https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/7ed00168c892df39552b0abd719470e9.pdf 7b6892942ec722fa2a3aea106fbad97f 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. From The name and email address of the person sending the email Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 To The name(s) and email address(es) of the person to whom the email was sent Cushman, Emma Crow, 1839-1920 Text Any textual data included in the document [190] Darling. Ah your earnest request & Neds [sic] urgent entreats [?] I suffered him to go off to Lenox yesterday & was not able to write you a line. will you have thought me very unkind? I could not help it & am just dragged into ribbons [?] here in Boston. Darling. I want you to write to me very frankly on someday what has passed. You know dear how little I have given this matter consideration. because I felt that no one had any right to interfere until you had carried [190 reverse] but your own wishes of telling your father first yourself of your feelings & intentions. provided they meet his judgment & consent: I know that time must elapse before either of you can hope to accomplish your wishes. I know it is nescessary [sic] for Ned to have this incentive to exertion. but if once his mind is settled that your father will not ultimately refuse his consent if all goes well. & I believe he will become a different creature. As it is. if he were left[?] in this doubt[?]. though he +++ +++ in the very best [?] situations in the world. I dont [sic] believe he could give his thoughts to me since he has been in [?] the +++. he has been placed in a very trying +++ down in New Port. he was occupied [191] with but one idea. That of making your father & mother like him. I think he did so but it was a time of [last two words inserted] great anxiety for him & he was so occupied with that & the thought of you that he was good for nothing since you have been home. he has been good for nothing. so nervous & anxious & indeed darling - I am fearful of his getting some repulse from your father. I dont [sic] know what it would do to him for his whole soul seems bent on the one thought of his love for you & his hope of one day making you nearer to him. I am a little fearful that your father may be in New York & that Ned may have to wait until Sunday to see him. These fears & doubts of mine I have not in any way imparted to Ned. for I dont [sic] let him speak to me on the subject. will you not send me a line on  [191 reverse] Sunday. That I may get it before I start on Tuesday morning. ah, sweet heart. I want to see you very very much! Miss Whitwell came yesterday. we are to tea with her this evening. Dont [sic] do any thing about rooms for us. Miss Stebbins [sic] friend Mrs +++ has arranged it & I think it better to be in another place. for many reasons. so dont [sic] be fretted or displeased. Oh I do so wish you had come to Boston. Miss Whitwell said your father half promised & her mother & family are so disappointed - & so am I - for it would have suited me so much better. Oh dear how awkwardly all things fall out which one does not controul [sic]. God ever bless you my darling ever & ever I am your +++ loving Ladie Location The location of the interview Tremont House Boston, Massachusetts Geocode (Latitude) 42.35843 Geocode (Longitude) -71.05977 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 Charlotte Cushman to Emma Crow Cushman, Sep 15, 1860 Description An account of the resource Cushman is worried that Emma's father will be disappointed by Ned as he has been "good for nothing" since he has been preoccupied with the sole thought of impressing Emma's parents. Cushman tells Emma not to arrange any rooms for her as Miss Stebbin's friend has already done so. <h3>Credit</h3> Library of Congress, Charlotte Cushman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived LoC, CCP 1: 190-191 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860-09-15 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0581 Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Cushman, Edwin "Ned" Charles, 1838-1909 Cushman, Emma Crow, 1839-1920 Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 Social Events--Travels Relationships--Intimate--Opposite-sex Relationships-- Intimate--Same-sex Reputation love respectability