Rosalie Stier Calvert

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. The letters range in date from 1795 to 1821, and illuminate the life of Calvert's plantation household, including the events leading up to and during the War of 1812.

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Rosalie Stier Calvert
Birth dateFebruary 16, 1778
Birth nameRosalie Stier
Birth place
Belgium , Low Countries , Antwerp
Date of deathMarch 13, 1821
Place of death
Maryland , Riverdale Park Maryland
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