The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH051
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1772(?) Invoice, David Grommon to Mr Huyck for Dressing Cloth
Mr. Huyck, Sir — please send the money for dressing your cloth, which is £2:13:2
Image: BH051.jpg
Transcription
Mr Huck Sir plas to send the money for drasing your Cloth which is 2: 13: 2 one pcs 23 yd /10 — — 0:19:2 one pcs 34 yd 1/ — — 1:14:0 — — — — — — — 2:13:2 and you will oblige yours to sarve David Grommon
Translation
Mr. Huyck, Sir — please send the money for dressing your cloth, which is £2:13:2 One piece — 23 yards at 10d per yard — £0:19:2 One piece — 34 yards at 1 shilling per yard — £1:14:0 Total — £2:13:2 And you will oblige yours to serve David Grommon
— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-05-05 - jhc
Commentary
Notes:
- “Mr. Huck” — an anglicized rendering of Huyck, addressed informally. The recipient is unclear — could be Elizabeth although she would more likely be addressed as “Mrs.”
- David Grommon — a weaver, presenting a bill for dressing cloth — finishing woven fabric by raising the nap, pressing, and preparing it for use. A specialized textile finishing trade distinct from the weaving itself.
- “Drasing your Cloth” — dressing cloth — the finishing process applied after weaving, making the fabric smooth, even, and ready for cutting and sewing.
- The cloth:
- 1 piece of 23 yards at 10d per yard — £0:19:2
- 1 piece of 34 yards at 1 shilling per yard — £1:14:0
- Total: £2:13:2
- 57 yards of cloth in two pieces — a substantial quantity, suggesting either commercial cloth production or a major household textile order. Given the weaving credits we saw William Connely providing in the second account book (BH024, Page 23) in October 1771 — 38 ells woven — this may be connected, with Connely weaving the cloth and Grommon dressing it.
- “You will oblige yours to sarve” — “you will oblige yours to serve” — a polite closing formula, Grommon presenting the bill respectfully.
- David Grommon — a new name, possibly German or Dutch in origin, operating as a cloth dresser in the Kinderhook area.
The integrated textile operation now visible across the archive — flax grown on the farm, yarn spun on the spinning wheels, cloth woven by Connely and others, then dressed by Grommon — is a complete picture of household textile production in 1770s Columbia County.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-05 - jhc
Metadata
Document: BH051
Date: 1772(?)
Language: English
Type: Invoice
Subject: Commerce, Textiles
Principals: Mr Huyck (likely Elizabeth), David Grommon
Places Mentioned: None
— page revised 2026-06-11 - jhc
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