Front:
The Hermitage, Franklin Turnpike, Tea Room.
Hohokus, New Jersey.
E. W. C OBB,
STATI O NE,R.,
Back:
The Hermitage at Hohokus, New Jersey.
In this house which was built long before the
Revolution, Aaron Burr met Madame Provost,
and here they were married in 1782.
During the year 1779 on nights when he could
safely absent himself from the lines, Colonel
Burr would leave headquarters at White Plains
and attended by trusted men would ride across
country to Tarrytown where his boat was hid-
den. His horse was hobbled and thrown in the
bottom of the boat and with muffled oars they
rowed across the silent Hudson.
On the Jersey side his horse was released and
he began his lonely ride through the historic
county of Bergen. In a short time Colonel Burr
was at the Hermitage where he passed many a
happy hour with his fiancee.
A traveller stopping at the Hermitage Tea
Room, may enjoy the charming interior of this
historic home, while being served.
