The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection - Document BH093

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1721/2-03-19 Receipt, Coenraet Borghghardt to Burger Huyck

Receipt given by Coenraet Borghghardt to Buerger Huyck for payment on a lease(?) to date.

Image: BH093.jpg

Transcription

Anno 172½ den 19 Maart

Beken ijk voldoen en betaeldt te weesen van Buerger hujck van begin der Werliert tot duesien daegh toe ijk

Coenraet Borghighardt

Translation

In the year 1721/2, the 19th of March

I acknowledge [myself] to be satisfied and paid by Burger Huyck from the beginning of the [contract/lease period] until this present day --

Coenraet Borghardt

— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-04-25 - jhc

Commentary

Notes:

"Anno 172½" -- this is the old Dutch-English calendar convention of writing a split year during January--March, when the old Julian calendar year hadn't yet turned. So 172½ = 1721/22, meaning this was written in early 1722 under the old style calendar.

"Beken ijk" = Ik beken -- "I acknowledge / I confess" -- standard legal receipt formula.

"voldoen en betaeldt te weesen" -- a classic Dutch receipt phrase: "to be satisfied and paid in full."

"Buerger Huyck" -- the same Burger Huyck (or Huyk) who appears to be a recurring figure in these Albany transactions, evidently a local merchant or businessman paying out on various accounts.

"Werliert" -- likely Verhuur or a lease/service period -- "from the commencement of [the agreement]."

"tot duesien daegh" = tot dezen dag -- "until this day / to the present day."

Coenraet Borghighardt -- a German-Dutch surname, not unusual in colonial Albany's mixed population.

— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-04-25 - jhc

Metadata

Document: BH093

Date: 1721/2-03-19

Language: Dutch

Type: Receipt

Subject: Commerce

Principals: Buerger Huyck {Burger Huyck} - Coenraet Borghghardt

Other Persons Mentioned: None

Places Mentioned: None

— page revised 2026-05-19 - jhc

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