot interfere on Meriton's behalf since she does not…

Letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russel Mitford, May 20, [1853]

After meeting Greenwood, Elizabeth Browning admits that she likes the writer despite the defamatory rumors. Credit The Brownings Correspondence

Letter from Elizabeth Browning to her Sister Arabella Moulton-Barrett, Jan 15-17 1853

Browning writes about Rome: "Rome is very full, I hear– Fanny Kemble is to be there this month, & Miss Cushman is there, & a world of Americans" Credit The Brownings Correspondence

Letter from Elizabeth Browning to Robert Browning, [Oct 21, 1852]

Elizabeth Browning tells Robert of her Paris experience, recounting an encounter with Louis Napoleon together with Cushman. Elizabeth Browning also mentions that Cushman "is on her way to Rome with her friend Miss Hayes who translated George Sand,—so…

Letter from Emma Crow Cushman to Edwin Booth

Emma Crow asks Booth whether he could help a niece of a friend who is looking to pursue a stage career.

Letter from Emma Crow to Edwin Booth, March 6, 1863

Emma Crow sends her condolescences to Edwin Booth and his small daughter after the death of Mary Devlin Booth.

Letter from Emma Stebbins to Anne Whitney, Jan 8, 1879

Emma Stebbins writes about grieving and some rumors in the papers, among which Hosmer confronts some libel. Credit Wellesley College Archives, Papers of Anne Whitney (MSS.4)

Letter from Emma Stebbins to Anne Whitney, July 6, 1878

Emma Stebbins thanks Anne Whitney for her kind words about the Cushman-memoir and mentions the letters of praise she has received about the book. Stebbins also asks for information about Dr. Mitchell, famous for his rest cure, and the charges…

Letter from Emma Stebbins to Anne Whitney, June 19, 1878

Emma Stebbins responds to Anne Whitney's reaction to reading Charlotte Cushman: Letters and Memories of Her Life. Credit Wellesley College Archives, Papers of Anne Whitney (MSS.4): Correspondence. 2010.

Letter from Emma Stebbins to Anne Whitney, March 24, 1874

Emma Stebbins writes to Anne Whitney and addresses Charlotte Cushman's precarious state of health. Credit Wellesley College Archives, Papers of Anne Whitney (MSS.4)

Letter from Emma Stebbins to Anne Whitney, Oct 13, [1869]

Emma Stebbins writes to Anne Whitney from Edinburgh to inform her about Charlotte Cushman's state of health. Stebbins hopes to be able to return to Rome soon. Credit Wellesley College Archives

Letter from Emma Stebbins to Anne Whitney, Oct 30, 1879

Emma Stebbins writes to Anne Whitney about her grief over Charlotte Cushman's death, the spirit and the Church. Credit Wellesley College Archives, Papers of Anne Whitney (MSS.4)

Letter from Emma Stebbins to Annie Fields, Feb 8, 1872

Stebbins regrets not having been able to stay longer with Charlotte Cushman who has been making "triumphant" progress and is now resting at St. Louis.Furthermore, Stebbins asks Fields for a favor. She has acquired eight stories translated from French…

Letter from Emma Stebbins to Dennis Alward, April 12, 1878

Emma Stebbins mentions her financial concerns as she has been "cut off, with all the annuitants — by the estate stopping payment for six months." Stebbins hopes "to make a little something out of the Book" referring to the biography of Charlotte…

Letter from Emma Stebbins to Helen Hunt Jackson, Oct 5, [1869?]

Emma Stebbins calls Charlotte Cushman her "patient" and is very anxious about Charlotte. Very slowly, Charlotte is recovering from her operation. They plan to visit Emma Crow Cushman with her children soon before returning to Rome.Transcripts…

Letter from Emma Stebbins to Helen Hunt Jackson, Sep 7, 1869

Emma Stebbins informs Helen Hunt about Charlotte Cushman's health after her operation. Stebbins is devastated to see her "dearest friend" suffer.Transcripts courtesy of Nancy Knipe, Colorado College.

Letter from Emma Stebbins to Sidney Lanier, March 1, 1876

Stebbins writes to Lanier upon Charlotte Cushman's death to discuss the matter of Cushman's memoirs. Transcripts by Jennie LorenzCredit Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Letter from Emma Stebbins to Unknown ("Julia"), April 21, 1871

Emma Stebbins write from her sister's place to a friend about her recent travels. She inquires about their family, stresses how much she misses them, and lets them know that Ms Cushman is currently in Boston. Sallie Mercer is mentioned in the…

Letter from Emma Stilwell to Charlotte Cushman, June 21, 1875

In this partially disjointed letter, Stilwell tells Cushman about her own childhood dreams of becoming an actress, growing up in a Methodist family. Being 31 now, she is teaching in a district school for meager wage and asks Charlotte for advice on…