Rosalie Stier Calvert

Rosalie Stier Calvert (February 16, 1778 – March 13, 1821) was a plantation owner and correspondent in nineteenth century Maryland.

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.

Rosalie Calvert became one of the richest women in America, amassing a large fortune, much of which she managed herself, and she owned one of the largest art collections in the country.

Rosalie Calvert lived at the Riversdale plantation, a five-part, large-scale late Georgian mansion with superior Federal interior, built between 1801 and 1807.

"[11] She died on March 13, 1821, according to her physician, "of a general dropsy affecting the whole system",[12] and is buried in a family cemetery north of the mansion.

Baron Henri Joseph Stier, 1743–1821