Rosewell Gift Shop Features Books and More

The gift shop at the Rosewell Visitor Center offers a variety of books and other items related to Rosewell, the Page family, architecture, archaeology, and genealogy.

To mail-order an item, send your name, mailing address, and list of items ordered to The Rosewell Foundation, PO Box 1456, Gloucester, VA 23061. Please enclose your check payable to the Rosewell Foundation, including the shipping/handling fee for each item as indicated.

Here is a sampling of our current offerings:

"American Ruins" photography book by Arthur Drooker ($45 + $5 S/H)

"In Search of This and That" book by Ivor Noel Hume ($16 + $4 S/H)

Sterling Silver Rosewell Pin (originally $45; now $39 + $4 S/H)

Rosewell Christmas ornament ($15 + $4 S/H)

Rosewell Poster ($5 + $4 S/H)

6-minute Rosewell video ($6 + $3 S/H)

"Genealogy of the Page Family," 1893 reprint ($35 + $3 S/H)

"Leonora and the Ghost," a Rosewell Christmas ghost story by Lucy Page Saunders ($4 + $2 S/H)

"Four Families of Rosewell" ($12 + $2.50 S/H)

"The Ruins of Rosewell" article from Colonial Williamsburg Journal ($2 + $2 S/H).

"Gloucester County in the Civil War" book by Ludwell Lee Montague ($26 + 2.50 S/H

For further information on any items, please email information@rosewell.org or call (804)-693-2585.

A Romantic Rosewell Legend

A family legend says that the courtship of John and Margaret Lowther Page began with an exchange of poems.

In 1790, John Page was a 47-year-old widower serving in the First Congress of the United States. Congress was meeting in New York, and it was there that he met Margaret Lowther, who was about 30 at the time. According to the legend, John escorted Margaret to a party and later realized that she had left a glove in his carriage. He sent the glove back to her with a note reading

"Taking 'G' from 'Glove' leaves 'Love'

Tis that I offer thee."

Margaret replied with another note:

"Taking 'P' from 'Page' leaves 'Age,'

And you are too old for me."

Perhaps Margaret was only teasing, or perhaps she soon had a change of heart, for the couple was married a few months later. They continued to write and exchange poems during their marriage.

A Rosewell Tradition Returns

Was something missing from your calendar last year? Rosewell's much beloved Barbeque at the Ruins returns on October 23rd! Your $25 ticket ($12.50 for children 6-12)includes a barbeque dinner with traditional side dishes catered by Rudy's Barbeque of Topping. Pile your plate with pulled pork, cole slaw, baked beans and cornbread. Quench your thirst with lemonade or iced tea. Don't miss the Silent Auction tent with everything from a Victorian chair to an eclectic sampler of fine wines. Enjoy the sounds of bluegrass and "new grass" music by the band Made from Scratch. Generous sponsorship by Bronze Sponsor Colonial Virginia Bank, as well as individual ticket sales and auction proceeds help to support our mission of preserving, studying, and presenting Rosewell and its story to the public.

Closed for the Winter Season

The cold weather has arrived so the Visitors Center has closed for the Winter months starting October 24,2011. We will reopen in the Spring 2012. If you have a group that would like to visit, you may call us and arrange a special tour time, 804 693 2585. We will announce the Spring opening date in early April. Have a great Winter.