Joseph Birdsall business letter from Joseph Burr, 1767
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Title
Joseph Birdsall business letter from Joseph Burr, 1767
Subject
Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.
Burr, Joseph
Business correspondence
Business enterprises
General stores
Salt
Description
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.
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.
Date
June 6, 1767
Contributor
O'Connor, Michael
Rights
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Format
Letter
Is Part Of
Carman Family Collection (Box 5, Folder 4)
Files
Citation
“Joseph Birdsall business letter from Joseph Burr, 1767,” Hofstra University Library Special Collections: Digital Collections, accessed May 1, 2024, https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4483.
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