https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/c68422b320898738a06246a6569f90b2.pdf 2a2e81bb8f4ac03fbac2e3633228352c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from CC to JT, December 31, 1864 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Charlotte Cushman Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived James T. Fields Papers, Huntington Library, FI 691 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-12-31 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cushmania Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 Gossip--Published Gossip--Private Relationships--Networks Italy--Rome Description An account of the resource 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. 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From The name and email address of the person sending the email Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Text Any textual data included in the document [page 1] Dear friend many thanks for your welcome [?] +++ of Nov. 10". Parcel of books reached me quite safely in Liverpool & are now reposing on my table in the Eternal City. some of them delighting good Americans who love the "feel" of Ticknor & Fields books. many thanks for the same! Please continue to send me the Atlantic here. & always to care of Maquay [?] +++ & Hooker [?]. So that when I am away in the summer they may be taken care of. Miss Hosmer brought gave [inserted] the Dr [?] number [?] - which is capital! I am so +++ to hear of the illness of Annies [sic] mother it must be great sorrow to you all. I had recognized the little poems & most charming they are. she should have nothing to do but think & write. Give her one dear love! I have heard of her through Annie Brewster. an old dear friend of my younger days. – I have heard from Miss Seward that the books had arrived - for this & all I am your debtor. but I am "good for the +++". & will pay! when?" burn [?] — by. The news from home fill us with wonder love & praise. & we commence the fear with +++! The news of the 17th is with us! When will exchange go down. ask we poor people — when [?] as sculptors — are obliged to live in Rome. Give it a pull down — do. & " +++ will ever pray +++" - If it goes on much longer we had better have no money [page 2] to send. & appropos [sic] of this. I am sending a letter through you to Dr Howe Though on second thoughts I dont [sic] suppose you could speak to him. Still you can agitate. & so. force some action on his part without appearing personally to him. He sent again for the measurements of the +++ of the statue. having lost them. This is the fourth time they have been sent. & in replying to his letter Emma has taken occasion to speak about getting the money which they paid into Henry Stebbins hands--over to pay Müller for the casting. she cannot pay the exchange & though the statue is ready to come. she cannot pay Müller for it on an account of exchange. Will you read her letter for your own guidance. & then seal it up & send it to Dr Howe. You might perhaps speak to +++ & +++ about it. Will you do this for me. & greatly oblige me. she has to pay Müller interest on the value of the statue. to prevent his pressing for payment! Take this matter into your giant hands & do what you can for her.—When the statue gets home & is ready to be put up +++ +++ intention to come to Boston. & get up a performance at the Theatre. to raise something to pay Emma for her labour in the statue — but say nothing of this all well. Rome not full. weather dreadfully wet not cold. You have seen the little "Englisher" — what thinks you affy [affectionately] yours Charlotte & Emma To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881 Location The location of the interview Rome, Italy Geocode (Latitude) 41.8933203 Geocode (Longitude) 12.4829321 Admin Comment Comments for further research, pending questions, tasks that still have to be completed Miss Seward mentioned again! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Charlotte Cushman to James Thomas Fields, Dec 31, 1864 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-12-31 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0144 Description An account of the resource <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/1" title="Charlotte Cushman">Charlotte Cushman</a> describes <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/28" title="Anne Hampton Brewster">Anne Brewster</a> as "an old dear friend of younger days." <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/2" title="Emma Stebbins">Stebbins</a> cannot pay the exchange for the casting and transport of her statue. Cushman asks <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/59" title="James T. Fields">James</a> to interfere on Stebbins' behalf and talk to Dr. Howe. Additionally, Cushman wants to perform at a theater in Boston to raise money for Emma without her knowledge. <h3>Credit</h3> <a href="https://www.huntington.org/">Huntington Library</a>, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Huntington, JTFP, Box 12, FI 691 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Brewster, Anne Hampton, 1818-1892 Relationships-- Intimate--Same-sex Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881 Artists--Sculptors--US American Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue, 1830-1908 Death Finances Italy--Rome Relationships--Networks Friendship United States--Boston Civil War financial concerns Rome social capital women's jobs