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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;
&lt;p&gt;We invite you to either look for specific items via the tag cloud at the bottom of the page or the search function at the top, &lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/browse?collection=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;browse all items&lt;/a&gt; in this collection, or explore thematic compilations of selected items in our "&lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/exhibits" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Exhibits&lt;/a&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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            <text>[785] My darling will forgive her auntie. who loves her &amp;amp; +++ so dearly. if she only gets a short note this week. instead of her usual long wordy letter. I have been much occupied [underlined] in the early days of the week. much bothered. much troubled. &amp;amp; a feeling of fatigue upon me. which made me long +++ &amp;amp; take it. anyhow &amp;amp; any when I could get it. On Monday 1&lt;sup&gt;st &lt;/sup&gt;May. Your dear letter of april [sic] 3&lt;sup&gt;d&lt;/sup&gt; H '.S." arrived [?]. such a dear long satisfactory letter. will you believe, I was too busy to read it until I went to bed. when it comforted me in many ways. Tuesday 2&lt;sup&gt;d&lt;/sup&gt;. I was very busy writing to your Grandmother. uncle charles [sic]. &amp;amp; Mr Morgan [?] on business on Monday. Col. Stebbins &amp;amp; mrs [sic] Noble arrived very unexpectedly. &amp;amp; since then, you may imagine I have not had much leisure. Yesterday, I read your dear letters of the 11.' 12" april [sic]. one from your father &amp;amp; one from Mr Macalister with my accounts +++ which I had to go carefully over last night before going to bed. &amp;amp; preparatory to answering this[?] morning. which I have done very conclusively before commencing my note to you. I was so glad to get your letter &amp;amp; one from dear Ned, for w&lt;sup&gt;h&lt;/sup&gt; I will get you to kiss him - &amp;amp; I will write to him next week: Your last letter was not a very late date having S&lt;sup&gt;t&lt;/sup&gt; Louis on the 13&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;. &amp;amp; N York on the 19&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;. Your fathers letter dated 17". brought me intelligence of the effect produced on people by the frightful Tragidy [sic!]&amp;nbsp; at Washington on the 14" ah I cannot tell you of its effects upon me all here. It was terrible as it seems to have been everywhere. ++++&amp;nbsp; +++ +++ such&amp;nbsp; +++ +++, as seems to go up to heaven following that poor martyr's soul.&amp;nbsp; for if ever there was +++ it was abram [sic!] Lincoln. God bless him!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[reverse] all peoples abroad of whatever language. are sending public &amp;amp; private words of sympathy &amp;amp; condolence &amp;amp; +++ their +++ as to +++ +++ +++ possible administration. as connected with his past. +++ &amp;amp; +++ &amp;amp; prejudices. They stand still. looking on with a fear &amp;amp; a timidity. in doubtful conjecture. The most violent opponents are silenced in speculating on the chances and the possible consequences. abroad [underlined] !! +++ all +++ own that the Rebellion is down dead, The Times correspondent now writes with comparative respect. &amp;amp; speaks of the South as '+++' &amp;amp; "rebels" instead of 'confederates' &amp;amp; 'beligerents' [sic] all is well with our country - which our good true friend Mr Seward is spared. but I have been much +++ down with anxiety about him. To day [sic] we have news. That his assassin has been found &amp;amp; identified in Paine [underlined] but when will they get that miserable drunken +++. Booth! - Poor little Mary[?] - she has escaped much torture &amp;amp; suffering. Poor[?] little Edwina[?]. her look of tragic terror in her litlle photograph. was +++ a reflex of this dreadful crime. whose name will attach to hers &amp;amp; all her family. forever &amp;amp; forever! I said by the &lt;a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84023791/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Transcript &lt;a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84023791/"&gt;[&lt;em&gt;Boston Daily Evening&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; Transcript&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;?] of the 18". That +++ had asked Booth to give up - his "+++ +++". &amp;amp; I saw that in Boothes [sic] reply. he could not let go the opportunity of a little flourish about his political ++++ &amp;amp; opinions. but it may have been thought necessary in consideration of his professional future. Though I cannot see how he can even hold up his head again - or present himseld to a public.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[786] It[?] was [?] very strange. That I should have +++ the assassinaton of Mr Lincoln. before we knew how he had been attacked- with a theatrical character apart from his being in a theater! These instincts of mine are peculiar. Poor wretch. I fear he will +++ +++. a wretch so desperate will take his own life first. Poor Mrs Seward poor Fannie. my heart bleeds for them. I should imagine - the horror of the +++ - would have deprived her of every +++ of a nerve. The&amp;nbsp; +++ account of it in the Transcript of the 18". took all power from my limbs &amp;amp; I was terrorstricken since then. I have not possessed them in quiet for a moment. You will say every thing to Anna Seward for me. will you not. I feel that any expression from you will say better than I can +++ my sympathy. my sorrow for her +++. next week I will try to write myself - I want you to bring me the best photograph of Mr Lincoln. Mr Johnson. Grant Sherman and Shiridan &amp;amp; Stanton! - We had a picture taken of +++ from a photograph &amp;amp; it is hung&amp;nbsp; up at the +++ draped with black! Mrs Adams was here at the time &amp;amp; we +++ much. She is prepared to have you go &amp;amp; see her in London. which you must do as soon as you arrive. Let Ned put on his card to Mr Moran[?], secretary of Legation &amp;amp; Mr Alward assistant Sec[?] Legation &amp;amp; to Mr Adams.&amp;nbsp; - "Introduced by Miss Cushman." - &amp;amp; if I am not there it will have the effect of taking you among them if go [both words crossed out] whether you are presented [underlined] or not [underlined]. I want Ned to be presented in London. &amp;amp; Moran who is a nice simple fellow - will tell him exactly how to do &amp;amp; how to behave. &amp;amp; about the consular&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[reverse] uniform. used at foreign courts. which +++ want Ned to have [last four words underlined]. I hope to be in London when you come - but I may not. You will perhaps stop a little while with Miss Williams in +++ so as to see Rosalie &amp;amp; Mabel. Miss Holland is +++ up her school at +++ &amp;amp; so is Miss +++ &amp;amp; the two girls have to have other schools. Rosalie tells[?] her grandmother that her father is going to send her in sumer [?, sic] to school. I wish he would send +++ of them there, = I hope you will keep your ___nurse over yur voyage. rather than +++ dear baby +++ +++ chance of danger!I want him to have the breast just as long. as he wull take it. I will pay the nursis [sic!] passage over here &amp;amp; back. if you will keep her why dont [sic] you propose to Mrs Hykes to [crossed out] unless there exists some good reason why you should be watched [last five words underlined] &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp; taken care of this summer. to remain +++ this +++ so that you wont be such a large party +++ about. you pay her her wage [both words underlined] &amp;amp; then something to +++ her board. which would cost you less than her living here. &amp;amp; let her or +++ herself during the summer &amp;amp; then come out later [underined] &amp;amp; join you to come here after the summer is over for next winter care of baby. I +++ you are saved great anxiety by Mrs Hykes having +++ care of baby. but then, when I am with you. you are&amp;nbsp; +++ +++, so +++, any our +++ wet nurse [both words underlined]. However do as you will about her [underlined]. only you must not +++ the wet nurse! he must have her for the joy[?] up[?] what is money to me compared with his wellbeing after his teeth have come. I wont [sic] mind. but he +++ have good wholesome breast milk [?] = +++ will be +++ +++ some interest money 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; of June. &amp;amp; he can pay nurses fare out of it. +++ in the East. it wont [sic] so much matter. &amp;amp; perhaps. if after all we conclude to bring on here for the sake of baby is having the breast. +++ [end of letter missing?]"</text>
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              <text>After Lincoln's assassination, &lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/1" title="Charlotte Cushman"&gt;Charlotte&lt;/a&gt; finds herself in a state of shock. She is also concerned about &lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/6" title="Emma Crow Cushman"&gt;Emma Crow Cushman&lt;/a&gt;'s baby and its wellbeing. A note from Charlotte should introduce Emma to some members of London's society.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#13;
&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.loc.gov/"&gt;Library of Congress&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;span&gt;Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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