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- Collection: Selected Long Island Business and Industry Materials
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Joseph Birdsall business note from John Birdsall, 1773
Business note in which John Birdsall requests that Joseph Birdsall "please to credit the baroer [bearer] William Pidgon to the value of Seven Shillings & Eleven pence & I will see you paid." Note: Birdsall owned a general store in Jerusalem…
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Joseph Birdsall business note from Samuel Townsend, 1773
Samuel Townsend business note to Joseph Birdsall. In the note, Townsend states that "I Have Settled the sales of your Pork with Willet and Richard Seaman, & the hhd [hogshead] of Rum which you had amount to £17 “ 17 “ 0 which I am much in want…
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Joseph Birdsall business note and receipt regarding Samuel Townsend's request that a payment be made to Thomas Seaman 1773, 1774
Joseph Birdsall business note and receipt (see verso) regarding Samuel Townsend's request that a payment of Ten pounds Eighteen Shillings & one penny be made to Thomas Seaman. Note: Birdsall owned a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh),…
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Joseph Birdsall business note from Robert Wilson, 1784
Business note from Robert Wilson to Joseph Bardsil (alternate spelling of "Birdsall"). In the note, Wilson requests that Birdsall send by the bearer £ 0 .8.5 [eight shillings and five pence]. Note: Birdsall owned a general store in Jerusalem…
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Joseph Birdsall business note regarding Richard Jackson's debt, 1784
Business note stating that "Richard Jackson remains in debt on behalf of his father Deceased the sum of £ 2-2-6 - [two pounds, 2 shillings, 6 pence] Which is the equal half Due to Joseph Birdsall. Note: Birdsall owned a general store in Jerusalem…
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Joseph Birdsall receipt for partial payment for purchase of farm from Thomas Allen, 1766
Receipt for partial payment of one hundred pounds made to Thomas Allen by Joseph Birdsall for the purchase of a farm. 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…
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Joseph Birdsall and Samuel Smith articles of agreement regarding grist mill, 1785
Articles of agreement regarding grist mill in which Joseph Birdsall and Samuel Smith were partners. The agreement stated, "we the Said Samuel Smith and Joseph Birdsall do of our own Wills and accords Nominate and appoint Samuel Birdsall of the…
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Joseph and Benjamin Birdsall indenture with Nathan Horton, 1770
Indenture in which Joseph Birdsall of Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh) and Benjamin Birdsall of Oyster Bay South agree to "stand bound" to Nathan Horton of Oyster Bay for a loan in the amount of two hundred and fourteen pounds. Note: Birdsall owned a…
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Joseph Birdsall indenture (business note) with James Parsons, 1770, 1771
Indenture (business note) between Joseph Birdsall of Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh) and James Parsons, a New York City merchant. Under the terms of the indenture, Birdsall became indebted to Parsons for a loan of one hundred fifty-six pounds, one…
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Joseph Birdsall indenture (bond) with John Seaman, 1775
Indenture (business note) between Joseph Birdsall and blacksmith John Seaman, both of Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), Town of Hempstead, N.Y. Under the terms of the indenture, Seaman became indebted to Birdsall for a loan of fifty-five pounds, two…
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