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                <text>&lt;p&gt;A collection of archival material (letters, diaries, articles, auto/biographical accounts) collected from different archives (cf. &lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/sources/archives/"&gt;list&lt;/a&gt;) that showcase the life of Charlotte Cushman, one of the most successful US American actresses of the nineteenth century.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;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, &lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/browse?collection=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;browse all items&lt;/a&gt; in this collection, or explore thematic compilations of selected items in our "&lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/exhibits" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Exhibits&lt;/a&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;h6 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG"&gt;&lt;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" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/"&gt;Palladio&lt;/a&gt; visualization, Dec 2021: letter correspondence for items&lt;br /&gt;that have values defined for "location sender" AND "location recipient," size nodes)&lt;/h6&gt;&#13;
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            <text>CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;BY SARAH GOULD.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Meg Merrilies ! my Muse shrinks back abashed,&lt;br /&gt;As the black Bandit's, when thy anger flashed&lt;br /&gt;Lightning upon him, as his purpose foul,&lt;br /&gt;With stunning echoes, thundered through thy soul.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Conceited critics foolishly have said,&lt;br /&gt;"When Actors die their laurels quickly fade;"&lt;br /&gt;If it be thus oblivion's heavy pall&lt;br /&gt;Blesses the many—but on thee will fall,&lt;br /&gt;In crimsoned folds of beauty and of pride,&lt;br /&gt;Fame's glorious mantle newly glorified.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Actors, as Authors, for themselves create&lt;br /&gt;The echoes that eternally vibrate ;&lt;br /&gt;Striking the blow whose corresponding chime&lt;br /&gt;Blends with the heart-beats of all future time.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;While Lady Macbeth, and the queenly "Kate,"&lt;br /&gt;And Cardinal Wolsey hold their high estate,&lt;br /&gt;Cushman shall live, and, co-extent with these,&lt;br /&gt;To latest time shall live &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Meg Merrilies&lt;/span&gt;.</text>
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&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#13;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.ebsco.com/"&gt;EBSCO Research Databases&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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