The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH006
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1772-04 & 07 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
This appears to be a lone surviving page from an farm account book kept by Elizabeth Huyck.
Image: BH006 obv.jpg
Image: BH006 rev.jpg
Transcription
Obverse
Upper Left — 1772
April 7 heeft Gerrit van Vliet t huyts Gehuert voor t½ in t Jder myn partt — — £3:10:0 D 14 d 1 Vragt Goet voor hem Gehaelt van Hen. Wilsons p° Michiel — — 0:6:0 ba Syn paert 2 Nagte op Stal Gevoert 9 p° — 0:3:6 May 18 a hoy 1/9 — — 0:3:9
Upper Right — 1772
June Contrary — Cr d work p° Syn neger £0:16:0
Lower Right — 1772
June 6 Contrary — Cr d 30 Ell Vlas Schoon Gemackt 3 p° — 3/ £0:4:9 (crossed out) d Gekuypt voor 3/6 — 0:3:6 —— 0:9:3 (crossed out)
Reverse
Upper Section — 1772
May 12 Daniel Hogon Dr d ½ Bossel blawsaet £0:4:0
Middle Section — 1772
Junes William Jones — Dr d Snus 2 Coppers d 1 pup p° £0:0:3 D° 6 d Snus 3 Coppers d 1 puss — 0:0:4 D° 13 d Snus 2 Coppers — — 0:0:2 D° 15 d 1 ons Snus 6 Coppers — 0:0:6 D° 20 d Cafsa 3/6 d — — 0:3:6 D° 30 d Cafsa 6 — — — 0:0:6 —— 0:5:0 (total)
Lower Section — Dr
July 5 Gn Ilu Coppers d 1 ons Snus 6 — — £0:0:6 D° 10 d Cafsa 3/ — — — 0:3:0 —— 0:3:6
Translation
Obverse
Upper Left — Debit:
1772, April 7 — Gerrit Van Vliet has rented the house for half [the year?] per year my part — £3:10:0 April 14 — 1 load of goods fetched for him from Hen[ry] Wilson’s via Michiel — 0:6:0 his horse 2 nights stabled at 9d — 0:3:6 May 18 — hay 1s 9d — 0:3:9
Upper Right — Credit:
June — Contrary — Credit work by his negro — £0:16:0
Lower Right — Credit:
June 6 — Contrary — Credit 30 ells flax cleaned at 3d — 3/ — £0:4:9 [crossed out] coopered/barrelled at 3s 6d — 0:3:6 —— 0:9:3 [crossed out]
Reverse
Upper Section:
1772, May 12 — Daniel Hogan — Debtor ½ bushel flax seed — £0:4:0
Middle Section:
1772, June — William Jones — Debtor Snuff 2 coppers; 1 [pipe/pup?] — £0:0:3 6th — snuff 3 coppers; 1 [purse/puss?] — 0:0:4 13th — snuff 2 coppers — 0:0:2 15th — 1 ounce snuff 6 coppers — 0:0:6 20th — cash 3s 6d — 0:3:6 30th — cash 6 coppers — 0:0:6 Total: 0:5:0
Lower Section:
July 5 — [?] coppers 1 ounce snuff 6 coppers — £0:0:6 10th — cash 3/ — 0:3:0 Total: 0:3:6
— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-05-04 - jhc
Commentary
This appears to be a lone surviving page from an farm account book kept by Elizabeth Huyck.
Notes to the Obverse:
- Gerrit Van Vliet renting a house — Elizabeth was renting out a dwelling on the farm property, receiving £3:10:0 as her half-share of the annual rent. This confirms the Huyck property included multiple buildings, consistent with the house and barn construction documented in Andries’s estate.
- “Voor t½ in t Jder myn partt” — “for the half year, my part” — suggesting the rent was shared, possibly with Peter Vosburgh as co-executor, or with another family member.
- Henry Wilson — a new name, apparently a merchant or supplier from whom goods were fetched for Van Vliet, delivered via Michiel — likely Michiel Goes acting again as a delivery agent.
- Horse stabling — Elizabeth charging 9d per night for stabling Van Vliet’s horse, another small revenue stream from the farm.
- “Work by his negro” — Van Vliet paying part of his rent and account with the labor of his enslaved worker — £0:16:0 for unspecified work. This is the third reference to enslaved labor in Elizabeth’s book — Jack, the unnamed negro fetching corn for Marguita Wieler, and now Van Vliet’s enslaved worker. Slavery was clearly still woven into the economic fabric of Kinderhook in 1772.
- 30 ells flax cleaned — a significant textile processing task, possibly related to the flax seed sales we saw throughout both account books. The flax was grown, harvested, and now being cleaned — a complete production cycle visible in the archive.
- “Gekuypt” — coopered or barrelled — possibly referring to storing the cleaned flax or another product in barrels, with Elizabeth charging for the cooperage service.
- The crossed-out entries suggest a recalculation or correction — the credits were revised, possibly because Van Vliet disputed them or the work was reassessed.
- The rental income is a new dimension to Elizabeth’s commercial activity — landlord as well as shopkeeper, farmer, horse trader, and moneylender. The picture of her economic life becomes more impressive with each document.
Notes to the Reverse:
- Daniel Hogan — another Irish name joining Timothy Rearden and William Connely in Elizabeth’s customer base. Buying flax seed at £0:4:0 — a single transaction, suggesting he was a small farmer buying seed for planting rather than a regular customer.
- “½ Bossel blawsaet” — half bushel of flax seed — blauwzaad literally “blue seed,” the common Dutch term for flax seed. Elizabeth stocking flax seed for retail sale, consistent with the flax production documented throughout both books.
- William Jones — continuing his pattern of tiny retail purchases, almost entirely snuff with occasional small cash advances. The regularity — buying snuff every few days — confirms a habitual daily user.
- “1 pup” — possibly a clay pipe (pijp) — Elizabeth selling tobacco pipes alongside snuff, a natural combination for a small shop.
- “1 puss” — possibly a small purse or pouch, or another pipe. Difficult to read with certainty.
- “1 ons Snus” — one ounce of snuff at 6 coppers — the unit of sale becoming clearer. An ounce of snuff for 6 coppers was the standard retail quantity.
- The Jones account totaling only £0:8:6 across two months of purchases — entirely in snuff, pipes, and small cash — is the most modest commercial relationship in the archive, yet Elizabeth tracked every copper faithfully.
- The Irish names — Hogan, Rearden, Connely, Jones — clustering in the early 1770s suggests a small but growing Irish community around Kinderhook by this period, integrating into the Dutch commercial network through Elizabeth’s shop.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-04 - jhc
Metadata
Document: BH006
Date: 1772-04 & 07
Language: Dutch
Type: Account, Ledger
Subject: Commerce, Currency, Women
Principals: Elizabeth Huyck, Garrit Van Vliet, Henry Wilson, Michiel Goes, Negro, Daniel Hogan, William Jones
Places Mentioned: None
— page revised 2026-05-19 - jhc
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