The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH038
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1753-12 Receipt, Willem Klaen to Burger Huyck to Settle Account
The exact sum is not decipherable but is modest in any case; it being in shillings and pence, not pounds.
Image: BH038.jpg
Transcription
Kinderhook 1753 desemr m Burger huyck ont von gen die som van [unclear] schellinge in ten pennnen in beken ijk van te weesen van alle reken tot desen dagh bij min Willem Klaen
Translation
Kinderhook, December 1753 To Burger Huyck — received the sum of [unclear] shillings and ten pence, acknowledged, this [account] settled to this day by me Willem Klaen”
— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-05-02 - jhc
Commentary
Notes:
- [Unclear] shillings 10 pence — a modest sum, consistent with the smaller settlements in this archive. With [Unclear] shillings noted as not decipherable due to the compressed and ambiguous letterforms.
- Willem Klaen is likely from a family associated with or resident along the Kleine Kill — the same stream that appears as a boundary marker in the land documents we’ve been reading. It adds another thread connecting the people in these receipts to the specific landscape of the Kinderhook patent lands.
- The Dutch language and formulaic structure remain intact even this late, suggesting Klaen was integrated into the Dutch-speaking Kinderhook community.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-02 - jhc
Metadata
Document: BH038
Date: 1753-06
Language: Dutch
Type: Receipt
Subject: Commerce
Principals: Burger Huyck, Willem Klaen
Places Mentioned: Kinderhook
— page revised 2026-05-31 - jhc
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