Mistress of Riversdale: The Plantation Letters of Rosalie Stier Calvert, 1795-1821
- ISBN-10
- 0801843995
- ISBN-13
- 9780801843990
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 407
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992-02
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- Rosalie Stier Calvert
Description
A richer reflection of life in early 19th-century Maryland and the Washington environs cannot be found. -- Washington Post Book World
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