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Historic Pelham Blog Archive
May 29, 2006
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Monday, May 29, 2006
Yet Another Mid-Eighteenth Century Advertisement by Thomas Pell Offering
Lands in Pelham
Thomas Pell, Third Lord of the Manor of Pelham, seems to have been
heavily engaged in selling off Pell family lands in the Manor of Pelham in
the late 1740s and early 1750s. On Thursday, May 11, 2006, I posted to the
Historic Pelham Blog an item entitled "Thomas
Pell Offers City Island, Then Known as Minneford Island, for Sale in the
Mid-18th Century". In it I provided background on the Third Lord of
the Manor of Pelham and transcribed the text of advertisements he placed
in 1747 and 1750 seeking to sell portions of his lands in the Manor of
Pelham.
Although the Third Lord had a son also named Thomas, it seems that an
advertisement placed on February 10, 1752 providing notice of a public
auction to sell the Pell estate likely was placed by Thomas Pell, Third
Lord, shortly before his death. The notice reads as follows:
"TO be sold at public Vendue, on Monday the 2d Day of March
next, a very good Plantation, lying upon Anhook's Neck, in the Manor of
Pelham, in Westchester County, containing 260 Acres of choice
Land : There is on it a very good large Dwelling-House, Barn, Out-Houses,
and Orchard ; about 25 Acres of it is choice English Grass, and more may
be made ; as also a sufficient Quantity of Salt Meadow. A good Title will
be given by Thomas Pell, or Isaac Willet."
Source: [Untitled] TO be Sold at Publick Vendue, New-York Gazette
Revived In The Weekly Post-Boy, Feb. 10, 1752, p. 3.
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