Joseph Birdsall account statement with Willet and Richard Seaman, 1773
Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.
Willet and Richard Seaman
Accounts receivable
Business enterprises
General stores
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 Wantagh), N.Y. He was also a surveyor, a partner in a grist mill, a teacher in the Jerusalem school, and a lieutenant in the loyalist militia.
Apr. 12, 1773
O'Connor, Michael
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Joseph Birdsall account statement with Seaman & Lawrence & Co., 1774
Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.
Seaman & Lawrence & Co.
Accounts receivable
Business enterprises
General stores
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 surveyor, a partner in a grist mill, a teacher in the Jerusalem school, and a lieutenant in the loyalist militia.
July 20, 1774
O'Connor, Michael
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John Langdon account statement for purchases made from merchant William Walton, 1716-1719
Langdon, John, c.1685-1725.
Walton, William
Accounts receivable
Building materials
Business enterprises
Business records
Dry-goods
Rum
Account statement for purchases made by John Langdon from William Walton, a New York City merchant. Items purchased included dry goods, building materials, and rum. Notation on the verso states that amount owing was discounted by twenty one pounds, leaving a balnce due of one pound, 3 shillings, and eight and three-quarter pence. Note: Langdon operated a mill near his house on the Mill River at Near Rockaway, N.Y.; he also probably owned a farm at Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y.
1716-1719
O'Connor, Michael
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John Langdon account statement with merchant Judah Mears, 1721, 1722
Langdon, John, c.1685-1725.
Mears, Judah
Accounts receivable
Business enterprises
Business records
Businesses
Receipts
John Langdon account statement with merchant Judah Mears. The owing balance was one pound, nineteen shillings and ten and a half pence. Items purchased included rum and dry goods, while credits entries were made for cash and bushels of wheat.
Notation on verso states that Mears received payment, at Hempstead, N.Y., in full from John Thomas for account of John Langdon in July 1772.
Note: Langdon operated a mill near his house on the Mill River at Near Rockaway, N.Y.; he also probably owned a farm at Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y.
1721, 1722
O'Connor, Michael
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Receipt
John Langdon account statement with Gerard Beekman 1719, 1720/1721
Beekman, Gerard
Langdon, John, c.1685-1725.
Accounts receivable
Business enterprises
Business records
Businesses
Receipts
Account statement with balance of one pound, 10 shillings, and seven pence owed to Gerard Beekman, a New York City merchant, for a purchase made by John Landing (alternate spelling for "Langdon"). On the verso is a receipt for that same amount, paid by William Landing (another alternate spelling for "Langdon") on behalf of his brother John's account. Note: John Langdon operated a mill near his house on the Mill River at Near Rockaway, N.Y.; he also probably owned a farm at Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y.
1719, 1720/21 (Julian and Gregorian calendar years)
O'Connor, Michael
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Receipt