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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
Monday, October 22, 2007
Dutch Authorities Demand That Thomas Pell Halt His "Intrusion" at Westchester in 1656
Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.The Dutch meant business when they arrested most of the Englishmen who, in November 1654, settled in Westchester on lands acquired a few months earlier by Thomas Pell from local Native Americans. They removed the men to a prison ship near Fort Amsterdam. Eventually
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