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

by Margaret Law Callcott (Author)

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

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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

Author Biography

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