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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.
His mother, Rosalie Eugenia Stier (1778–1821), was the daughter of a wealthy Belgian aristocrat, Baron Henri Joseph Stier (1743–1821) and his wife Marie Louise Peeters. His father, George Calvert (1768–1838), was the son of Benedict Swingate Calvert – a natural son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore – and his wife ...
29 de abr. de 2022 · Rosalie Stier Calvert (1778 - 13th March 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.
Calvert's wife, the Belgian-born heiress Rosalie Stier Calvert, was an indefatigable correspondent whose 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. When the battle was over, her husband and enslaved field hands from the plantation helped to bury the dead.
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. Calvert is seated facing the left of the composition while her daughter sits on her lap, facing her and looking up towards her face.
Rosalie Stier Calvert. Rosalie Stier Calvert was born to Belgian aristocrats Henry Jean Stier and Marie Louis. When French Revolutionaries invaded their home in Antwerp in 1794, the Stier family sought refuge in America. The Stiers arrived in Philadelphia when Rosalie was 16-years-old, and she eventually became one of the wealthiest plantation ...
