Letter from Charlotte Cushman to the Fields Family, [before 1876]

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to the Fields Family, [before 1876]

Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876

Fields, Annie, 1834-1915

Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881

Social Events--Misc.

Gender Norms

Cushman invites the Fields family to come over for a visit. She describes Mr Tilton as short-tempered.

Credit

Huntington Library, James Thomas Fields Papers and Addenda

Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876

Huntington, JTFP, Box 12, FI 721

Reference

[page 1] Dear friends
I was just on the point of sending down [?] to ask you to come up to us this evening - if you are not tired of the firm [?]. when Mrs Tilton [?] has informed me you are coming to her. Now I want you all to come to me. & give the Tiltons [?] another evening if you have one unengaged. when we can come there to meet you. you see we dont [sic] want to lose any of the goods [?] the Gods provide. I have told Mrs Tilton what I 

[page 2] should write to you. she is +++ - I expect he will flare up. but there we know how easily men are subdued - when a woman set [?] to work to circumwent [sic]!
God bless you. dear love from both to both
Ever truly yours C.C. of
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Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876

Fields, Annie, 1834-1915

Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881

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