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Friday, January 2, 2009

An Account of the Dutch Capture of Westchester in 1656

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.Only months after he acquired lands from local Native Americans on June 27, 1654, Thomas Pell sold a portion of them to English settlers who planted a tiny village along what is known today as Westchester Creek in the Bronx. The settlement was known as Westchester or

Thursday, October 18, 2007

April 19, 1655 Dutch Protest Against Thomas Pell's Efforts To Settle Englishmen on Lands the Dutch Called VreedLandt

Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.On April 19, 1655, the Dutch issued a protest against Thomas Pell complaining of his efforts to settle Englishmen on lands known by the Dutch as VreedLandt. It is believed that the settlement was near the head of today's Westchester Creek in the area that once was