Joseph Birdsall business note from Gilbert Jones, 1767
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Title
Joseph Birdsall business note from Gilbert Jones, 1767
Subject
Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.
Jones, Gilbert
Business enterprises
General stores
Molasses
Tea
Description
Business note from Gilbert Jones to Joseph Birdsall. In the note, Jones requests Birdsall to "let the bearer hereof have a quarter of a pound of tea & a half golon [sic] of molasses and I will see you paid. Please to send me a bill of the cost." 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.
Date
Aug. 21, 1767
Contributor
O'Connor, Michael
Rights
Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Format
Business note
Is Part Of
Carman Family Collection (Box 3, Folder 31)
Files
Citation
“Joseph Birdsall business note from Gilbert Jones, 1767,” Hofstra University Library Special Collections: Digital Collections, accessed May 6, 2024, https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4428.
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