Joseph Birdsall business note from Mary Jones, 1770

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Title

Joseph Birdsall business note from Mary Jones, 1770

Subject

Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.
Jones, Mary
Business enterprises
General stores
Thread

Description

Business note from Mary Jones to Joseph Birdsall. In the note, Jones requests that Birdsall "send me by the bearer two yards and a quarter of the same gimp [thread] that I had of yesterday and you will oblige." 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

Oct. 8, 1770

Contributor

O'Connor, Michael

Rights

Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.

Format

Business note

Is Part Of

Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 3)

Files

Citation

“Joseph Birdsall business note from Mary Jones, 1770,” Hofstra University Library Special Collections: Digital Collections, accessed June 26, 2026, https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4450.

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