The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH068
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1772(?) Note, Labor Drawing Stone etc.
A record of labor drawing stone etc, perhaps submitted by laborer for payment. The estimated date puts it among other construction work on the farm.
Image: BH068.jpg
Transcription
Do Drawing three lode of Stone. Do drawing two thirds of a day Do one day drawing fens
Commentary
A record of labor drawing stone etc, perhaps submitted by laborer for payment. The estimated date puts it among other construction work on the farm.
Notes:
- “Drawing” — in 18th century usage, drawing meant hauling or carting with a horse or oxen, not artistic drawing. So these are charges for horse-drawn transport work.
- Three loads of stone — connecting directly to the stone work we’ve been seeing throughout the construction accounts. The stone needed to be hauled to the building site, charged separately from the masonry work itself.
- “Two thirds of a day” — the precise fractional billing we’ve seen throughout both account books — time tracked to the fraction of a day.
- “Drawing fences” — hauling fence materials, likely posts and rails, for the farm’s fencing work. Consistent with the farm maintenance visible throughout the archive.
- No amounts given — frustratingly the bill lists only the work performed without the charges, suggesting either the amounts were on a separate document, were negotiated verbally, or this is an incomplete fragment.
- The document is in English — consistent with the anglicization of formal documents by the early 1770s, even as Dutch persisted in personal accounts.
- This may be a fragment of a larger bill — possibly from the same contractor who did the stone hauling for the barn and house construction.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-05 - jhc
Metadata
Document: BH068
Date: 1772?
Language: English
Type: Note
Subject: Agricultural history, Commerce
Principals: None
Places Mentioned: None
— page revised 2026-06-08 - jhc
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