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Rosalie Stier Calvert (February 16, 1778 – March 13, 1821) was a plantation owner and correspondent in nineteenth century Maryland. A collection of her letters, titled Mistress of Riversdale, The Plantation Letters of Rosalie Stier Calvert, was published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in 1991.
13 de mai. de 2020 · Rosalie Stier Calvert, known as the “Mistress of Riversdale,” watched the Battle of Bladensburg from her second-story window at Riversdale Plantation. She later wrote about seeing flying cannonballs (probably Congreve rockets) from her perch.
29 de abr. de 2022 · Rosalie Stier Calvert (February 16, 1778 – March 13, 1821) was a plantation owner and correspondent in nineteenth century Maryland. A collection of her letters, titled Mistress of Riversdale, The Plantation Letters of Rosalie Stier Calvert, was published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in 1991.
Rosalie E. Stier Calvert and Caroline M. Calvert. Description. Half-length group portrait of Rosalie Eugenia Stier Calvert (Mrs. George Stuart Calvert) (1778-1821) and her daughter, Caroline Marie Calvert (Mrs. Thomas Willing Morris, 1800-1842). Mrs.
By 1800, the Calvert family owned 76 slaves, making them one of the largest slave-holders in Prince George’s County. In her letters, Rosalie voiced few qualms about the morality of slavery. At the same time, the Stier’s European perspective on slavery affected their ownership of slaves.
Known as the “Mistress of Riversdale,” Rosalie Stier Calvert witnessed the Battle of Bladensburg. Citizen Soldiers During the War of 1812, local citizen soldiers—called militia—were primarily in charge of defending the Chesapeake Bay region.
Rosalie Stier Calvert. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991 - Biography & Autobiography - 407 pages. She was one of America's richest women and maintained the largest collection of European...
