"Rogers (the poet) and the Misses Cushman", Northern Star, Dec 8, 1849

"Rogers (the poet) and the Misses Cushman", Northern Star, Dec 8, 1849

Muspratt, Susan Cushman, 1822-1859

This short entry concerns the rumours about Susan Cushman's wedding and Samuel Roger's wife's remark that the former should marry her sister Charlotte Cushman.

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NCSE: Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition

Josiah Hobson

1849-12-08

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ROGERS (THE POET) AND THE MISSES CUSHMAN.—

 

The younger Miss Cushman was congratulated one day by Mrs. Rogers on a report of her approaching marriage. She denied the rumour, adding that she did not think it probable that she should ever marry, as she had not met any one of a manly tone of mind; if she ever married, it would be one of a strong masculine nature. "Indeed," replied the wit, "then why don't you marry your sister?" —

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