1835 North Hempstead, LI Samuel Willis / Thos. Cornell Stephen Order for Payment
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1835 North Hempstead, LI Samuel Willis / Thos. Cornell Stephen Order for Payment. Families such as the Dentons, Hickses, Sands, Hewletts, and Cornells remained prominent throughout the region during this period. Showing only minor signs of age & wear. Light staining / toning throughout. Showing only minor signs of age & wear. Expected fold creases from posting. Light staining / toning throughout. N o major issues to note. B old attractive writing. Overall, in good condition. You will receive the exact piece shown in the photos - please have a good look at the photos to access condition. It measures approx. 6 1/2" x 7 3/4" Best effort transcription: North Hempstead January 21st 1835 Mr. J. Mott Sir, Mr. Stephen will please to let Mr. —— have the amount due on $60. & charge it to your account Samuel Willis Received payment Thos. Cornell Stephen $60 4.20 for int ——— 64.20 1836 — 20 Sept — Reverse Order made for Mott by J. S. Willis By S. Willis S. C. Stephen Acct. Observations & Historical Notes This 1835 North Hempstead manuscript appears to be a payment order or financial instruction connected with a debt or account settlement involving members of the Mott, Willis, Cornell, and Stephen families — all surnames historically associated with Long Island and Queens County during the 18th and 19th centuries. The document instructs that an amount due on a $60 obligation be released and charged against another account, suggesting the use of informal credit transfer practices common in rural and semi-rural communities before modern banking became widespread. The later notation: “$60 — 4.20 for int — 64.20” indicates accrued interest was added to the principal, bringing the total payment to $64.20. The 1836 notation likely records the eventual settlement or acknowledgment of payment. North Hempstead during the 1830s functioned through a tightly connected local economy where merchants, farmers, landowners, and tradesmen often relied on handwritten orders, estate settlements, promissory notes, and personal account transfers instead of formal bank instruments. Documents such as this provide a good example of the everyday financial networks operating within Long Island communities during the Jacksonian era. ================================================================= During the 1850s and 1860s, North Hempstead on Long Island was a largely rural township in Queens County, New York (Nassau County would not be created until 1899). The area consisted of farming villages, mills, estates, small harbors, and developing transportation routes linking Long Island communities with Brooklyn and New York City. The phrase “North Hempstead Circuit” during this era most commonly referred to local court, legal, ministerial, or Methodist circuit activity. In legal contexts, circuit courts and traveling justices regularly moved through towns handling probate matters, debt cases, estate settlements, land disputes, and commercial claims. Religiously, Methodist “circuit riders” were also active throughout Long Island during the mid-19th century. Ministers traveled on horseback between scattered congregations in villages such as Roslyn, Manhasset, Great Neck, Westbury, and Hempstead, forming what were often called “circuits.” Economically, North Hempstead during the 1850s–1860s depended heavily on: farming and livestock oyster harvesting and coastal trade small shipbuilding and maritime commerce local mills and market gardening stagecoach and turnpike transportation By the Civil War era, railroads such as the Long Island Rail Road were beginning to reshape portions of the township, though many areas still retained their earlier agricultural and maritime character. Families such as the Dentons, Hickses, Sands, Hewletts, and Cornells remained prominent throughout the region during this period. ============================================ **Shipped securely in a new poly bag, sandwiched in chipboard, inside a new rigid mailer via USPS Ground Advantage service w/ tracking** Click HERE to see matchbooks I have available. Click HERE to see transit and trade tokens I have available. Click HERE to see billheads I have available. Click HERE to see letterheads I have available. For U.S. based orders, the shipping cost for the first purchase is $4.00 and no extra cost for additional similar items such as billheads, letterheads, tickets, patches, post cards, trade cards, stock certificates that can safely be shipped in the same package. I have over 63,000 unique items here on eBay - Click HERE to visit my store & save with combined shipping for multiple buys. For U.S. orders on a PC, use the "add to cart" feature to select multiple items before paying. 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