https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/53b1ede60b516fbb75bda325cec60841.pdf 35d6bf255e4187f2f72e329efb6cc762 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cushmania Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 Gossip--Published Gossip--Private Relationships--Networks Italy--Rome Description An account of the resource A collection of archival material (letters, diaries, articles, auto/biographical accounts) collected from different archives (cf. <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/sources/archives/">list</a>) that showcase the life of Charlotte Cushman, one of the most successful US American actresses of the nineteenth century. 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, <a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/browse?collection=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">browse all items</a> in this collection, or explore thematic compilations of selected items in our "<a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/exhibits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Exhibits</a>." <h6 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/c4226e025914fe32ca1542c728bd11cc.JPG"><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" /></a>(<a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/">Palladio</a> visualization, Dec 2021: location of items in collection, size nodes)</h6> <h6 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG"><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" /></a>(<a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/">Palladio</a> visualization, Dec 2021: letter correspondence for items that have values defined for "location sender" AND "location recipient," size nodes)</h6> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of Congress New York Public Library Philadelphia Historical Society Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1816-00-00/1920-00 Letter A resource containing textual messages sent from one person to another or one person to many people. Text Any textual data included in the document [3311 reverse] I have opened my chest[?] and put almost +++ not to send it, and +++ instead the wish that as formely I rank as your friend – But not for I should only know you again, - again to lose you, and gather renewed thorns[?] around the pathway of my life – It is better that we should meet no more, and I leave to you to appreciate and think worthily of my motives – set not misconstruction erase me from your kindly[?] remembrance. But think of me as of one. who in the enjoyment of much was very unhappy +++ a +++ notion which he cannot shake off - I know not but I may offend in offering to Miss C. should she ever need it my +++ - In the spirit or brotherly feeling is it offered, and you may ever rely upon me freely – My own wants are but few, and do not swallow one half of my available +++, and as there are phrases in the lines of all you may oblige me somtime with calling upon me to redeem my promise Until then. Your +++ friend To Miss Charlotte Cushman   [3311 part 1] I have said you +++ +++, you are more, you have strong. & decided genius ( I +++ +++ you not, this is an hour when I never play the coutier[?] (tis past midnight) - but you have +++ you all the material of a great mind in a higher rank, than the one you have chosen +++ I would +++ in the luxurious employment of forming the elements of your mind into a perfect and harmonous +++ of literary grandness to open for you, the doors of the temple of knowlege and watch your spirit, catching at, and embodying the +++ learning of the past. I have +++ speculated idly upon your character. - You have power to cope with & conquer the +++ proportions of literature, to +++ the sophisticy, and +++ +++ the philosophy of learning, and a few years of study, would glue to you far higher claims to the admiration of the world than you can ever hope to otherwise enjoy. Believe me. I am sincere in all this then is an originality of conception, a freshness of thought, a pactical arrangement of ideas in your developed temperament, which if directed aright would create – +++ enduring & graceful - The lines you handed me this moning, are really good. when we take into consideration the corallary circumstances – Your letters are determined, graceful & spirited, and show that the mind is there, and all that is wanting is assiduity and care, and you must reap the +++ of your toil. So long as you stand connected with the stage, you cannot devote your time to study of an +++ character. and I fear +++ that talents will be wasted, that are in the essentials most truly excellent, Pardon me, but you know not, cannot know the interest I take in your welfare, despite my wish to forget you– yon have al most become to me a sister, and isolated as I now am from the endearments of my own family circle. I have cut my heart in twain, and given our society, and a large one, to you - As a brother then I speak, and as a brother, I say, that next to own my own talented sister, you have won my admiration by the developements of or mind - It is my only test of woman, and I have judged you by the standard, and most truly do I asseverate, that you are second to none, save her I have alluded to, in the primary elements of your genius - I could worship you as a +++, in the same ratio that I now +++ you as a woman[?]   [3311 part 2] and would be willing to give up +++ ambition, every thing, to dig a pathway for you along the thorough faces of life – I am a perfect slave to this idiosyncrasy +++ +++ after +++ in woman, for she alone can perfect it in the flow, and clothe it with spirituality. I cannot +++ myself, but I can appreciate the +++ in others[?], and probably can estimate it real worth, better than older & wiser critics - If God in his wisdom had gifted gifted me with the power of +++ my soul in +++ I should have be willing to forge my present fortunes, and beg my bread[?] But to return[?] You will probably leave Albany for Philadelphia - and as I do not wish to meet you again, I shall send you on your apprising me of your intention of going to the latter places, such letters as will be of service- This I feel bound to do because & I have so promised - That you may be fully successful in whatever position in life you assume, is my earnest prayer, and that you will I can have no doubt, My stay in this country is +++ for I shall undoubtedly go to France in June- and stall remain abroad for several years, by who the end of which I trust shall have +++ away the silly emotions that now make my bosom a miniature hell Then when Miss Cushman shall have settled down into the matron[?] the wife & the mother I shall +++ to +++ over with her the page of the past, and drag from then +++ many of the absurdities which +++ call a blush of shame to my cheek. I am but too apt to be rude, of which unfortunately you have had Cause bn Complain but much must be forgiven to +++, who is wayward, young, and +++, and who laughs because he is in pain. There has not been a night for the last 18 months, that I have not gone to my couch the victiom is a monamana, as torturing as Jammie[?] – It is this feeling which has caused me to write you this prosy, nonsensical, and impertinent epistle – I cannot sleep, and inflect[?] upon you the result of my wakefulness  - and now as I am at the end of my sheet, permit me to ask of your absolution in your mind for any faults I may have committed towards you, and believe me, they were not intentional, and in Conclusion take with with you my prayer that God will bless you and may you never meet one who esteems you less than does your once friend, and still in the spirit of kindly feeling Your unworthy correspondent E. Burke Fisher From The name and email address of the person sending the email Fisher, E. Burke, ca. 1799-1863 To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from E. B. Fisher to Charlotte Cushman, Oct 8, [1836] Description An account of the resource Fisher describes himself as an unworthy correspondent to Charlotte Cushman. He praises her talent as an actress and apologizes for past mistakes without specifying what he is talking about. He agrees to her request that they should not meet again. <h3>Credit</h3> <a href="https://www.loc.gov/">Library of Congress</a>, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fisher, E. Burke, ca. 1799-1863 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived LoC, CCP 11: 3311 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1836-10-08 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0352 Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Actors and Actresses Praise Family Gender Norms Rumors admirers press coverage rumors