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"Bridgeport Gleanings," The Boston Advocate, Aug 28, 1886
An example of the column "Bridgeport Gleanings" in The Boston Advocate where the readers are informed about social and political affairs, religious events, and news about prominent members in the community. In this particular instance, the column…
"THE AMERICAN STAGE", Era, May 9, 1858
This article reports on the rumour that Charlotte Cushman would likely be getting married to Edwin Forrest.
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The British Library Newspapers,Gale Digital Collections
"The American Stage. Theatrical Items," Era, May 9, 1858
The newspaper reprints rumors about a marriage between Forrest and Cushman.
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The British Library Newspapers,Gale Digital Collections
"Miss Cushman", Era, Feb 1, 1852
This article addresses the false rumours of Charlotte Cushman's death and reports on the certainty of her recovery as she is back in favourable health.
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The British Library Newspapers,Gale Digital Collections
"California", Jackson's Oxford Journal, Aug 30, 1851
This is a short entry under news from America reports on the rumours that Charlotte Cushman has "adopted male attire" permanently.
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The British Library Newspapers,Gale Digital Collections
"Rogers (the poet) and the Misses Cushman", Northern Star, Dec 8, 1849
This short entry concerns the rumours about Susan Cushman's wedding and Samuel Roger's wife's remark that the former should marry her sister Charlotte Cushman.
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NCSE: Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition
"A Real Romeo", Northern Star, Jan 9, 1847
This short entry reports on Susan Cushman's romantic attachment to a young Englishman from Liverpool.
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NCSE: Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition
"'Brief Chronicler of the Times'", Manchester Times, May 14, 1847
This article reports on Charlotte Cushman's health, stating that she "lies dangerously ill at Chester," after injuring her spine on her journey from Belfast.
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The British Library Newspapers,Gale Digital Collections
"Reviews", Liverpool Mercury, Aug 16, 1846
This article reports on a lithograph of Charlotte Cushman being produced and valued at an astonishingly low price. It also praises Cushman on her skills and talent in acting, but disagreeing with Connoisseur that she is in the only tragic actress at…
Rumor about Hosmer's Zenobia, Art Journal, 1863
The Art Journal republishes a comment from the Queen newspaper (in an obituary for British sculptor Alfred Gatley) which claims Hosmer's Zenobia statue was "really executed by an Italian workman."Hosmer responded to this attack on her reputation with…
Letter from Bellew to Charlotte Cushman, March 16, 1856
The author of that letter accuses Matilda Hays of a "scheme" to end the friendship between the writer and Charlotte Cushman but spreading false information which is described as 'perverting' the author's conduct. Hays is called Cushman's…
James Parton's Eminent Women of the Age (1869)
Eminent Women was written by James Parton, Horace Greeley, T.W. Higginson, J. C. Abbott, William Winter, Theodore Tilton, Prof. James M. Hoppin, Fanny Fern, Grace Greenwood, Mrs. E. C. Stanton, and others that are not listed.Greeley founded the New…
Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, False Reports, Nov 1, 1843
Cushman is mentioned in a headline in the category of news by the Eastern Mail. The Inquirer reprints the false reports that Macready criticizes in his diary. The article suggests reciprocal benefits for both Macready and Cushman when performing…
Pennsylvania Inquirer and National Gazette, False Reports, November 01, 1843
Macready refers to these news as false reports in his diary.
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19th Century U.S. Newspapers
Boston Evening Transcript, Nov 16, 1843
The false reports that Macready referenced in his diary entry spread further.
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Readex: America's Historical Newspapers
Boston Evening Transcript, October 31, 1843
On page 2, the newspaper falsely reports on Cushman going tour with Macready. Macready mentions these false reports in his diary, which make him furious.
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Macready and Cushman, Boston Evening Transcript, November 14, 1843
On page 2, the paper speculates or utters wishful thinking about a theater performance involving both Macready and Cushman, performing Shakespearean roles. Given the context of false reports about Cushman accompanying Macready on his Southern tour…
"The Cabinet", Farmer's Cabinet, Feb 2, 1859
In one of the entries in this column, Hosmer and Cushman are reported to be living together in Rome.
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Readex: America's Historical Newspapers
Letter from Anne Whitney, Mar 23, 1869
Anne Whitney's letter offers another perspective on Harriet Hosmer's participation in fox hunts in Rome and the rift this caused with Charlotte Cushman (see also Merrill 236). Whitney tells the recipient about an English woman who frames Hosmer's…
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Charlotte Cushman
Charlotte Cushman becomes widely known on both sides of the Atlantic as the first successful US-American actress. Earlier, she was a singer under the tutelage of James G. Maeder, married to actress Clara Fisher, in Boston. Charlotte has been the sole financial support of her mother since her father…