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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>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[page 1] +++ thousand Thanks dear good thoughtful soul for sending me the two books for myself &amp;amp; the one for Emma S. for so I interpreted the 2 copies of the dear little [?] "Gates Ajar" [by Eizabeth Stuart Phelps]- what a lovely little book - how exquisitely &amp;amp; tenderly written, &amp;amp; how much it shrows us inside &amp;amp; outside the Gates [?]!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;[page 2] both of us thank you with tears in our eyes as we each of us finish the little book. &amp;amp; unite in +++ that you are the most wonderful fellow for finding out just what will +++ the friends you love &amp;amp; honor with your +++. You are "first rate &amp;amp; hard to beat" &amp;amp; I vow &amp;amp; declare I adore you for bringing out this book &amp;amp; then for sending it to us. You ever did a nice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;[page 3 ] it &amp;amp; when we come home next summer &amp;amp; come +++ +++ to other to stay with you as you know you mean that we shall do. Then you will let us see this +++ soul. who writes such English +++. &amp;amp; who brings us to tears. She must be a rare spirit. when do you wander across the--channel? will this reach you. whenever it does it &lt;del&gt;will&lt;/del&gt; wont [sic, inserted] tell you half we want to say. We went on to Flowers yesterday. I am under the weather &amp;amp; under a stupid depression of spirits. I hope when you come back&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;[page 4] My brothers [sic] address is – 114 Chancery Lane. Law Fire insurance office Trubner knows. by the bye did you ask Trubner to send me the copies of Marcus Aurelius [?] if he finds them? dont [sic] forget it for I want them much--if he Cant [?] find them--wont [sic] you get somebody coming over from America to put a couple or 4 of them among his things &amp;amp; bring them +++. They wont [sic] take any notice in a passengers [sic] luggage. Goodbye. dearest love to Anne. kind regards to Mrs Lowell I hope you admire the speech of "Story" - "I have no voice--my tongue is in my sword!" By +++ the +++ simpering self-satisfaction. Take me off my feet. Motley[?] ought to be &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;[page 1 added vertically] ashamed of himself - &amp;amp; would, if he was not _____ another!! Goodbye - Ever yours affectionally&lt;br /&gt;C.C.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[page 2 added vertically, margin missing, some words thus missing] I have written to Mr Brooks who has given my bust Music Hall after having offered it to me to ask +++ make +++ ordering Stebbins to give [?] +++ also to +++ oh [?]!!! what do say to +++ for a sensation Header +++&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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              <text>&lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/1" title="Charlotte Cushman"&gt;Charlotte Cushman&lt;/a&gt; writes to &lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/59" title="James T. Fields"&gt;James&lt;/a&gt; and expresses her thanks for a book he published and sent to &lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/2" title="Emma Stebbins"&gt;Emma Stebbins&lt;/a&gt; and her. Cushman's bust for the Music Hall is mentioned.&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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