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    <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/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/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/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/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/4470">
    <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/4471">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Henry Haydock letter to Joseph Birdsall concerning a sum of money that Birdsall owed to him, 1784]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Birdsall, Joseph, 1739-1824.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Haydock, Henry]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Business enterprises]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[General stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Letters]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A letter from Henry Haydock, of New York City, to Joseph Birdsall concerning a sum of money that Birdsall owed to him. In the letter, he threatens to take action if he does not receive payment by the middle of the month. 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, 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 4, Folder 16)]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[Letter]]></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/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/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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