This Day in Pelham History
June 7

06/07/1756 - Benjamin Palmer, who later sought to develop City Island and who was the son-in-law of Thomas Pell, Third Lord of the Manor of Pelham, places an announcement in The New-York Mercury seeking subscriptions to fund a free bridge from the northern tip of Manhattan to the mainland.   Source:  [Untitled], The New-York Mercury, Jun. 7, 1756, p. 4. 

06/07/1883 - Members of the Manor Club hold a meeting at which plans are made for a permanent home for the Club to be called "The Manor House".

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