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Title
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Titus and Weeks Business Account Book
Subject
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Titus, Jacob Willis (1822-1895)
Titus, Silas, d. 1842.
Weeks, James
Bricks—United States
Lumber-yards
Oyster Bay (N.Y.)
Account book.
Description
An account of the resource
This collection is comprised of a lumberyard and brickyard account book that belonged to Silas Titus and James Weeks. The majority of the book contains records of transactions that span the years 1841-1843, recording purchases of lumber, brick and lime, timber, shingles, and sundries, as well as payroll for the business’ employee, Robert Fenton. The book also contains a detailed genealogy of several intermarried Oyster Bay families, beginning with Cornelius Bradford in 1729 and ending with Mary Vandervoort Gage’s death in 1902.
Creator
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M. Curtis
Source
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Titus and Weeks Business Account Book
Publisher
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Hofstra University Special Collections Department/Long Island Studies Institute
Date
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1841-1843
Contributor
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Michael Curtis
Rights
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Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Format
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Account book
Language
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English
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Willis and Weeks Accounts
Subject
The topic of the resource
Titus, Jacob Willis (1822-1895)
Titus, Silas, d. 1842.
Weeks, James
Willis, John
Bricks—United States
Lumber-yards
Oyster Bay (N.Y.)
Account book
Description
An account of the resource
Pages from the account book containing the accounts of John Willis and James Weeks.
Creator
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Silas Titus & Jacob and James Weeks
Source
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Titus and Weeks Business Account Book
Publisher
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Hofstra University Special Collections Department/Long Island Studies Institute
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1842
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Michael Curtis
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Format
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Account book
Language
A language of the resource
English
Account books
business records
businesses
Jacob Willis Titus
James Weeks
John Willis
lumberyards
Oyster Bay
Silas Titus
Titus and Weeks Account Book