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Promise to pay note in the amount of six pounds, fifteen shillings, and seven pence, from Cornelius Seaberry to Birdsall & Jackson. Note: Birdsall & Jackson was a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. It was operated by John C.…

Birdsall & Jackson receipt for one pound and sixteen shillings for the purchase of Bohea tea from Townsend & Nostrand. Note: Birdsall & Jackson was a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. It was operated by John C. Birdsall and…

Birdsall & Jackson receipt for two pounds and eight shillings for purchase of dry-goods from Mott & Williams, a New York City merchant company. Purchase included tobacco, starch, and bag of shot. Note: Birdsall & Jackson was a general store in…

Birdsall & Jackson receipt for one pound, nine shillings, and two pence, for purchase of nails from Silas Hicks, a New York City merchant. Note: Birdsall & Jackson was a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. It was operated by John…

Birdsall & Jackson receipt for six pounds and eight shillings for purchase of pork from Townsend Vanderbilt. Note: Birdsall & Jackson was a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. It was operated by John C. Birdsall and Micah Jackson.

Birdsall & Jackson receipt for three pounds and six shillings for purchases of gurrah (muslin) and pocket handkerchiefs from Williams & Mott, New York City merchants. Note: Birdsall & Jackson was a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh),…

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:…

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…

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,…

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.