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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall promise to pay note from Isaac Conklin for the purchase of a horse, 1771]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Conklin, Isaac ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business records]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Horses]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Promissory notes]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Promise to pay note for seven pounds and ten shillings from Isaac Conklin to Joseph Birdsall for the purchase of a horse. Note: Birdsall owned a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. He was also a surveyor, a partner in a grist mill, a teacher in the Jerusalem school, and a lieutenant in the loyalist militia.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Dec. 2, 1771]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 18)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Promise to pay note]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Promissory note]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4474">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall receipt for payment made to John Post, 1770]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Post, John]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Receipts]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Receipt for payment of four pounds and ten shillings made by Joseph Birdsall to John Post, at New York City. Note: Birdsall owned a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. He was also a surveyor, a partner in a grist mill, a teacher in the Jerusalem school, and a lieutenant in the loyalist militia.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1778]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 18)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Receipt]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4473">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall receipt for partial payment made for purchases of dry goods and rum from Willett &amp; O. [Obadiah] Seaman, 1769]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Willett &amp; Obadiah Seaman]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Dry-goods]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Receipts]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Rum]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Receipt for 28 pounds for payment made by Joseph Birdsall to  Willett &amp; [Ob]adiah Seaman, New York City merchants. The total amount of the bill was 37 pounds, 4 shillings, and 2 pence. Items purchased included dry goods and rum. Note: Birdsall owned a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. He was also a surveyor, a partner in a grist mill, a teacher in the Jerusalem school, and a lieutenant in the loyalist militia.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[July 13, 1769]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 18)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Receipt]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4472">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall promise to pay note and receipt from George Youngs, 1765, 1766]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Youngs, George]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Promissory notes]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Receipts]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Promise to pay note in the amount of eleven pounds, fourteen shillings, and eight pence and a half penny, plus interest, from Joseph Birdsall to George Youngs. The verso of the note contains a receipt for a payment in the amount of twelve pounds, 11 shillings, and one pence and a half penny, which satisfied the note. Note: Birdsall owned a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. He was also a surveyor, a partner in a grist mill, a teacher in the Jerusalem school, and a lieutenant in the loyalist militia.<br />
<br />
]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1765, 1766]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 18)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Promissory note]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Receipt]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4471">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Henry Haydock letter to Joseph Birdsall concerning a sum of money that Birdsall owed to him, 1784]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Haydock, Henry]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Letters]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A letter from Henry Haydock, of New York City, to Joseph Birdsall concerning a sum of money that Birdsall owed to him. In the letter, he threatens to take action if he does not receive payment by the middle of the month. Note: Birdsall owned a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. He was also a surveyor, a partner in a grist mill, a teacher in the Jerusalem school, and a lieutenant in the loyalist militia.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Dec. 2, 1784]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 16)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Letter]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4470">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall ledger page showing balance owed to him, 1780s?]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Account books]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A ledger page showing the balances owed by a number of customers of Joseph Birdsall&#039;s general store. The total balance owed to him was 12 pounds, 10 shillings, and 10 pence. Note: Birdsall general store was in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. He was also a surveyor, a partner in a grist mill, a teacher in the Jerusalem school, and a lieutenant in the loyalist militia.<br />
]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1780s?]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 14)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Ledger page]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4469">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall ledger page, 1769-1776]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Account books]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Ledger page (recto and verso) with various account entries for patrons of Joseph Birdsall&#039;s general store, which was located in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. The entries spanned from May 1775-1776. Note: Birdsall was also a surveyor, a partner in a grist mill, a teacher in the Jerusalem school, and a lieutenant in the loyalist militia.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1769-1776]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 14)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Ledger page]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4468">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph and John C. Birdsall indenture with Oliver Birdsall, 1806]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, John C., c.1773-1850]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Oliver]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Indentures]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Loans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Indenture (business note) between Joseph Birdsall and his son John C. Birdsall and Oliver Birdsall, all three of Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), Town of Hempstead, N.Y. Under the terms of the indenture, Joseph and John C. Birdsall became indebted to Oliver Birdsall for a loan of two hundred and fifty dollars, with a penal amount set at five hundred dollars. Recordings of interest payments made in 1807 and 1808 appear on the verso. Note: Joseph and John C. Birdsall owned a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[May 27, 1806]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 12)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Business note]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Indenture]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4467">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall quitclaim deed from Samuel Seaman, 1794]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Seaman, Samuel]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Deeds]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Land titles]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[ Quitclaim deed from Samuel Seaman to Joseph Birdsall, both of  Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh). The deed concerned two parcels of land and a patent granted to John Jackson, Thomas Allen, and Seaman, who was the only surviving patentee. Note: Birdsall owned a general store, and he was also a surveyor, a partner in a grist mill, a teacher in the Jerusalem school, and a lieutenant in the loyalist militia.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[May 27, 1794]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 12)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Quitclaim deed]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4466">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall quitclaim deed from John Pratt, 1794 ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Pratt, John]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Deeds]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Land titles]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Quitclaim deed from John Pratt to Joseph Birdsall, both of Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. The deed concerns a parcel of land known as Seamans Neck. Note: Birdsall owned a general store in Jerusalem, and he was was also a surveyor, a partner in a grist mill, a teacher in the Jerusalem school, and a lieutenant in the loyalist militia.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[May 27, 1794]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 12)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Quitclaim deed]]></dcterms:format>
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