The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH052
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1764-08-01 Receipt, John Smith to Cobas Huyck, in Full of All Demands
"Received From Cobas Huyck Nine Shillings & three pence in full of all Demands to the first of August 1764 John Smith"
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Transcription
Received from Cobas Huyck nine Shillings & three pence in full of all demands to the first of August 1764 — — — — John Smith{sig}
Commentary
Notes:
- “Cobas Huyck” — a phonetic rendering of Jacobus — Cobas or Kobus being the common Dutch diminutive of Jacobus, equivalent to “Jake” in English. This is how Jacobus was known colloquially in his community — Cobas Huyck rather than the formal Jacobus. The informal “Cobas” is a nice humanizing detail — after all the formal Dutch and legal documents, a glimpse of what his neighbors actually called him.
- 9 shillings 3 pence — a small sum, consistent with a minor account settlement.
- John Smith — a thoroughly English name, unremarkable but new to the archive.
- August 1, 1764 — falling within the account book period, though this transaction doesn’t appear in the book itself, suggesting either it was too minor to record or involved a separate account.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-03 - jhc
Metadata
Document: BH052
Date: 1764-08-01
Language: English
Type: Receipt
Subject: Commerce
Principals: Cobas Huyck (Jacobus Huyck), John Smith
Places Mentioned: None
— page revised 2026-06-06 - jhc
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