.8^.5 [eight shillings and five pence]. 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.]]> “ 17 _“ 0 which I am much in want of. Therefore As I am indebted to Thomas Seaman & Co. £10 _“ 18 _“ 1 which allotted to pay with the hhd [hogshead] Rum you had – I have given them an order on you for Ten Pound Eighteen Shilling & one penny, Which your answering will much 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.]]>