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John B. Garner letter from Jos. A. Lapp, Washington Market merchant, concerning a payment and a milk order, 1890
Letter from Jos. A. Lapp, Dealer in Beef, Veal, Mutton, Lamb, Pork, etc., at the Washington Market in Jamaica, N.Y., to John B. Garner. The letter, which is on a Jos. A. Lapp bill, mentions an enclosed payment check and also includes an order for…
John B. Garner letter from the Port Jefferson Milling Co., 1882
Letter from the Port Jefferson Milling Co. to John B. Garner concerning the purchase and shipping of wheat. The letter was addressed to Garner at Ridgewood (formerly Jerusalem and now named Wantagh), L.I. Note: Garner was a son of John Garner…
John B. Garner letter from the Warrior Mower Co., 1882
Letter from the Warrior Mower Co., of East Williston, N.Y., to John B. Garner requesting that Garner send a payment check for money due to the company. The letter was addressed to Garner at Ridgewood (formerly Jerusalem and now named Wantagh), L.I.…
John B. Garner receipt for purchase of guano from Henderson & Snedeker, 1856
Receipt for payment of $45.24 made by John B. Garner to Henderson & Snedeker for the purchase of guano. Note: Garner resided in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. He was a son of John Garner (?-1833) and Sarah Birdsall (1790-1836). He was a farmer…
John B. Garner receipt from the Long Island Rail Road for 55 barrels of pickles, 1891
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…
John C. Birdsall account statement for sawing timber for planks and boards, 1799
John C. Birdsall account statement for sawing planks and boards for Rulef Duryee. The total balance for work performed was 1 pound 8 shillings 10 1/2 pence. Note: Birdsall resided in Jerusalem, N.Y. (present-day Wantagh), where he ran a general store…
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,…
John C. Birdsall bill for purchase of sundries articles by John Jackson, 1830
John C. Birdsall bill for purchase of "Sundries Articles" by John Jackson. Note: John C. Birdsall was a partner in a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y.
May 31, 1831 December 8, 1832
May 31, 1831 December 8, 1832
John C. Birdsall business letter from John Garner, 1812
Business letter from John Garner to John C. Birdsall, in which Garner writes about Parmenus Jackson's unwillingness to part with a particular lot unless Birdsall holds him to an agreement that they had made. Garner also mentions that lambs are…
John C. Birdsall liquor license, 1813
John C. Birdsall liquor license signed by the Commissioners of Excise for the Town of Hempstead. The license permitted Birdsall to retail "spirituous liquors" at his store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y.