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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;
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            <text>&lt;p&gt;[2993] Thursday 20 apl&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;My dear Cornelia your letter of Saturday to your mother &amp;amp; Emmas of Sunday to Ned rec&lt;sup&gt;d&lt;/sup&gt; yesterday—I am glad to hear Miss C. is so well—D&lt;sup&gt;r&lt;/sup&gt; Eliot who got home yesterday &amp;amp; who I saw last night says he never saw Miss C. looking So well—She must be a marvellous woman &amp;amp; I trust D&lt;sup&gt;r&lt;/sup&gt; Js influence may give her a few months of Life—we are well— the children keep well, tho' there is a good deal of a +++ cough chicken pox about +++ +++ Leighton hers the former &amp;amp; we all are prevented frm going out with the children there this week as purposed— Rachell +++ children have the chicken pox—&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;[2993 reverse] D&lt;sup&gt;r&lt;/sup&gt; Eliot Says he is Sorry he could not be with you to Tea Sunday evening—but I expect he left that night He comes back very much better &amp;amp; said +++ mother improved I had no fatigue on Ned is now considering of Mr. Bredells +++ with frm time[?]—as he (B) goes to +++ for a year or two—&amp;amp; I believe expects to go with Mrs Hitchcock to see it. Mrs Crick[?] (+++ +++) has a son—Mr Yeatman as usual working hard—I take a great deal of intent in unversity &amp;amp; getting a good Chancellor, &amp;amp; Prof. Matalagry[?]— no one fixed on yet Dr E. may bring some news to think of.—&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;[2994] There has been very little rain in this vicinity we have seen no gross +++ yet—Vegetables are scare &amp;amp; high by reason of draught Mr. Whittaker is about as he was—no dropsy &amp;amp; yet no strength or appitite—Bobwords[?] has gone South with an abscess in one of his calves—all send love.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Yrs truly W.C.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;your aunt Cornelia goes in a day or two to +++&amp;nbsp; M&lt;sup&gt;rs&lt;/sup&gt; Carter. Yr mother +++&amp;nbsp; $30 to pay expensesward &amp;amp; +++ have both been here &amp;amp; say they are doing well—&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;[2994 reverse] Mr. Ranett will have here a week frm to day will be in Boston abt a week the +++ good of Boston go with him perhaps in +++&amp;nbsp; or +++ frm Boston Ned dont say when he will go on with the the children—he now is considering about going with a Commission +++&amp;nbsp; with a Mr. Card—as he has not +++ +++ enough at present—&amp;amp; as their office will be +++ near the +++ he will be kept busy going +++ to +++—Sunday +++ [four lines illegible] is to sail to Europe with Wayman &amp;amp; two girls —The weather is now cooler again&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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            <text>Crow, Wayman, 1808-1885</text>
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            <text>no item for ol' Dr. Eliot</text>
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              <text>&lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/7" title="Wayman Crow"&gt;Wayman Crow&lt;/a&gt; remarks in his letter to &lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/8" title="Cornelia Crow Carr"&gt;Cornelia Crow Carr&lt;/a&gt; that &lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/1" title="Charlotte Cushman"&gt;Charlotte Cushman&lt;/a&gt; seems to be feeling better after her illness referenced in &lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/222" title="Letter from Wayman Crow to Emma Crow, April 6, 1871"&gt;his letter to Emma Crow on April 6th&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#13;
&lt;a href="https://www.loc.gov/"&gt;Library of Congress&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;span&gt;Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.&lt;/span&gt;</text>
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