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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall ledger pages (4) for account with Seaman &amp; Lawrence, 1773-74, 1784]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Seaman &amp; Lawrence]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Account books]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall ledger pages for account with Seaman &amp; Lawrence, a New York City merchant company, for the period from April 9, 1773, through July 16, 1774. There is also a page with &quot;Errors Excepted&quot; dated March 10, 1784. 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.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[April 9, 1773-July 16, 1774]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Mar. 10, 1784]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 3, Folder 26)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Ledger pages]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4472">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall promise to pay note and receipt from George Youngs, 1765, 1766]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Youngs, George]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Promissory notes]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Receipts]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Promise to pay note in the amount of eleven pounds, fourteen shillings, and eight pence and a half penny, plus interest, from Joseph Birdsall to George Youngs. The verso of the note contains a receipt for a payment in the amount of twelve pounds, 11 shillings, and one pence and a half penny, which satisfied the note. 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.<br />
<br />
]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1765, 1766]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 18)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Promissory note]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Receipt]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4475">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall promise to pay note from Isaac Conklin for the purchase of a horse, 1771]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Conklin, Isaac ]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business records]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Horses]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Promissory notes]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Promise to pay note for seven pounds and ten shillings from Isaac Conklin to Joseph Birdsall for the purchase of a horse. 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.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Dec. 2, 1771]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 18)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Promise to pay note]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Promissory note]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4465">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall quitclaim deed from Jacob and Zebulon Seaman, 1794]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Seaman, Jacob]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Seaman, Zebulon]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Deeds]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Land titles]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Quitclaim deed from Jacob and Zebulon Seaman to Joseph Birdsall. The deed concerns two parcels of land that were sold to Birdsall by Thomas Seaman (blacksmith), father of Jacob and Zebulon. 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.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[May 19, 1794]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 12) ]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Quitclaim deed]]></dcterms:format>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall quitclaim deed from John Pratt, 1794 ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Pratt, John]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Deeds]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Land titles]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Quitclaim deed from John Pratt to Joseph Birdsall, both of Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. The deed concerns a parcel of land known as Seamans Neck. Note: Birdsall owned a general store in Jerusalem, and he was was also a surveyor, a partner in a grist mill, a teacher in the Jerusalem school, and a lieutenant in the loyalist militia.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[May 27, 1794]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 12)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Quitclaim deed]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4467">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall quitclaim deed from Samuel Seaman, 1794]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Seaman, Samuel]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Deeds]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Land titles]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[ Quitclaim deed from Samuel Seaman to Joseph Birdsall, both of  Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh). The deed concerned two parcels of land and a patent granted to John Jackson, Thomas Allen, and Seaman, who was the only surviving patentee. Note: Birdsall owned a general store, and he was also a surveyor, a partner in a grist mill, a teacher in the Jerusalem school, and a lieutenant in the loyalist militia.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[May 27, 1794]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 12)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Quitclaim deed]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4459">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall receipt for partial payment for purchase of farm from Thomas Allen, 1766]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Allen, Thomas]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Farms]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Receipts]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Receipt for partial payment of one hundred pounds made to Thomas Allen by Joseph Birdsall for the purchase of a farm. 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.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[May 20, 1766]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 8)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Receipt]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4473">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall receipt for partial payment made for purchases of dry goods and rum from Willett &amp; O. [Obadiah] Seaman, 1769]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Willett &amp; Obadiah Seaman]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Dry-goods]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Receipts]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Rum]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Receipt for 28 pounds for payment made by Joseph Birdsall to  Willett &amp; [Ob]adiah Seaman, New York City merchants. The total amount of the bill was 37 pounds, 4 shillings, and 2 pence. Items purchased included dry goods and rum. 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.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[July 13, 1769]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 18)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Receipt]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4478">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall receipt for payment made to Harry Peters, 1778]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.<br />
<br />
]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Peters, Harry]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business records]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Receipts]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Receipt for payment of nine pounds, twelve shillings, and 4 pence made by Joseph Birdsall to Harry Peters, a New York City merchant. 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.<br />
]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Nov. 14, 1778]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 18)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Receipt]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4474">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall receipt for payment made to John Post, 1770]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Post, John]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Receipts]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Receipt for payment of four pounds and ten shillings made by Joseph Birdsall to John Post, at New York City. 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.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1778]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[O&#039;Connor, Michael]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Carman Family Collection (Box 4, Folder 18)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Receipt]]></dcterms:format>
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