This Day in Pelham History
March 3

03/03/1729 - Thomas Pell, 3rd Lord of the Manor of Pelham, sells to Edward Blagge of New York City a large tract of land north of the Old Boston Post Road (now Colonial Avenue in Pelham).  Much of this tract is today's Village of Pelham and this is the among the first such large tracts of land within the area of today's Town of Pelham to pass out of the Pell family.

03/03/1879 - The Pelham Manor Post Office is established in the Station of the New Haven Branch Line at the end of the Esplanade.

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