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

About the Author

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

Reviews
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 In 1803 Rosalie [Calvert] began a remarkable correspondence home to her family that continued until her death in 1821. Those extraordinary letters in French, discovered in the family archives in Belgium in the 1970's, triggered the ongoing restoration of the rundown [Riversdale] mansion and in an equally remarkable chronological narrative of the translated letters resulting in a Johns Hopkins University Press book. Annapolitan Not only can you visit Rosalie's home, you can visit it with Rosalie's words in your head. This is important because, while the structure is in fine shape, the interiors with one notable exception are sparsely furnished on the first floor and unfurnished upstairs. The walls largely have yet to be painted or papered appropriately, and the floors are bare. Baltimore Sun


Awards
Winner of Cheiron Book Prize Citation 1992 (United States).



Book Information
ISBN 9780801843990
Author Margaret Law Callcott
Format Paperback
Page Count 432
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 612g