My friends know of my keen interest in gardening, one I got from my father, Henri Stier. It is the only interest I share with President Jefferson. If you too are interested in gardening, view some of the pictures of Riversdale’s gardens, brought to vivid and immediate life by a talented artist.
Author: Katherine Spivey
Mrs. Calvert’s Chat
Riversdale, 3 January 1817
My dear Brother,
… Allow me to thank you again for the books you had the kindness to send me. They will be very useful, especially for next winter when Caroline will be here. I have begun Chateaubriand–he is highly imaginative. Moliere makes me laugh often, but I am nearly afraid of taking up Racine, for once begun, I cannot put him down. I prefer him to anything I have ever read in French …