Pelham Bay Park
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Pelham Bay Park is a municipal park located in the northeast corner of the New York City borough of the Bronx. It is, at 2,772 acres, the largest public park in New York City. The park is more than th
Northern tip of Hunter Island in Pelham Bay Park
Aerial view of the park (pictured in the center left)
Mouth of Hutchinson River, in the park
Rock outcropping in Pelham Bay Park
Anne Hutchinson
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Anne Hutchinson was an English-born religious figure who was an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy which shook the nascent Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. Her strong relig
Pelham Bay Park
…city landmark, as well as the Bronx Victory Column & Memorial Grove. Before its creation, the land comprising the current Pelham Bay Park was part of Anne Hutchinson's short-lived dissident colony. Part of New Netherland, it was destroyed in 1643 by a Siwanoy attack in reprisal for the unrelated massacres carried…
Anne Hutchinson on Trial
Marshalsea Prison, London, where Hutchinson's father was detained for two years for "heresy"
Reverend John Cotton was Hutchinson's mentor and her reason for emigrating to New England.
Reverend John Wheelwright was an ally of Hutchinson during the Antinomian Controversy, and both were banished.