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  • Collection: Selected Long Island Business and Industry Materials

Birdsall & Seaman bill for purchase of dry-goods and wine, 1815 .jpg
Birdsall & 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 & Seaman was a general store in Jerusalem (present-day…

Birdsall & Seaman bill for purchase of dry-goods, May 1815.jpg
Birdsall & 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 & Seaman was a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y.

Birdsall & Seaman bill for purchase of dry goods and rum, 1815 .jpg
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.

Birdsall & Seaman promise to pay note from John Williams, 1815.jpg
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.

Birdsall & Seaman bill for purchases of textiles, 1815 .jpg
Birdsall & Seaman bill in the amount of 26 pounds and 2 pence for the purchase of textiles from Townsend & Chichester, New York merchants. Textiles included bombazeth [sic], cambric, and velveteen. Note: Birdsall & Seaman was a general store in…

Birdsall & Seaman account statement for Richard Brian, 1816.jpg
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…

John C. Birdsall, Samuel Seaman, Willetts Seaman, articles of agreement, 1816.jpg
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…

John C. Birdsall, John Garner, Willetts Seaman, articles of agreement, 1817.jpg
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…

Joseph Birdsall account statement with Seaman & Laurence & Co., 1774.jpg
Joseph Birdsall account statement with Seaman & Lawrence & 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…

Joseph Birdsall account statement with Willet and Richard Seaman, 1773.jpg
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…
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