Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Sarah Anderton [?], [Dec 1848]

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Title

Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Sarah Anderton [?], [Dec 1848]

Subject

Actors and Actresses
Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876
England
Hays, Matilda Mary, 1820-1897
Relationships--Networks
Scotland

Description

Cushman asks Anderton whether he can come to Manchester as unforeseen circumstances currently prevent Miss Hays from acting.

Credit

Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Creator

Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876

Source

LoC, CCP 7: 2314-2315

Date

1848-12-00

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Reference

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[2314] My dear Child
Can you get away from Manchester. so as to act with me on Thursday. 21' in Chester? If so. be there for me. by the train which leaves Manchester at 9.50. & arrives in Chester at 11.30. or write me word. immediately telling me no. I am awkwardly placed. by

[2314 reverse] some unforseen [sic] circumstances occurring. which will prevent Miss Hays from acting in Chester. So pray come to me if you possibly can. & let me know how your arrangement is made. with regard to Manchester. whether you could or would like to act with me. in Liverpool the

[2315] fortnight from Jany 1st [?]. & in Dublin the fortnight from Jany 15". with an engaget [engagement] in Glasgow & Edinburgh afterwards. or if you could return to Manchester if you wished at the end of Feby. after having acted these engagets [engagements] with me. At all events let me know if you can come to act with me on Thursday in Chester on Thursday. come if

[2315] you possibly can. I have written to the Manager. Mr Corbet Cook to apply to you. & have told him I have written to you. to ask you to come. come if you possibly can. & believe me in great haste ever faithfully
Your attached.
+++
I shall go over to Chester tomorrow & Wednesday
+++ Ann St [?] Birmingham. Sunday night

From

Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876

Location

Ann Street, Birmingham, UK

Geocode (Latitude)

52.489471

Geocode (Longitude)

-1.898575

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Citation

Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876, “Letter from Charlotte Cushman to Sarah Anderton [?], [Dec 1848],” Archival Gossip Collection, accessed March 29, 2024, https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/528.

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