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Receipt - FX88.18.4.5
Receipt for payment to Charles, Robert, Maurice and Edward for "waching" cows for 1 week, 21 1/2 hours at 5 cents per hour, $1.07; "Received payment" written at bottom with "CT (R?), M.T. Edwd." from Mr. S. Townsend, Oyster Bay.
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Receipt - FX88.18.5.1
Receipt made out to H. DeKay Townsend for payment of $275.00 for one India shawl from Alex T. Stewart & Co., Broadway between 9th & 10th Sts., NYC, signed "Martin (?) for Wells." Attached is a 2 cent Washington stamp.
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Receipt - FX88.18.5.2
Receipt made out to H.D.K. Townsend for payment of $200.00 for one shawl from the Alex T. Stewart & Co., Broadway, Chambers and Reade Streets, NYC.
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Receipt - FX88.18.5.3
Receipt made out to Mrs. H. deKay Townsend for payment of $300.00 cash by the Alex T. Stewart & Co., Broadway, Chambers, and Reade Streets, NYC. Receipt indicates a credit of $200, perhaps for the shawl purchased in November. (FX88.18.5.2) and payment of $300 for one $500 shawl.
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Receipt - FX88.21.1.10
Jordan Seamen writing to Robert Townsend claiming that he (Jordan) paid L5 toward settlement of Jackson patent account of which Townsend owed. Watermarked "G R".
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Receipt - FX88.21.1.11
Sarah and Phebe Townsend bought one cow worth 14 dollars from Gilbert Dean, for which Robert Townsend paid.
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Receipt - Fx87.6.1f
Receipt for payment of insurance premium from Glen Cove Mutual Insurance Co. to Henry O'Brien of The Cliffs, Oyster Bay.
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Receipt - TX92.3
Receipt from Issac McKim of the Citizen's Union Line of Transportation, for one box to be delivered to Samuel Ingham, in the care of Solomon Townsend (1805-1880) 11 Peck Slip, New York.
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Record, Medical - FX87.18.2
Two pages with data and accounts of "new cases" and "deaths." Appears to be a record of an epidemic in New York City and the nearby area, possibly kept by M.M. Rogers. Probably records from the cholera epidemic of 1832.
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Record, Sales - FX88.13.2
One page with accounts; written at top of paper "July the 4, 1795 A. Farley dr to Sarah Townsend." Lists expenses for several items from July 4, 1795, and totals added at end which include Robert Townsend, Audrey Farley, Sarah Townsend, and family and Capt. Farley.
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Silhouette - F69.8
3 framed silhouettes. Outlines cut from white paper and backed with black striped silk to create profile. Labeled in pen L to R: "Sydney Stotesbury" "Sarah Townsend" "Ann Smith". In pencil on back: "Our great Aunt Sarah Townsend of Oyster Bay Owned by our mother friends of her youth"
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Silhouette - F71.22
Silhouette of Israel Townsend. Cut paper backed with black tin.
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Silhouette - F71.23
Silhouette of Phebe Weeks Townsend (b.1752- ) Cut paper backed with black tin.
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Silhouette - F87.14.7a
Silhouette of Eliza Weekes (1793-1883), wife of Benjamin T. Underhill of Oyster Bay; figure in white paper and applied over black fabric.
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Silhouette - F87.14.7b
Silhouette of Benjamin Townsend Underhill (1789-1870), husband of Eliza Weeks, of Oyster Bay, figure in white paper and applied over black fabric.
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Silhouette - F88.1.7.1
Profile silhouette cut in white paper and mounted over black paper of Lydia B---sted; a blue striped dress is painted below the silhouette head. Odd proportions.
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Statement, Financial - FX88.21.1.8
James Farley in account with Robert Townsend. Paid to E.B. Frost and Elizabeth Frost L200 on May 24. Paid Audrey Farley L201.14.6 on June 4. Received cash from Andrew Cock on May 25. Interest received. Received cash from Elijah Pell.
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Subpoena - FX88.21.1.14
Subpoena for George Tappen Junior, Isaac Underhill, Israel Underhill, and James Underhill to appear before the Court of Common Pleas to testify in a case between Henry Monfoort, Plaintiff and Robert Townsend, administrator of the estate of John Wright, Esq., (Defendant). Trespass on the case.
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Survey, Land - FX88.21.2.1.1
Survey of land at Pine Hollow, containing 8 acres and 77 rods; measured by George Townsend. Survey was done for the sale of the land from Phillip Nagle to Banardus Vansant (?).
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Survey, Land - FX88.21.2.1.2
Survey of the road, in Oyster Bay, from C. & J. Storrs (Storrer?) store, to the mill dam; done by James F. Earle, son of Marmaduke Earle.
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