BOHEMIA MANOR,
\bə͡ʊhˈiːmi͡ə mˈanə], \bəʊhˈiːmiə mˈanə], \b_əʊ_h_ˈiː_m_iə m_ˈa_n_ə]\
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a grant of 5000 acres of land along the Elk River made by Lord Baltimore, in 1666, to Augustine Herman, a Bohemian surveyor, who promised therefor to make a map of Maryland. Herman obtained papers of denization and was naturalized with his family under the first act of that kind passed in the province.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.