The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH020
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1794-08-29 Order, Exchange Funds for Value Received Between Derick Van Slyck & Benjamin Van Lown
Derick Van Slyck directing Benjamin Van Lown to pay Amos Castel £1:5:0, with Derick promising to charge it against the account Van Lown has with him.
Image: BH020.jpg
Transcription
Kinterhook{sic} August the 29 cf 1794 Sir Benjiman V Lown Sir Plese{sic} to pay to Amos Castel order one Pound five Shilings{sic} and I will in Doast the Same on {?} that I have against you it {?} for valy recevd
Derick Van Slyck{sig} — — — — Aron Huyck{sig}
Commentary
Text written in a hand other than that of the signatories. What is Aron Huyck's role here (this document having come down through his family)?
Notes:
- A bill of exchange — Derick Van Slyck directing Benjamin Van Lown to pay Amos Castel £1:5:0, with Derick promising to charge it against the account Van Lown has with him. A slightly more sophisticated financial instrument than a simple promissory note — essentially a primitive check drawn on a third party.
- “I will in Doast the same on [the account] that I have against you” — Derick promising to credit Van Lown’s account with the £1:5:0 paid to Castel — so Van Lown pays Castel, and Derick reduces Van Lown’s debt to him by the same amount. A triangular settlement consistent with the credit economy throughout the archive.
- Derick Van Slyck — Christina’s brother or other Van Slyck family member, signing as the drawer of the bill.
- “Aron Huyck” — Arent conducting normal commercial business in the summer of 1794, dying sometime in 1795. The blank promissory note forms naming Burger J. Huyck and Samuel Van Slyck as administrators of his estate would then follow in 1795-96, consistent with the estate administration documents we’ve seen.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-09 - jhc
Metadata
Document: BH020
Date: 1794-08-29
Language: English
Type: Agreement
Subject: Commerce
Principals: Benjamin Van Lown, Derick Van Slyck, Arent Huyck
Other Persons Mentioned: Amos Castel,
Places Mentioned: Kinderhook
— page revised 2026-06-14 - jhc
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