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December 2006

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Fri. December 29, 2006:  Native Americans Ordered to Remove from the Manor of Pelham in 1675

Thu. December 28, 2006:  Description of Pelham Contained in 'Gazeteer of the State of New York' Published in 1860

Wed. December 27, 2006:  Photograph of Grounds of New York Athletic Club Facility on Travers Island Published in 1904

Tue. December 26, 2006:  1775 Statute Authorizing Samuel Rodman and Benjamin Palmer to Build City Island Drawbridge

Mon. December 25, 2006:  Early Organizations That Evolved Into the Pelham Parents Teachers Association (PTA)

Fri. December 22, 2006:  Brief Biographies of Thomas Pell, First Lord of the Manor of Pelham, and His Nephew, John, Published in 1912

Thu. December 21, 2006:  Thomas Pearsall, Owner in 1723 of Harts Island, Also Known as Spectacle Island, Bequeaths it To His Son, Henry Pearsall

Wed. December 20, 2006:  A Brief History of St. Paul's Church in Eastchester Published in 1907

Tue. December 19, 2006:  A Few Examples of Interesting Patents Issued to Pelham Residents

Mon. December 18, 2006:  What May Be The Earliest Patent Awarded to a Resident of Pelham:  Patent Issued to Elbert J. Roosevelt on May 29, 1866

Fri. December 15, 2006:  References to John Hunter of Pelham Manor in the Papers of President Martin Van Buren

Thu. December 14, 2006:  Items from Bolton Priory in the Collections of The Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture, The New-York Historical Society

Wed. December 13, 2006:  More About Isaac Roosevelt of Pelham Who Carved His Name on a Glacial Boulder in 1833

Tue. December 12, 2006:  Did Thomas Pell Avoid Taxes by Maintaining a Medical Practice?

Mon. December 11, 2006:  Microsoft Releases the Beta Version of Its 'Live Search Books'

Fri. December 8, 2006:  An Interesting Power of Attorney Executed in Favor of Thomas Pell on October 29, 1651 Plus Other Records

Thu. December 7, 2006:  Additional Authorities Supporting Assertions that Thomas Pell Conducted Trade by Ship Along the East Coast

Wed. December 6, 2006:  When Did Thomas Pell Arrive in America?

Tue. December 5, 2006:  Where Is Evidence of the 1640 Dutch Purchase from Native Americans of the Lands That Became Pelham?

Mon. December 4, 2006:  Abstract of 1768 Will of John Pugsley of the Manor of Pelham

Fri. December 1, 2006:  Abstract of 1779 Will of John Pell of the Manor of Pelham


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