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		Core Bibliography and Links to Relevant Websites: Recommended Reading: Books: Mistress of Riversdale, The Plantation Letters of Rosalie Stier Calvert, 1795-1821 (includes a postscript a chapter on her husband and children after her death, including Julia), edited by Margaret Caldecott, Johns Hopkins Press, 1992 Growing Up in the 1850s: The Journals of Agnes Lee, by Mary Custis Lee deButts, 1989, UNC Press (several mentions of the Stuarts and a visit to Cedar Grove) Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee, by Robert E. Lee Jr. (online edition via Project Gutenberg) or paperback reprint of 2002 via Amazon.com (contains letters mentioning Cleydael, Cedar Grove and the Stuarts) The Mad Booths of Maryland (Stanley Kimmell's 1940 classic, lengthy coverage of visit to Cleydael. Book now out of print, but frequently available on AbeBooks.com) American Gothic; The Story of America's Legendary Theatrical Family--Junius, Edwin, and John, by Gene Smith, 1992 Simon and Shuster. (out of print, but easily available via Abebooks.com) Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, by Edward Steers Jr. 2001, University Press of Kentucky Come Retribution: The Confederate Secret Service and the Assassination of Lincoln, by William A. Tidwell, James O. Hall (Contributor), David Winfred Gaddy (Contributor), 2001, University Press of Mississippi April '65: Confederate Covert Action in the American Civil War, by William A. Tidwell, 1995, Kent State Univ Press Manhunt: The 12 Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, by James Swanson, 2006, William Morrow.        Highly Recommended: American Brutus, by Michael Kauffman, 2004, Random House. Websites: Top Links: The King George County Historical Society The Stuart Society (descendants of Rev. David Stuart) The Surratt Society Surratt Society Booth Escape Route Tours (we're on the tour) Virginia Historical Inventory (WPA, 1937) main search page on Library of Virginia website Cleydael, General & Miscellaneous Information National Register of Historic Places listings for King George County History of St. Anthony's Catholic Church, King George (mentions lumber came from Cleydael) Cleydael listing on King George County VAGenWeb genealogy site of KG County historical sites Cleydael mention on Ron Mosocco's (James River Books) list of Civil War related Virginia historical markers Virginia Historical Inventory (WPA) 1937 report on Cleydael and a picture, by Julia Marie Heflin. King George County website (mention of Cleydael and Cedar Grove) Booth at Cleydael: Excerpt from website for Edwin Steers' Blood on the Moon, with picture of Cleydael Booth's Escape Route: Fords Theatre website J.W. Booth page on WarMuseum.net Cleydael and Booth's escape route: from digital editon of Virginia: A Guide to the Old Dominion, originally compiled as part of the American Guide Series by workers of the WPA Writers' Program. Originally published 1940-47 by the WPA, published online by the University of Virginia Booth Escape Route - map of route and mention of Dr. Stuart and the Lucas family Sarah Marks' article on Booth Escape Route Tours, Washington Post, 1995 On this website: Account of Booth's visit from Stanley Kimmell's The Mad Booth's of Maryland On this website: Account of Booth's visit from article by George Alfred Townsend "Gath" in the Century Magazine, 1884. On this website: Text of Booth's Letter to Dr. Stuart On this website: Dr. Stuart's testimony to the military commission investigating the assassination (taken in the Old Capitol Prison) The Night Booth Came: Article about Cleydael being on the market and it's history, from Fredericksburg Freelance-Star online, February 2002. Booth and the Assassination, General RVS Norton's Lincoln assassination website The life and plot of John Wilkes Booth (from above site) Dr. Samuel Mudd house museum website Ford's Theatre website Search for the Real John Wilkes Booth Web of Conspiracy: Lincoln Assassination: excellent website by Betty Owensby, author of Alias Payne Index of David Rankin Barbee Papers at Georgetown University Tudor Hall, home of John Wilkes Booth (note: house no longer open to public) History of Tudor Hall (Harford County, MD website) John Wilkes Booth: a Brutus for His Age (crime library site) Booth archives, Harford County Historical Society Fredericksburg Freelance Star coverage of the April 2001 Surratt Society Booth Tour and an article about a similar tour schedueld by the Historic Fredericksburg Foundation in 2001 Dr. and Mrs. Stuart and family: Mention of Julia Calvert Stuart's portrait at Stratford Hall on Stratford Hall website Text of memorial tablet to Dr. and Mrs. Stuart at St. Paul's Church, King George County Virginia Historical Inventory (WPA) report on Cedar Grove, with further info on the Stuarts Virginia Historical Inventory (WPA) report on Stuart family cemetery at Cedar Grove Trust for Public Land website mentions their precedent-setting conservation initiative at Cedar Grove (more) "Forever Wild" - article about the protection of bald eagle habitat at Cedar Grove A Note on Cedar Grove: (Do NOT attempt to visit Cedar Grove unless you are specifically, personally, invited. The owner cares deeply about his privacy and intensely dislikes trespassing.) Stratford Hall website Stuart Family and Ancestors: Fredericksburg Freelance-Star online article about November 2002 Stuart family reunion at Stratford Hall Virginia Historical Inventory (WPA) report on Panorama, home of Dr. Stuart's sister, Margaret Lomax Virginia Historical Inventory (WPA) reports on St. Paul's church and cemetery Chotankers: Foote family genealogy book (mentions Dr. Stuart) Foote family genealogy Royal House of Stuart Lineage at Burkes Peerage website Another Royal House of Stuart genealogy page Tricia Pettit's Stuart Genealogy Page History of James Stuart, first Earl of Moray (Columbia Encyclopedia) Castle Stuart, Ancestral Home of the Stuart Earls of Moray Another Castle Stuart page (now a B&B owned by Stuart descendants) Page on hauntings and legends of Castle Stuart at DarkIsle.com  Stier Family and Ancestors: Cleydael Castle, Belgium (now a golf club / hotel) Johns Hopkins University 1999 lecture on the Stier-Peeters art collection Riversdale and the Stier and Calvert Families (Town of Riverdale MD website) Mrs. Calvert's Reading Pleasure (article on reading habits of Rosalie Stier Calvert) Prince Georges Sentinel article on the Stiers and Calverts and Riversdale For Riversdale, Future Rests in Preservation of the Past (Washington Post, 1994) Town of Bladensburg history (mentions Battle of Bladensburg and Stiers) Riversdale (listed in major works of Benjamin Latrobe, architect of the US Capitol) Calvert Genealogy Website Links to paintings of Sir Peter Paul Rubens displayed on the Internet, from Artcylcopedia.com Biography of Rubens and list of his paintings in Antwerp. Belgian website. While it might suffer a little from the translation (e.g. "In 1635 he bought a little condominium in the village of Elewijt..." Huh? They had condos in 17th century Belgium???)  it is the most comprehensive catalogue online of Rubens' life and work. Calvert Family and Ancestors: Benedict Swingate Calvert and Elizabeth Calvert (parents of George Calvert) Charles, 5th Lord Baltimore (grandfather of George Calvert) The 3rd, 4th and 5th Lords Baltimore Rosaryville State Park (location of Mt. Airy) Calvert family tree online The Calvert House Inn, Annapolis (home of Elizabeth Calvert's father, Gov. Charles Calvert) Biography of Charles Calvert of Riversdale, Julia Calvert Stuart's brother Biography and list of books by George Henry Calvert, brother of Julia Calvert Stuart. Cousins / Relations in the Calvert Line: Mount Vernon website Martha "Patsy" Custis Peter: Tudor Place, Georgetown (Martha Custis Peter and Thomas Peter) Elizabeth "Betsey" Custis Law: George Washington's letter to Betsey Custis on her marriage to Thomas Law Eleanor Parke "Nellie" Custis: Inventory of her papers at Mt. Vernon Woodlawn Plantation web page on National Trust website (home of Fielding and Nellie Custis Lewis)  George Washington Parke Custis: Arlington House (official website, Arlington Cemetery) (more) Arlington House and Lee memorial (official NPS website) (more) Unofficial and MUCH better Arlington House website by GMU student Mark Jones US Army Quartermaster's Museum site: restoration of Arlington House Biography on Arlington Cemetery website (includes text of his obituary and photos of the grave) GWP Custis bio from Mark Jones' Arlington House website Portrait of GWP Custis as a young man and watercolor miniature on ivory in Virginia Historical Society collection. Mary Randolph Custis Lee and family: Biography page from unofficial Arlington House website Parlour, site of the Lees' wedding, in which Julia Calvert was a bridesmaid Arlington House, slavery and the plantation mistress (NPS website, PDF file) Full digital text of Hartnett Kane's The Lady of Arlington Robert E. Lee Biography with drawing of Mrs. Lee and another Lee biography on a related site Robert E Lee Biography page from Stratford Hall website (uses frames, click on "history" and then Robert E. Lee link) Mary Custis Lee (daughter of General Lee): Trunks found in Burke and Herbert Bank Vault! (mentions the Stuarts and Cedar Grove) Mary Custis Lee (daughter) biography from unofficial Arlington House website Eleanor Agnes Lee (daughter, lived briefly at Cleydael) biography on unofficial Arlington House website Anne Carter "Annie" Lee (daughter, lived briefly at Cleydael) biography on unofficial Arlington House website Cousins / Relations in the Stuart Line: Mississippi Governor Henry Stuart Foote: Mississippi Governor Henry Stuart Foote Another page on Gov. Foote, at Civil War Interactive.com Gov. Foote's portrait by Matthew Brady Dr David Stuart: Dr. Stuart's paying mortgage on Abingdon Mention of Dr. Stuart as Commissioner (history of DC website) Alexandria Masonic Lodge history (long PDF file, mentions Dr. Stuart and location of residence in Alexandria) George Washington's letters to Dr. David Stuart November 19, 1786 May 5, 1787 July 1 1787 November 30, 1787  African Americans Associated with the Stuart Family: WPA Guide to Virginia, brief mention of Junius and Patsy Dixon's cabin Bumbrey Family Genealogy Page  MORE TO COME! If you find any links we don't have, please email us at Cleydael@aol.com Also, we are eagerly searching for photographs of Cleydael over the course of its history and images of Dr. and Mrs. Stuart and their descendants!  Cleydael is a private home. please respect our privacy and do not visit without an invitation. 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