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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;
&lt;h6 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/c4226e025914fe32ca1542c728bd11cc.JPG"&gt;&lt;img title="Item Locations" alt="Item Locations" src="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/c4226e025914fe32ca1542c728bd11cc.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="349.5" height="237.5" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/"&gt;Palladio&lt;/a&gt; visualization, Dec 2021: location of items in collection, size nodes)&lt;/h6&gt;&#13;
&lt;h6 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG"&gt;&lt;img title="Item Locations" alt="Item Locations" src="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="349.5" height="324.5" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/"&gt;Palladio&lt;/a&gt; visualization, Dec 2021: letter correspondence for items&lt;br /&gt;that have values defined for "location sender" AND "location recipient," size nodes)&lt;/h6&gt;&#13;
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                <text>1816-00-00/1920-00</text>
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            <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[page 1] Dear friend&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday afternoon 5 o'clock &amp;amp; you are not just here. I had an appointment in London for to day which I put off on the hope +++ me that one dear good friend Flower [?] &lt;del&gt;+++&lt;/del&gt; would +++ you over here to day. Now I have given up hope of you &amp;amp; must go to London tomorrow I have a dreadful fear that M&lt;sup&gt;rs&lt;/sup&gt; Flower may not have been able to accomplish the journey to day &amp;amp; will be able to do so tomorrow. This will be my&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;[page 2] luck [?] +++ I +++ +++ a duty to let you know that I am not going to be here either tomorrow or Friday. but on Friday night I return here &amp;amp; after that, shall be here for the next three weeks certain [?]. It will be too provoking, if you do come over tomorrow. &amp;amp; I can only hope you will not. I did not answer Annies [?] note from Scotland for I was very much occupied during my early days here. &amp;amp; I was so tired &amp;amp; good for nothing - &amp;amp; then came the intelligence that you were going to him the 3&lt;sup&gt;d&lt;/sup&gt; instead of the 7" &amp;amp; that he was going to bring you over &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;[page 3] to see me. So I waited [?] until I could answer you face to face. &amp;amp; hear all you would say in reply. I hear you are having a splendid time. &amp;amp; that everybody is in love with you all there - for I hear of Miss Lowell too I must continue by hook or by +++ to see you somehow. dont [sic] let me lose you because I must go up to town tomorrow. but do wait over &amp;amp; then - if there is no other way to see you &amp;amp; Mr Flower wants us Emma &amp;amp; I will come over to Stratford on Saturday night &amp;amp; stay over Sunday just to enjoy you all together. dont [sic] know whether there is room on the hill for us. but that we shall know by hearing or not hearing from them – Emma Stebbins will remain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;[page 4] here. &amp;amp; Emma Cushman, with her three lovely babies, is here - so you will see the family represented but I shall be so so sorry to miss you. Perhaps you will come over here on Saturday &amp;amp; stay over Sunday. That would be splendid! at all +++ let me have a word from you. when do you go home. oh I have been so homesick this summer. for my own beloved [?] land - last summer of delight nearly spoiled me. I never enjoyed any summer at home as I did this last. I wonder if next summer will be half as sweet &amp;amp; lovely. for I am going to try it. Goodbye. give me an answer &lt;br /&gt;Believe me with all affection to both of you - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;faithfully yours&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Charlotte Cushman&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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            <text>Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876</text>
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            <text>Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881</text>
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            <text>the two Emmas hang out together? Lowell does not have an item, though mentioned</text>
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              <text>&lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/1" title="Charlotte Cushman"&gt;Cushman&lt;/a&gt; laments the fact that she was unable to answer &lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/60" title="Annie Fields"&gt;Annie Fields&lt;/a&gt;'s note from Scotland as she has been occupied. She notes that she has not been able to meet with &lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/59" title="James T. Fields"&gt;James&lt;/a&gt; yet and hopes to see him in the future. Cushman also mentions both Emmas who are with her.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#13;
&lt;a href="https://www.huntington.org/"&gt;Huntington Library&lt;/a&gt;, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda</text>
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