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Mistress of Riversdale: The Plantation Letters of Rosalie Stier Calvert, 1795-1821 Paperback - 1992

by Margaret Law Callcott


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Winner of the Book Prize from the Maryland Historical Association

"A richer reflection of life in early 19th-century Maryland and the Washington environs cannot be found . . . These superb letters are enhanced by able editing, both in footnotes and excellent essays at the beginning and end." --Washington Post Book World

"Callcott is a suberb editor; she has exhaustively researched every aspect of Calvert's life, and her introductory and concluding essays, including an account of George Calvert's relationship with a slave woman, which produced five children, contain much information of interest." --Elizabeth R. Baer, Belles Lettres

"These letters document the timeless elements of domestic life--family relationships, childbirth, illness, househld chores--but they offer far more than the familiar fare of the plantation mistress."--Patricia Brady, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

First line

THE STIER FAMILY FLED BELGIUM in the summer of 1794 as the army of Revolutionary France advanced on their native Antwerp.

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'These letters document the timeless elements of domestic life--family relationships, childbirth, illness, household chores--but they offer far more than the familiar fare of the plantation mistress.'--Patricia Brady, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

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  • Title Mistress of Riversdale: The Plantation Letters of Rosalie Stier Calvert, 1795-1821
  • Author Margaret Law Callcott
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Date 1992-02-01
  • ISBN 9780801843990 / 0801843995
  • Weight 1.36 lbs (0.62 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.23 x 6.03 x 1.06 in (23.44 x 15.32 x 2.69 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1800-1850
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: South Atlantic
    • Geographic Orientation: Maryland
  • Dewey Decimal Code 975.5

About the author

Margaret Law Callcott is the author of The Negro in Maryland Politics, 1870-1912.

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