The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH056
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1799-03-06 Receipt, Benj. Welles to Christina Huyck, Paying 4 Bushels Rye to Settle all Accounts
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Transcription
Received of Mrs Christina Huyck four Bushl Rye @ 4/ per Bushl in full of all Accounts to this 6th March 1799 Benj Welles
Commentary
Notes:
- Christina Huyck — now formally addressed as Mrs. Christina Huyck, the farm’s principal, five years after Arent’s death. She has stepped into the same role Elizabeth Van Dyck Huyck occupied a generation earlier — a widow managing the Pomponick farm and its commercial relationships independently.
- Benjamin Welles — a new name, settling all accounts with Christina in a payment of grain rather than cash — consistent with the in-kind payment economy running throughout the archive.
- Four bushels rye at 4/ per bushel = £0:16:0 — a modest settlement, suggesting a small running account rather than a major commercial relationship.
- “In full of all accounts” — the comprehensive settlement formula unchanged from the earliest Dutch receipts in the archive, now rendered in English but serving the same legal purpose.
- March 6, 1799 — three years after the McNeal potato account, Christina still actively managing the farm’s commercial affairs. Lydia would now be 14 years old.
The archive has now spanned 120 years from the 1679 root deed to this 1799 receipt — six generations of the Huyck family and their connections documented in a single collection.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-09 - jhc
Metadata
Document: BH056
Date: 1799-03-06
Language: English
Type: Receipt
Subject: Commerce, Agriculture
Principals: Christina Huyck, Benj. Welles
Places Mentioned: None
— page revised 2026-06-14 - jhc
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