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Treaty Oak (New York City)

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The Treaty Oak, near Bartow Pell Mansion in Pelham Bay Park, in the New York City borough of the Bronx, died after a fire and was replaced. It is between the mansion and Shore Road. It is surrounded by an iron fence.

It was said that under this oak tree a treaty was signed between Thomas Pell and Chief Wampage selling Pell all land east of the Bronx River in what was then Westchester County, New York.

The tree was toppled in a storm in March 1909.

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Treaty Oak (New York City) Wikipedia