Three months later Herrman was made a denizen of Maryland, preparing for his naturalization nine years later; and from that time on he was lost to New Amsterdam. In the denization of Herrman, reference is made to him, “hath drawn a map of all the Rivers, creeks and Harbours.”[1] As it would have been utterly impossible for him to have drawn the map we now know in this short period, we can only infer from this statement that Herrman during the winter of 1659 traveled here and there in Maryland and Virginia, comparing his charts with previous maps, and submitting a rough draft to the Maryland authorities. We know that a few days before Herrman wrote to Stuyvesant, he had met Philip Calvert, brother of Lord Baltimore, at a dinner given in honor of the two Dutch envoys; but if we believe Herrman sincere in his letter to the Dutch governor—and there is no reason to think otherwise—Calvert had not at the time made much of an impression upon him, nor can we believe that at the time his mind was made up to become an English citizen. On all points of personal honor we have reason to believe Herrman to have been strict.
In the light of all this evidence it would appear that something very much as follows took place from the day he talked to Calvert to the time he decided to become a denizen of Maryland: Possibly the night Herrman met Calvert, or a few days afterwards, he discussed with the brother of the proprietor of Maryland the need of a new map of the province, no doubt hinting that he himself would be able to produce such a map. Calvert was interested but did not commit himself; nor did Herrman, for that matter, before he had time to write to Stuyvesant. When Stuyvesant gave either a negative or evasive reply or, what is more likely, no answer at all, Herr-
- ↑ Phillips, p. 5.
