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Showing posts with label Dutch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dutch. Show all posts
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
Friday, October 19, 2007
Thomas Pell Was Feared Drowned or Lost at Sea in 1656
Please Visit the Historic Pelham Web SiteLocated at http://www.historicpelham.com/.Please Click Here for Index to All Blog Postings.A paper delivered by the Director-General, Peter Stuyvesant, to the Council at a meeting in Fort Amsterdam, New Netherland on January 26, 1656 contained indications that the man most hated by the Dutch -- Thomas Pell -- had drowned or was presumed lost at sea. The
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