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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall ledger page showing balance owed to him, 1780s?]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></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[A ledger page showing the balances owed by a number of customers of Joseph Birdsall&#039;s general store. The total balance owed to him was 12 pounds, 10 shillings, and 10 pence. Note: Birdsall general store was 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[1780s?]]></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 14)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Ledger page]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4469">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall ledger page, 1769-1776]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></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[Ledger page (recto and verso) with various account entries for patrons of Joseph Birdsall&#039;s general store, which was located in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. The entries spanned from May 1775-1776. Note: Birdsall 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[1769-1776]]></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 14)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Ledger page]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4468">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph and John C. Birdsall indenture with Oliver Birdsall, 1806]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, John C., c.1773-1850]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Oliver]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Indentures]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Loans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Indenture (business note) between Joseph Birdsall and his son John C. Birdsall and Oliver Birdsall, all three of Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), Town of Hempstead, N.Y. Under the terms of the indenture, Joseph and John C. Birdsall became indebted to Oliver Birdsall for a loan of two hundred and fifty dollars, with a penal amount set at five hundred dollars. Recordings of interest payments made in 1807 and 1808 appear on the verso. Note: Joseph and John C. Birdsall owned a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[May 27, 1806]]></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[Business note]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Indenture]]></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/4466">
    <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/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>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4464">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall indenture with Israel Seaman, 1791]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Seaman, Israel]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Indentures]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Loans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Indenture (business note) between Joseph Birdsall  and Israel Seaman, both of Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), Town of South Hempstead (present-day Town of Hempstead). Under the terms of the indenture, Birdsall became indebted to Seaman for a loan of fifty-five pounds,  with a penal amount set at one hundred and ten pounds. 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 9, 1791]]></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[Business note]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Indenture]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4463">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall indenture (bond) with John Seaman, 1775]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Seaman, John]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Indentures]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Loans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Indenture (business note) between Joseph Birdsall and blacksmith John Seaman, both of Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), Town of Hempstead, N.Y. Under the terms of the indenture, Seaman became indebted to Birdsall for a loan of fifty-five pounds,  two shillings, and seven pence and a half penny, with a penal amount set at one hundred and ten pounds, five shillings, and three 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.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[May 10, 1775]]></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[Business note ]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Indenture]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4462">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph Birdsall indenture (business note) with James Parsons, 1770, 1771]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Parsons, James]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Indentures]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Loans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Indenture (business note) between Joseph Birdsall of Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh) and James Parsons, a New York City merchant. Under the terms of the indenture, Birdsall became indebted to Parsons for a loan of one hundred fifty-six pounds,  one shilling, and seven pence, with a penal amount set at three hundred and twelve pounds, three shillings, and two pence. Receipt dated May 10, 1771, is on verso. 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 1, 1770]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[May 10, 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 11)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Indenture]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Business note]]></dcterms:format>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.hofstra.edu/items/show/4461">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Joseph and Benjamin Birdsall indenture with Nathan Horton, 1770]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Benjamin]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Horton, Nathan]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Indentures]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Loans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Indenture in which Joseph Birdsall of Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh) and Benjamin Birdsall of Oyster Bay South agree to &quot;stand bound&quot; to Nathan Horton of Oyster Bay for a loan in the amount of two hundred and fourteen pounds. 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 1, 1770]]></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 11)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Indenture]]></dcterms:format>
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