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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Birdsall &amp; Seaman bill for purchase of dry-goods and wine, 1815]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall &amp; Seaman]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Bills]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Dry-goods]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Birdsall &amp; Seaman bill for $28.51 for purchase of dry-goods and wine from Thomas S. Townsend, a New York merchant. Items purchased included tobacco, 1 bag of shot, and Hypson Skin tea.  Birdsall &amp; Seaman was a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[May 23, 1815]]></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 2, Folder 10)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Bill]]></dcterms:format>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Birdsall &amp; Seaman bill for purchase of dry-goods, 1815]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall &amp; Seaman]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Bills]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Dry-goods]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Birdsall &amp; Seaman bill for purchase of dry-goods from E.W. Nichols. Included among the items purchased were wrapping paper, rice, ginger, tobacco, and Hyson skin tea. Birdsall &amp; Seaman was a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[May 2, 1815]]></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 2, Folder 10)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Bills]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4359">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Birdsall &amp; Seaman bill for purchase of dry goods and rum, 1815 ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Nostrand, Timothy]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall &amp; Seaman]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Bills]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Dry-goods]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Birdsall &amp; Seaman bill in the amount of five pounds, five shillings, and six pence, for purchase of dry goods and rum from Timothy Nostrand. Note: Birdsall &amp; Seaman was a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Oct. 17, 1815]]></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 2, Folder 11)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Bill]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4361">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Birdsall &amp; Seaman promise to pay note from John Williams, 1815]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Williams, John]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall &amp; Seaman]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Promissory notes]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Promise to pay note in the amount of twenty-one dollars and six cents from John Williams to Birdsall &amp; Seaman. Note: Birdsall &amp; Seaman was a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[May 1, 1815]]></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 2, Folder 4)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Promissory notes]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4352">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Birdsall &amp; Seaman bill for purchases of textiles, 1815]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall &amp; Seaman]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Townsend &amp; Chichester]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Bills]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Textiles]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Birdsall &amp; Seaman bill in the amount of 26 pounds and 2 pence for the purchase of textiles from Townsend &amp; Chichester, New York merchants. Textiles included bombazeth [sic], cambric, and velveteen. Note: Birdsall &amp; Seaman was a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[July 25, 1815]]></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 2, Folder 11)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Bill]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4356">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Birdsall &amp; Seaman account statement for Richard Brian, 1816]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall &amp; Seaman]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Brian, Richard]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Accounts receivable]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Account statement totaling one pound, three shillings, and nine pence owed to Birdsall &amp; Seaman for purchases made by Richard Brian. Items purchased included rum, pork, butter, salt, and molasses. Note: Birdsall &amp; Seaman was  a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Nov. 1815-Jan. 1816]]></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 2, Folder 10) ]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Account statement]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4344">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[John C. Birdsall, Samuel Seaman, Willetts Seaman articles of agreement, 1816]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, John C., c.1773-1850. ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Seaman, Samuel, c.1737-1828.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Seaman, Willetts.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Contracts]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Articles of agreement between John C. Birdsall, on the one part, and Samuel and Willetts Seaman, on the other part. The terms of the agreement lay out the conditions for Birdsall&#039;s rental of his general store, which was located in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), to the Seamans. All three parties lived in Jerusalem.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[May 8, 1816]]></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 2, Folder 3)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Articles of Agreement]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4343">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[John C. Birdsall, John Garner and Willets Seaman articles of agreement, 1817]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, John C., c.1773-1850. ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Garner, John, ?-1833.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Seaman, Willets.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Contracts]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Articles of agreement between John C. Birdsall, on the one part, and John Garner and Willets Seaman, on the other part. The terms of the agreement lay out the conditions for Birdsall&#039;s rental of his general store, which was located in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), to Garner and Willets. All three parties lived in Jerusalem.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Feb. 20, 1817]]></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 2, Folder 3)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Articles of Agreement]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4410">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall account statement with Seaman &amp; Lawrence &amp; Co., 1774]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Seaman &amp; Lawrence &amp; Co.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Accounts receivable ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall account statement with Seaman &amp; Lawrence &amp; Co. for the period May 1774 through July 1774. The balance owing was 145 pounds and 7 pence. 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 20, 1774]]></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 3, Folder 23)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Account statement]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4409">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall account statement with Willet and Richard Seaman, 1773]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Willet and Richard Seaman]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Accounts receivable]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall account statement with Willet and Richard Seaman for the period August 1772 through April 1773. The balance owing was twelve pounds, nineteen shillings, and eight pence. 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[Apr. 12, 1773]]></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 3, Folder 23)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Account statement]]></dcterms:format>
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