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Herrman’s assignees had been discharged two months before.[1] At the end of May, 1652 Herrman was granted “Liberty and freedom” by the council and excused for having broken the company’s seal, “Having settled with his creditors”.[2] During her visit to New Amsterdam Anna Hack strengthened her business relations with Herrman and in the course of the next few years it seems that both parties benefitted financially by the arrangement; for, as we have seen, Herrman made large sums of money in 1655, while the same year and subsequently the Hacks acquired large tracts of land in Maryland, at the same time adding to their Virginia estates.[3]
- ↑ N. Y. Geneal. and Biog. Rec., Vol. IX. p. 58.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Dr. George Hack died about the year 1665, but Anna continued to buy land and to deal in tobacco. She lived until around 1700 and at the time of her death was among the largest landowners of the women of her time. For account of Hack estates see Maryland Land Record Index, Annapolis.
