Historic Pelham Blog Archive
May 2006

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Wed. May 31, 2006:  Two Views of the Pelhamville School House Built in the 1850s

Tue. May 30, 2006:  A Biography Published in 1906 on the Life of Horace Dutton Taft, Founder of the Taft School for Boys in Pelham Manor

Mon. May 29, 2006:  Yet Another Mid-Eighteenth Century Advertisement by Thomas Pell Offering Lands in Pelham

Fri. May 26, 2006:  The 27th Conference on New York State History Will Include Presentation of Paper on Pelham Manor & Huguenot Heights Association

Thu. May 25, 2006:  1763 Deed Executed by Executors of the Estate of Joseph Pell Accused Caleb Pell of Fraud

Wed. May 24, 2006:  Program for January 8, 1889 Opening of the Hutchinson School in Pelhamville

Tue. May 23, 2006:  Special Postal Cancellation on October 17-18, 1976 to Commemorate the Bicentennial of the Battle of Pelham During the Revolutionary War

Mon. May 22, 2006:  Early References to Pelham Roads in the Road Commissioners' Book Maintained in the Westchester County Archives

Fri. May 19, 2006:  Possible Remains of a Soldier Killed in the Battle of Pelham on October 18, 1776 Found in 1921

Thu. May 18, 2006:  Richard Crabb, the 'Magistrate' Who Witnessed the Signing of Thomas Pell's Treaty with Local Native Americans on June 27, 1654

Wed. May 17, 2006:  More About Benjamin Palmer's Involvement With Raising Funds for a Free Bridge from Manhattan

Tue. May 16, 2006:  Using Excelsior To Search the Collections of the New York State Archives, New York State Library and the New York State Museum

Mon. May 15, 2006:  Resales of Lots in the 1760s on the Island Known Today as City Island

Fri. May 12, 2006:  Possible Evidence that Residents of the Manor of Pelham Were Acquitted in Rare 17th Century Witchcraft Trial in New York

Thu. May 11, 2006:  Thomas Pell Offers City Island, Then Known as Minneford Island, for Sale in the Mid-18th Century

Wed. May 10, 2006:  Horace Crosby, the Civil Engineer Who Laid Out the Chestnut Grove Division for the Pelham Manor & Huguenot Heights Association in the 1870s

Tue. May 9, 2006:  More Pelham Locations for Which Famous Landscape Designer Loutrel Briggs Executed Designs

Mon. May 8, 2006:  Edmund Gybbon Spilsbury Who Served as Engineer for the Pelham Manor & Huguenot Heights Association

Fri. May 5, 2006:  1763 Announcement That City Island in the Manor of Pelham Has Been Laid Out in Lots for Sale

Thu. May 4, 2006:  Harry S. Houpt, Builder of Homes in Pelham, NY in the Early 20th Century

Wed. May 3, 2006:  Another Pelham, New York Ghost Story

Tue. May 2, 2006:  Benjamin Palmer's Advertisement in 1756 To Raise Subscriptions To Fund a Free Bridge From Manhattan

Mon. May 1, 2006:  The Legend of the Recovery of Pirate's Treasure on an Island Off Pelham

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