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July 2, 2007
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Monday, July 2, 2007
Notice of Auction Sale of Lots at Bartow-on-the-Sound in Pelham in 1874
I have written extensively about "Bartow-on-the-Sound", a tiny hamlet
carved from lands around the Bartow / City Island train station that once
stood on the Branch Line not far from today's Pelham Bit Stables on Shore
Road. See, e.g., Bell, Blake A., Bartow-on-the-Sound,
Once a Hamlet in the Town of Pelham, The Pelham Weekly, Vol. XV,
Issue 5, Feb. 3, 2006, p. 13, col.
In 1874, an auction notice announcing sale of lots in Bartow appeared in
the Brooklyn Eagle. I have transcribed the text of the notice below,
followed by a citation to its source.
"JERE. JOHNSON, JR., AUCTIONEER
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21 PARK ROW and 37 NASSAU STREET, N.Y.
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14,
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On the Premises at
BARTOW,
PELHAM TOWNSHIP, WESTCHESTER COUNTY,
A NEW VILLAGE ON LINE OF
HARLEM BRANCH OF THE N. Y. AND N. H. R. R.
GRAND OPENING SALE AND FIRST CHOICE OF
300 SPLENDID LOTS
Around the New Depot. Water fronts on Pelham Bay, high lands overlooking
the Sound, 53 minutes from business centres, and 7 miles from New York
centre, with commutation less than stage fare. Free excursion, leaving New
York at 10:45 A.M. Collation, Grafulia's Bank, Harrison, etc. Sale
absolute. Maps, Tickets, etc., of JERE. JOHNSON, Jr., No. 21 Park Row, N.
Y."
Source: Jere. Johnson, Jr., Auctioneer, Brooklyn Eagle, Sep. 11, 1874, p.
1.
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