https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/59968294fe009313afcb3f319c1575a9.pdf 91455efc6309ac6fe6b7cd9345e77b5f 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. 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Text Any textual data included in the document [2937] Dear Miss Cushman. I write to you immediately on hearing from the neighbourina[?]: to say that I hope & trust you will dine with me on Sunday week: – With Mrs. M: if she shall so please. – As it will be merely a business dinner, & myself will arrive late at once on the evening Saturday the +++th – there can be no truffles — alas. — nor sarcophagus[?] puddings – only bones to pick: & greetings to interchange —  measures to be taken that the Dutchess be neither smaller nor taller. than the pleasant public shall please! – Do you mind dining at five? — & the neighbours shall come in to tea, whe we have +++ ourselves +++. — My first impulse was to pack up soul & body immediately [2937 reverse] On receiving yrs – Then it occurred to me that all the week you will be busy at rehearsal & that very probably the day I mention may be the <del>one</del> earliest you could really devote to our affair: & I have business here, to me full of interest. & importance. which may lead to matters you may not be disinclined to take part in. — so that I am acting, I hope, for the best. against my impatience in thus bidding you to a conference eight days hence. Pray let me find a little note on my table, to say it will do. — You know I work very quickly — so let us but once decide on the needful alterations; & they will be accomplished directly – I dare say you will [2938] find that I have anticipated some already. Which of you will be made the most tender by the tidings of the "Père" of +++ never. to. be. forgotten dinner at the café[?] Cardinal [last four words inserted]. — Only fancy my running against him – in no café, Mrs. M. – but in La Scala. at Milan He asked affectionately. for "those very pleasing women". – Did you ever think you should live to be called such a tame[?] thing? I hope of to find you quite well: — My red beard desires its duty. & is so too. – Mean -while, believe me to be rather hastily, very crazily. but thoroughly sincerely yrs Henry F Chorley. Kindest regards to Mme M.   From The name and email address of the person sending the email Chorley, Henry Fothergill, 1808-1872 To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Location The location of the interview Hotel Canterbury, 24. Rue de la Paix, 10e Arrondissement, Paris, Ile-de-France, France Location (Recipient) 1 Baker Street, Portman Square, Westminster, London, England Geocode Recipient (Latitude) 51.5164366 Geocode Recipient (Longitude) -0.1551413 Geocode (Latitude) 48.8698848 Geocode (Longitude) 2.332091 Admin Comment Comments for further research, pending questions, tasks that still have to be completed Chorley wants to dine with CC and “Mrs. M” Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) Specification Standardized Data for Dates according to http://www.loc.gov/standards/datetime/ 1847?-10-09 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 Henry F. Chorley to Charlotte Cushman, Oct 9, [1847?] Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chorley, Henry Fothergill, 1808-1872 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1847-10-09 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0508 Description An account of the resource Chorley invites Cushman for dinner to talk to her (or work with her on) his play "Duchess Eleanor." No year given but <a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/521">Letter from Henry F. Chorley to Charlotte Cushman, Oct 10, 1847</a> is also sent from the same Hotel, which may indicate that Chorley writes this letter in 1847. Credit <a href="https://www.loc.gov/">Library of Congress</a>, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.  Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived LoC, CCP 19:2937-2938 Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Actors and Actresses--US American Relationships--Networks Social Events--Misc. social capital