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- Collection: Selected Long Island Business and Industry Materials
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Capt. John Birdsall receipt for purchase of shingles, 1735
Receipt for payment of sixteen pounds and fifteen shillings made by Capt. John Birdsall to Joseph Dennis for the purchase of three thousand shingles. Birdsall was a resident of Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y.
Position: 1743 (4 views)
Capt. John Birdsall receipt for payment made on behalf of William and Benjamin Hawxhurst , 1750
Receipt for payment of ten pounds, four shillings and eight pence, made by Capt. John Birdsall to Lazarus Horton on behalf of William and Benjamin Hawxhurst. Location written at the top of the receipt was Oyster Bay. Note: Birdsall was a resident of…
Position: 533 (6 views)
Birdsall & Seaman account statement for Richard Brian, 1816
Account statement totaling one pound, three shillings, and nine pence owed to Birdsall & Seaman for purchases made by Richard Brian. Items purchased included rum, pork, butter, salt, and molasses. Note: Birdsall & Seaman was a general store in…
Position: 533 (6 views)
Birdsall & Seaman bill for purchase of cambric, 1815
Birdsall & Seaman bill for the purchase of cambric from Townsend & Chichester. Note: Birdsall & Seaman was a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y.
Position: 265 (7 views)
Birdsall & Seaman bill for purchase of dry goods and rum, 1815
Birdsall & 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 & Seaman was a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y.
Position: 12 (15 views)
Birdsall & Seaman bill for purchase of dry goods and rum, 1815
Birdsall & Seaman bill in the amount of fourteen pounds, six shillings, and ten pence, for purchase of dry goods and rum from Timothy Nostrand. Note: Birdsall & Seaman was a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y.
Position: 533 (6 views)
Birdsall & Seaman promise to pay note from John Williams, 1815
Promise to pay note in the amount of twenty-one dollars and six cents from John Williams to Birdsall & Seaman. Note: Birdsall & Seaman was a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y.
Position: 265 (7 views)
John C. Birdsall and James Walters indenture (bill of sale), 1813
Indenture (bill of sale) in which John C. Birdsall agreed to purchase all of James Walters' movable estate for the sum of twenty-eight pounds, eight shillings and three pence, plus interest. Estate included a cow, nine sheep, a bay mare, two hogs,…
Position: 1743 (4 views)
John C. Birdsall and James Walters indenture (bond), 1814
Indenture (bond) in which John C. Birdsall agreed to loan one hundred and forty-two dollars and six cents to James Walters. Note: Birdsall was a partner in a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), and Walters resided in the Town of Oyster…
Position: 265 (7 views)
Birdsall & Jackson account book, 1809-1816
Account book for Birdsall & Jackson, a general store, for the years 1809-1816. The majority of the entries concerning monies owed to various workers for jobs such as mowing, cutting corn, harvesting, working in the swamp, and "common work." Note:…
Position: 533 (6 views)