https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/0a228708d1a3f7ba01565ec053cc94c5.pdf fd00485854037ca1f7b0c51f9bfbd34f 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 Your kind long letter of the 14" of Jany reached me yesterday. & I hasten to acknowledge its receipt, thanking you for the trouble you have taken about the stock in the Stone Quarry. I am very glad to have it & to be associated with my dear friend Mr Seward. & yourself in some speculation which I believe promises so well for us all. I will by this same post & in this same [inserted] envelope which will cover this note to you [page 2] write to my man of business in Phila Charles +++ to sell out some Reading stock & remit to you the $5000! for the 100 shares which you had kindly secured for me you tell me the money should be there Feby 18/21. but that if it do is not arrive quite so soon you will kindly make arrangements about it — which shall not embarrass you. Hence I will have the remittance made to you. & then[?] get you to acknowledge receipt of the same to him — sending forward at the same time the certificate of stock to my financial agents in New York J & J[?] Stuart & Co. 33. Nassau St [page 3] Perhaps after this is all accomplished Olive will do me the favor. with your kind prompting to let me have a time from herself — telling me the name of the stock number of certificate &c &c any report or information which may be of use to me in making memorandum here. and checking against my business men in NY. simply. my own private +++— I notice with great interest what you tell me of our beloved friend when he is happy & satisfied. then all is well with those whom he loves — for his influence is felt as the sun & those he cares for are made happy & satisfied also no man I know in the world possesses so much power to give blessing. He has earned this [page 4] through so pure & so consistent a life. so large & so wise an administrative justice that if any human being can be happy. he should. I am so thankful to hear what you tell me of his health. after all & before all. That is the important thing. He leads so regular a life. <del>That </del> and has arrived at such a grand patience that his health should be good I pray God it may continue. While he lives[?], I know that things will go on well with the country. His sagacity & wisdom, brought as through in our desperate struggle. & there is no man in our land — who thinks, & who uses his brain without unworthy predjudice or influence but who knows & in his heart feels this to be true. [page 5] God was good, & made him for one need God will be ever good. & posterity will his — the largest name in the history of one time & on the shores where the +++ present rolls & sleeps! his name will stand among the largest benefactors of his kind. I love him with a most profound reverence & respect. at the same time. he is so sweetly & simply human that when with him. he dispels the awe which his great genius & character would excite. & I. find myself able to speak to him upon the most small & intimate affairs of my own life. as though he were not my ideal man. or master of men to whom [page 6] one should come silently & stand with head uncovered! ah. he is, what the Germans call "Konig" [sic] a king of him. It seems to me so hard. That our Institutions seem to make it impossible for such as he, to be the one place for which the almighty so ably fitted them. Let us hope!! The font is in progress. & I hope you will before very long hear about it. For your promised influence with regard to my step nephews. I shall be deeply grateful to you. & count upon you, as our dear friend & you yourself [inserted] have justified me in doing. commend me with all affection to your daughters. & believe me with esteem, & many thanks for your kind attention. ever faithfully yours Charlotte Cushman 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 Location (Recipient) Washington DC, US Geocode Recipient (Latitude) 38.8950368 Geocode Recipient (Longitude) -77.0365427 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 addressed to: Henry A. Rushy Esq Treasury Department Washington D.C. 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, Feb 5, 1869 Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0914 Description An account of the resource Charlotte Cushman is grateful for Risley's support in becoming a shareholder of the Seneca Stone Quarry and in pushing the careers of her step nephews. She speaks of a mutual friend in politics who is known for his "sagacity & wisdom." <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 1869-02-05 Subject The topic of the resource Relationships--Networks Finances Political Affairs Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 financial concerns political affairs social capital