This Day in Pelham History

This Day in Pelham History
January 17

01/17/1797 - The first recorded conveyance of Hunter's Island (then part of Pelham and now part of Orchard Beach) takes place. A deed of this date in the records of the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester shows a transfer of "Appleby's" island (Hunter's Island) from John Blagge to Alexander Henderson.

01/17/1866 - The New York Herald publishes an advertisement announcing the auction of "the largest and finest collection" of art ever exhibited or offered for sale in the United States. The collection belonged to Pelham resident John Hunter who owned Hunter's Island (then part of Pelham and now part of Orchard Beach) and who built Hunter's Mansion.

01/17/1901 - In response to complaints from nearby Pelham Manor property owners about sewage being discharged into the Hutchinson River, Olin H. Landreth (a consulting engineer for the Secretary of the New York State Board of Health) issues a report criticizing Mount Vernon and the Villages of Pelham and Pelham Manor for discharging inadequately treated sewage into the stream. Source: State of New York In Assembly No. 65, Twenty-First Annual Report of the State Board of Health - State of New York, pp. 305 - 08 (Albany, NY: State of New York 1901).

This Day in Pelham History January 17

This Day in Pelham History
January 17