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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>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[page 1] Dear Annie. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;I rec&lt;sup&gt;d&lt;/sup&gt; your kind message &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;by Miss North [?]. the other day. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;about the "Tale [?] of shoals". but some how. although I had the energy to originate this idea, I lack the back bone to carry it out. I want you &amp;amp; Jamie to come here &amp;amp; see us &amp;amp; give us some vitality. Although I am so much better in almost all ways I begin to find that there &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;[page 2] is not much spring left in me. I want to be taken up bodily &amp;amp; made to do whatever is right &amp;amp; good &amp;amp; pleasant. Emma Cushman came to town on Friday &amp;amp; came down here to stay over Saty [Saturday] &amp;amp; Sunday night. Yesterday +++ she &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;took &lt;/span&gt;me into town with her on her way home to her babies at Newport &amp;amp; I was much better for the jaunt in the nice cool day. So you see I can be moved when the right spirit influences me. Do come over &amp;amp; see us &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;[page 3] let us talk about what can &amp;amp; what cannot be done. &amp;amp; move &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;our good host &amp;amp; hostess to stay [?] with in, &amp;amp; then, will things be carried out. Emma Stebbins is in a very hurt &amp;amp; poorly state. difficult to move. &amp;amp; perhaps that is one reason why I am less energetic. she sends dear love to you &amp;amp; wants to see you very much. you know she is here with me. I want to hear so much That you can tell me about lots of things. You know it is +++&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;[page 4] that I shall be well enough to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;stay [?] an +++ with Broth [?] in New York beginning 25' Sep". &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Dr Lewis. says I am a &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;miracle&lt;/span&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;I am not &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;well&lt;/span&gt;. but there are hopes of me.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Believe me Ever&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;affectionately Yours&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Charlotte Cushman&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Is not Miss North my niece [?]?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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            <text>Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876</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; wants the Field family to come over for a visit, mentioning her bitterness and lack of vitality. The doctor calls her a "miracle" even though she does not feel well, as she admits. &lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/6" title="Emma Crow Cushman"&gt;Emma Cushman&lt;/a&gt; came around to see her and they took off to town together. &lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/2" title="Emma Stebbins"&gt;Emma Stebbins&lt;/a&gt; on the other hand seems to be in a poor state, which worries Cushman.&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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