Receipt from the Long Island Rail Road to John B. Garner for 55 barrels of pickles that were to be shipped from Ridgewood (present-day Wantagh) to Bushwick, Brooklyn. Note: Garner was a son of John Garner (?-1833) and Sarah Birdsall (1790-1836). He…
Receipt for payment made by John C. Birdsall, at Brooklyn, N.Y., to the Long Island Rail Road. The payment was for the transportation of 50 loads of manure. Note: John C. Birdsall was a partner in a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh),…
Receipt for payment of $8 [?] and 25 cents made by John C. Birdsall, at Hicksville, N.Y., to the Long Island Rail Road. The payment was for the transportation of 33 loads of manure. Note: John C. Birdsall was a partner in a general store in Jerusalem…
Receipt for payment made by John C. Birdsall, at Hicksville, N.Y., to the Long Island Rail Road. The payment was for the transportation of 43 loads of ashes. Note: John C. Birdsall was a partner in a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh),…
Receipt for payment of $28.21 made by John C. Birdsall, at Brooklyn, N.Y., to the Long Island Rail Road. The payment was for the transportation of loads of ash. Note: John C. Birdsall was a partner in a general store in Jerusalem (present-day…
Facsimile of a c.1890s photograph of Long Island Express drivers standing alongside their wagons at the Hempstead Long Island Railroad station on Fulton Avenue. The company handled local baggage and express deliveries.