The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH073
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1756-05-26 Receipt, C. Ducolon to Burger Huyck & Son Jacobus, in Full of All Accounts
A simple receipt of the final settlement of an account by Burger Huyck and his son Jacobus, the signature being ambiguous, later identified as that of Doctr Claude Ducolon.
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Transcription
Kinderhook 26 May 1756 Ontfangen van Burger Huyck de Som van bier pont het Synde In vol van Alle Rekening van hem En Syn Soon Jacobus Ick Seg Ontfangen By myn. £4 : 0 : 0 — — — C. Ducolon
Translation
Kinderhook, 26 May 1756 Received from Burger Huyck the sum of four pounds, it being in full of all accounts of him and his son Jacobus — I say received by me. £4 : 0 : 0 — — — C. Ducolon
— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-05-02 - jhc
Commentary
This is signed in the same ambiguous hand as the BH057 ~ 1738-10-15 Receipt, C. Ducolon to Burger Huyck for the Final Demand of All Account from 18 years earlier. An entry at the top of page 20 of Jacobus Huyck's account book in the name of "Doctr Claude Ducolon" clearly identifies this person's signature.
Notes:
- “Syn Soon Jacobus” — “his son Jacobus” — the first explicit naming of Burger Huyck’s son in the archive. We saw Johannes Huyck acting as Burger’s agent in the 1744 Eghbert Ebberse receipt, and now Jacobus appears as a second son. Burger had at least two sons by 1756.
- The settlement covers accounts for both Burger and Jacobus together, suggesting Jacobus was already conducting independent business by 1756 but still under his father’s financial umbrella.
- £4 — a round sum, consistent with a final settlement.
- The signature is difficult to read clearly — it appears to be a flourished initial or abbreviated name.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-02 - jhc
Metadata
Document: BH073
Date: 1756-05-26
Language: Dutch
Type: Receipt
Subject: Commerce
Principals: Burger Huyck, Jacobus Huyck, C. Ducolon
Places Mentioned: Kinderhook
— page revised 2026-06-01 - jhc
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