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Thursday, August 18, 2016

More About the Tablet Honoring Anne Hutchinson Placed on Split Rock on May 3, 1911

... by all passers-by, being on Split Rock Road, one-quarter mile east of the Old Boston Road, and just south of Pelham Manor." Two years later, on April 29, 1909, the New York Times reported that the Colonial Dames of New York had "taken up the matter" ...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

The 'Shrubbery' Mansion in Pelham Once Owned by Aaron Burr Burned Down on December 31, 1880

... Original Record of Forfeiture Sale of Lands of British Loyalists in the Manor of Pelham . Thu., May 21, 2015: Pelham Manor Romance: A Tale of Aaron Burr and His Love, Theodosia Bartow Prevost of the Manor of Pelham . Thu., Apr. 23, 2015: Augustine ...
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Monday, August 15, 2016

More on the Construction and Opening of the Harlem River and...

... written about the Branch Line and its importance to the development of Pelham and, particularly, the Village of Pelham Manor on a number of occasions. See : Wed., Aug. 03, 2005: Early Reports Relating to Construction of the Branch Line (Part I) . ...
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Sunday, August 14, 2016

Margaret A. Banks Obituary

... Place, New Rochelle. A Funeral Mass will be held on Monday at 10:00am at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Pelham Manor, NY. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery. RT @MetroNorth : New Haven Line Service is currently experiencing delays ...
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Monday, August 8, 2016

More on Unsuccessful Efforts in 1884 by Town of Pelham to Replace the Wooden City Island Bridge

... lawsuits to stop the Town of Pelham from appropriating funds to build a new wooden replacement bridge. Indeed, Pelham Manor resident (and mainlander) George H. Reynolds initially brought two lawsuits. The first was brought against Town Supervisor ...
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Friday, August 5, 2016

Pelham's Assessed Valuations in 1886 Didn't Quite Agree with...

... Before the annexation, the Town of Pelham encompassed about 3,166 acres of land encompassing Pelhamville, Pelham Manor, Prospect Hill, Bartow, and City Island. In 1886, the City of New York was in the process of acquiring about 1,700 acres of that ...
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016

1891 Images of the Old New York Athletic Club Facilities on Travers Island

... One amusing article described the travails of the club members as they made their way on foot from the Pelham Manor Station on the New Haven Branch Line to the Travers Isand grounds: "At 10:30 a.m. a special train left the Grand Central Station for ...
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