Joseph Birdsall business letter from Joseph Burr, 1767
Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.
Burr, Joseph
Business correspondence
Business enterprises
General stores
Salt
Business letter from Joseph Burr to Joseph Birdsall, to whom Burr sold wholesale goods. In the letter, Burr requests that Birdsall come and "fetch the salt soon." He also mentions that he may able to obtain some rum should Birdsall want some.
The address on the top of the letter is "Cow Neck," which was the name settlers gave to the peninsula that juts into Manhasset Bay to the west, Long Island Sound to the north and Hempstead Harbor to the east.
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.
June 6, 1767
O'Connor, Michael
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John C. Birdsall business letter from John Garner, 1812
Birdsall, John C., c.1773-1850.
Garner, John, ?-1833.
Business correspondence
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 selling well, and he suggests that Birdsall should bring some to New York and attempt to sell them. Note: John C. Birdsall operated a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y., and had several different business partners, Garner eventually being one of them.
May 13, 1812
O'Connor, Michael
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