[030243] (Americana - 19th Century - Long Island - Temperance). 1846 - 1847 Manuscript Meeting Expenses for the Queens County Temperance Society, by Henry W. Eastman of Roslyn, NY. Manhasset New York: [4] sides of manuscript material, top sheet affixed by the top corner to the next by wax & seal. Henry W. Eastman (1826-1882), a prominent nineteenth-century lawyer, property owner, and businessman in Roslyn, New York was an avowed Temperance advocate and has signed this expense accounting as Secretary of the Society on the larger sheet; the smaller page is notably signed as received from Horatio G. Onderdonk, another attorney and a judge of distinction on Long Island. The Eastman family were of prominence in law and banking in Roslyn & Manhasset on Long Island and in New York City, along with being authors of local histories and biographies. Top sheet approx. 4 1/4" x 7 1/4"; bottom sheet 8 1/4" x 8 3/4". Some edge, tips wear and soiling; old fold lines; bottom sheet may be trimmed at lower margin; in good condition.