https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/4d23bbe098b7b1c6561f9e1c28b6060c.pdf 35df870742669801d2b9daaeeafe6938 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. Text Any textual data included in the document [page 1] Dear Mr Risley, as soon as I arrived in Rome. I set[?] myself to work about your commission for the font. & have certain information about it which I hasten or forward to you Rome — in & about the +++ time +++ & new years, is a difficult place to get work done, or even information about it. To-day an estimate has been brought to me which I hasten to give you, and though it will take a long time to get an answer back from you with regard to it I do not dare to take the responsibility of ordering the font without consulting you. After I get your answer, if you still think it worth while to have it from here on learning the +++ of +++ enquiry. it can be just in hand, and excited in 60 days from the time the order is given. but after it is finished [page 2] & shipped to you +++ there are many delays. & I learn here, that marble is shipped in such immense quantities to New York. That the work is likely to be less costly there. Even than here. but when I have told you the price you can judge — The cost of the font according to your designs[?] in ordinary marble. delivered on board the vessel — will be. 275. Frances [sic]. the fright to New York will be about 8 gold duties 50 p cent, with 2 1/2 p cent commission. The duty paid — consular fees[?] certificates — insurance. fright. &c &c! In ordinary marble will cost you — 485 Francs [inserted] In superior statuary marble – " 620 & you can have it in 60 days from the time the order is given. I may as well tell you that what they call ordinary marble — is the best for such a purpose as your[?] design[?] — & [page 3] were I ordering it for myself. I should choose the ordinary, over the statuary marble & the difference in cost will be as you see francs 135 — Saturday Jany 9" Since writing the above I have heard of one place. A little distance[?] out of Rome when I may find a font all ready [sic] finished which may suit you. I am going to make Enquiries to day. & if possible will send you word in this letter. if not. as I have have had him to think it over — since yesterday I think I shall run the risk & order the font. for 485 francs. I am sure it will suit you. & as you may be able to arrange, in some manner for the remission of the duty. as it is to be a gift to a church. it will cost you so much less than it could do in New York. That you will be satisfied what I have done — & this time will [page 4] be +++. I wrote to you on the <a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/909">12" Dec</a>. & am hoping soon to have a reply. about the stock in the stone quarry — which I hope through your friendy offices, to become possessed of. I trust that your daughters are in good health. Hattie quite restored, & Olive. relieved of her anxiety as to Hatties [sic] health. lifted in heart & mind from her dispondency[?] commend me to them in all affection & interest let me hear from you — as to whether I have done right in the matter of the font. & believe me ever very faithfully yours Charlotte Cushman We have crowds of Americans this winter in Rome 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 Risley, Hanson A. , 1814-1893 Location The location of the interview Rome, Italy Geocode (Latitude) 41.8933203 Geocode (Longitude) 12.4829321 Annotations annotations added by someone other than members of the project's researcher team; those annotations may have been added by the producer/creator of the item, an archivist, or by another researcher who had access to the archival material; may be specified as known or suspected due to context and content [Jan 2-9, 1869] added by archivists 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 Hanson A. Risley, Jan 8-9, 1869 Description An account of the resource Risley asked Cushman to order a font for him in Rome. She is calculating the cost for the marble and shipping, considering alternatives, and asking him for permission to order. <h3>Credit</h3> <a href="https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE000873709">Hanson A. Risley Papers, 1774-1908</a>, <a href="https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/">David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library</a>, Duke University 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 Hanson A. Risley Papers, 1774-1908, Box 7-D, Rubenstein, Duke University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1869-01-08/1869-01-09 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0913 Subject The topic of the resource Italy--Rome Finances Relationships--Networks Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 financial concerns Rome social capital