ware (No. VII, 1888), a work to which we have frequently referred.
Bohemia Manor as a great manorial estate has long passed out of existence, and for a long time out of even the minds of all except those who lived in its immediate vicinity. Since Augustine Herrman’s day the broad acres of rich fertile land of his ancient manor furnished subsistence to hundreds who in their daily toil did not have time to ponder over the events of the past. Indeed, for many years the very name of the first lord was unknown to many who were accustomed to tread the same paths and roads that he himself had fashioned out of the wilderness. Outside of a few tangible marks, bricks and stones of the first two manor houses, there is only one thing on his whole vast estate that recalls his memory to the people of today. On a stone slab about seven feet long and three feet wide we can still read:[1]
AVGVSTINE R
HERMEN BOHEMIAN[2]
THE FIRST FOVNDER〜
SEATTER OF BOHEMEA MANNER
ANNO 1661
This is the only monument which marks the passing of one of the most interesting personages in the early annals of American history.
- ↑ A new vault has been erected upon the precise spot where the old vault was and the original tombstone placed thereon. The tomb of Herrman is near the present home of Senator Thomas F. Bayard on his estate near the Bohemia River, Elkton, Md.
- ↑ The inscription is usually regarded as the work of an unlettered artisan.
