Joseph Birdsall business note from Gilbert Jones, 1771

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Title

Joseph Birdsall business note from Gilbert Jones, 1771

Subject

Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.
Jones, Gilbert
Business enterprises
General stores
Paper

Description

Business note from Gilbert Jones to Joseph Birdsall. In the note, Jones requests that Birdsall "let the bearer hereof have a half Dozen Sheets of paper that is good and clean an place it to my account and in so Doing you will oblige your friend." The address on the top of the note was "Bedels Neck," which may possibly have been in the Town of Oyster Bay. 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. 9, 1771

Contributor

O'Connor, Michael

Rights

Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Format

Business note

Is Part Of

Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 4)

Files

Joseph Birdsall business note from Gilbert Jones, 1771.jpg

Citation

“Joseph Birdsall business note from Gilbert Jones, 1771,” Hofstra University Library Special Collections: Digital Collections, accessed April 20, 2024, https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4452.

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