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- Collection: Selected Long Island Business and Industry Materials
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John C. Birdsall Tavern Keeper's License, 1830
John C. Birdsall tavern keeper's license signed by the Board of Commissioners of Excise for the Town of Hempstead. The license permitted Birdsall to sell "spirituous liquors and wines" at his tavern. Note: John C. Birdsall was a partner in a general…
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John C. Birdsall, bill for sawing boards, 1798
Bill for 1 pound 5 shillings 3 pence owed to John C. Birdsall for sawing boards for Jackson Seaman. Note: Birdsall, who lived in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh) ran a general store and had an interest in a saw mill.
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John C. Birdsall, bill for sawing planks, 1798
Bill for 2 shillings owed to John C. Birdsall for sawing boards for George Balden. Note: Birdsall, who lived in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), ran a general store and had an interest in a saw mill.
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John C. Birdsall, John Garner and Willets Seaman articles of agreement, 1817
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's rental of his general store, which was located in Jerusalem…
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John C. Birdsall, Samuel Seaman, Willetts Seaman articles of agreement, 1816
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's rental of his general store, which was located in Jerusalem…
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John C. Birhdsall [misspelled] receipt for payment to the Long Island Rail Road, c.1840
Receipt for payment made by John C. Birdsall, at Brooklyn, N.Y., to the Long Island Rail Road. The payment was for the transportation of 50 loads of manure. Note: John C. Birdsall was a partner in a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh),…
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John Garner and James Jackson promise to pay note to Thomas Townsend and John Vanderbilt, 1808
Promise to pay note for sixty-five dollars and thirty-five cents from John Garner and James Jackson to Thomas Townsend and John Vanderbilt, New York City merchants. Note on verso states that payment was received at New York on September 1, 1808.…
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John Garner promise to pay note from Henry Totten, 1818
Promise to pay note for one pound, nine shillings, and six pence from Henry Totten to John Garner. Note: Garner arrived in the United States from Armagh County, Northern Ireland, and settled in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y., sometime round…
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John Garner promise to pay note to Benodous Hendrickson, 1818
Promise to pay note for one pound, six shillings, and four pence from Benodous Hendrickson to John Garner. Note: Garner arrived in the United States from Armagh County, Northern Ireland, and settled in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y., sometime…
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John Jackson promise to pay to Capt. Gilbert Colden Willett, 1780
Promise to pay note in the amount of sixty pounds from John Jackson to Captain Gilbert Colden Willett. A notation on the bottom of the note states that the full amount was received from Joseph Birdsall of Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh) on…
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