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  • Collection: Selected Long Island Business and Industry Materials

Joseph Birdsall receipt for purchase of dry goods James & Harry Peters,1779.jpg
Receipt for payment of seven pounds and nineteen shillings made by Joseph Birdsall to James & Harry Peters, New York City merchants. The payment was for the purchase of dry goods, including writing paper, women's hats, men's stockings, combs, linen,…

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Joseph Birdsall receipt for purchase of rum from Jackson V. Dibble, 1780.jpg
Receipt for payment of ten shillings and six pence made to Jackson V [?] Dibble by Joseph Birdsall. the payment was for the purchase of 2 gallons of tar [?] and one quart of rum for "Mash people." The receipt was signed by Frederick Dibble. Note:…

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Joseph Birdsall receipt for purchase of rum from Samuel Seaman, 1780.jpg
Receipt for payment of eleven pounds, one shilling, and four pence made by Joseph Burcham (alternate spelling of Birdsall) to Samuel Seaman, a New York City merchant. The payment was for the purchase of a barve [?] of rum. Note: Birdsall owned a…

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Joseph Birdsall receipt for purchase of sugar and bowls from David Milchelson, 1780.jpg
Receipt for payment of 2 pounds, 16 shillings, and 6 pence made by Joseph Birdsall to David Michelson, a New York City merchant. The payment was for the purchase of one loaf of lump sugar and three bowls. Note: Birdsall owned a general store in…

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L.C. Gordon advertisement for 5000 yards of Hamburg edgings, May 2, 1885.jpg
L.C. Gordon advertisement for 5,000 yards of slightly damaged Hamburg edgings (a kind of embroidered work done by machinery on cambric or muslin, and used for trimming) on sale at less than half the cost. Also advertised were 1,000 yards of standard…

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Leon A. Rushmore, Sr., loading pumpkins in a wagon, unidentified worker piling pumpkins, at Rushmore Farms, Oct. 1918.jpg
Leon A. Rushmore Sr. [?] loading pumpkins in a wagon, unidentified worker piling pumpkins, at Rushmore Farms.

Position: 313 (9 views)

Leon A. Rushmore, Sr. with a team of plow horses outside of a barn at Rushmore Farms, c. Winter 1918.jpg
Leon A. Rushmore Sr. [?] with a team of plow horses outside of a barn at Rushmore Farms.

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