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John Langdon receipt for payment made to Thomas Thirstan, 1721.jpg
John Langdon receipt for payment of seven shillings and nine pence made to Thomas Thirstan, "it being in full of all accounts bills & bonds & book debt[?]." The location listed at the top of the receipt was Jamaica [New York]. Note: Langdon operated…

Advertisement for James & Hawkins hardware and paint store,  Mar. 6, 1908.jpg
Advertisement for James & Hawkins' hardware and paint stores, located in Jamaica, Rockville Centre, and Hempstead, N.Y. Items sold at the stores included seeds, paints, hardware, garden tools, mechanics' tools, etc.

John B. Garner bill for stock certificate from Long Island Hedge and Wire Fence Co., 1891.jpg
John B. Garner bill for a $500.00 stock certificate from the Long Island Hedge and Wire Fence Co., of Jamaica, N.Y. Note: Garner resided in Jerusalem, N.Y. (present-day Wantagh). He was a son of John Garner (?-1833) and Sarah Birdsall (1790-1836). He…

John B. Garner letter from Jos. A Lapp, Washington Market merchant, 1890.jpg
Letter from Jos. A. Lapp, Dealer in Beef, Veal, Mutton, Lamb, Pork, etc., at the Washington Market in Jamaica, N.Y., to John B. Garner. The letter, which is on a Jos. A. Lapp bill, mentions an enclosed payment check and also includes an order for…

Long Island Photograph Collection 9-23.jpg
Trestle over railroad tracks at 150th St.; St. Monica's Church in background. A train is passing under the trestle. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "St. Monica's Church - children coming home from the school, would stand under the bridge, and…

William Garner, Sr., receipt for purchase of loads of ash from E. P. Rushmore, 1870.jpg
Receipt for payment of $86.25 made by William Garner, Sr., to
E. P. Rushmore, at Jamaica, N.Y., for the purchase of 30 loads of ashes. Note: Garner was a son of John Garner (?-1833) and Sarah Birdsall (1790-1836). He was a farmer and resided in…

William Garner, Sr., receipt for purchases of guano, meal, and flax seed from Henderson & Amberman, 1859.jpg
Receipt for payment of $12.69 made by William Garner, Sr., to Henderson & Amberman, Dealers In Grain, Flour, Meal, Feed, Hay & Guano, at Jamaica, N.Y. Payment was for the purchase of guano, meal, and flax seed. Note: Garner was a son of John Garner…
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