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https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/6dc3dbaf33ff8e1fbe4444e9776786e7.pdf
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Title
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Letter from CC to JT, November 21, 1862
Creator
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Charlotte Cushman
Source
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James T. Fields Papers, Huntington Library,
FI 689
Date
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1862-11-21
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Title
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Cushmania
Subject
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Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882
Gossip--Published
Gossip--Private
Relationships--Networks
Italy--Rome
Description
An account of the resource
<p>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.</p>
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Source
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Library of Congress
New York Public Library
Philadelphia Historical Society
Date
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1816-00-00/1920-00
Letter
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Text
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<p><span>[page 1] Dear J.T F. <br /></span><span>Tilton has arrived. by him I hear many things. among the finest. That he entirely forgot what he was to do with the little +++ sketch painted by Miss Adams & sent by me to trace the walls belonging to my children. I sent a number of things by him--& imagined that they would reach their destination through his care. alas. some of </span><span>them Ned only rec<sup>d</sup> [received] the day before he left for St Louis. & never knew at all what had become </span><span>of his little picture & felt awkwardly about </span><span>asking Tilton about it--thinking it was one </span><span>of Tiltons [sic] own--& that perhaps he had found a customer for it. Many years ago. I made up my mind that it would be a mistake to trust any of your sex hence my spinsterhood. why was I ever so weak as to trust my </span><span>property to one of them. I wont [sic] again. so there I have quietly remarked to Tilton, that men <br /><br /></span><span>[page 2] are but weak things after all. Then too I have </span><span>another proof in you having such an opportuny [sic] of sending a lot of books to my fortunates living in Rome. Why we would have been glad even to have paid trade price. if you had bought them in New York & sent them - having forgotten them in Boston - but there. your conscience must </span><span>have been in a state of bluster [?] ever since, so I </span><span>wont [sic] +++ you any more! I dare say you think us ungrateful. because I never thank </span><span>you for those lovely books of Mintheops [?]. lovely & cool & brisk & +++ & new as nature! They have </span><span>delighted us & many other weary tired souls [?] & we have thanked you over & over again. and now what shall I say. we are back in Rome. a little later this year! & shaking down into our corner. Miss Adams is here & working like a Trojan. She seems very comfortably situated with two good working women & is well & happy. I have not been allowed to go to her studio yet. as she "had nothing to show" - but in a day or two I am to be allowed! Miss Truman is also here with them. as nervous as inscrutable as ever. very clever with her fingers,<br /><br /></span><span>[page 3] but oh so painfully shy & silent. Emma. our Emma Stebbins--is at work upon a sketch for a </span><span>little statue of "Joseph being seventies [sic] years old was feeding the flock" - and then she will get </span><span>to a "baby nurcery [sic]". Suggested by Shelleys [?, sic] +++ </span><span>to Mercury [?]. The statue of Mann is not yet just </span><span>off to Munich. it is waiting for another month [?] to be taken of [sic] in. for fear it should get broken in the sending — & the man who makes them is deeply busy. Besides exchange is at such an </span><span>awful point [?]. That +++ one quarter or one third of the money would be lost to them by having it sent now. & it would not be right for Emma to lose it--would it?-- Send send oh send the Atlantic Monthly. my soul aches for it Tilton brought the Nov' number. but I have not the October.--I hear you are making your fortune. alas why am not I. If Emma had only been content to stop in America this year. I would have made mine too. but she would not. & I sit here & +++! Our Minister has come & is very nice. so is Mrs Minister so am I so are you. so is Emma so is Annie why does she never write. Ever yours, Truly<br />Charlotte Cushman <br /><br />[page 1 added] P.S. write to Ned about the picture! <br /></span></p>
From
The name and email address of the person sending the email
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
To
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Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881
Location
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Rome, Italy
Geocode (Latitude)
41.8933203
Geocode (Longitude)
12.4829321
Location (Recipient)
Boston
Geocode Recipient (Latitude)
42.3602534
Geocode Recipient (Longitude)
-71.0582912
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Title
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Letter from Charlotte Cushman to James Fields, Nov 21, 1862
Description
An account of the resource
Tilton has not been handling the sending of <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/1" title="Charlotte Cushman">Cushman</a>'s belongings very well. Cushman is grateful for the books <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/59" title="James T. Fields">James Fields</a> has sent her way, but comments on him forgetting to do so as of lately. These two issues cause her describe men (="sex") as weak and the reason for her "spinsterhood." She urges him to send her the October copy of the <em>Atlantic Monthly</em>, at the same time complaining about <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/60" title="Annie Fields">Annie Fields</a> never writing her. James Fields is "<span>making [his] fortune." Cushman laments that she missed her chance this year: "alas why am not I. If Emma had only been content to stop in America this year. I would have made mine too."</span><br /><a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/2" title="Emma Stebbins">Emma Stebbins</a> has been working on a new statue but has issues with sending the Mann statue as she would lose money because of the exchange rate and is afraid of it being broken on the way. <br />
<h3><strong>Credit</strong></h3>
<p><a href="https://www.huntington.org/">Huntington Library</a>, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda</p>
Creator
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Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Source
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Huntington, JTFP, Box 12, FI 689
Date
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1862-11-21
Type
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Reference
Identifier
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0146
Subject
The topic of the resource
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882
Fields, Annie, 1834-1915
Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881
Artists--Sculptors--US American
Finances
Arts--Sculpture
Atlantic Monthly
Gender Norms
Relationships-- Intimate--Same-sex
financial concerns
gender norms/bending
public intimacy
Rome
same-sex attraction
social capital