The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH094
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1769 & 1770 Account, Hendrick Gardenier's Labor for Andries Huyck
Hendrik Gardienier recording his labor in service to Andries Huyck and presented to Huyck for payment.
Image: BH094.jpg
Transcription
1769 Andries huyck — Debet mert 6 dagen gedorst — — 0:9:0 —————————— Augustus 5½ gebonden ijn die Bouw — — — — 0:16:6 —————————— 1770 26 dagen [word crossed out] Aen het huis gewerkt an 3 Schellengen dag — £3:18 — — — — — — — — ————— — — — — — — — — — 5:3:6 Hendrik Gardienier — — 3:0:0 — — — — — — — — ————— — — — — — — — — — 2:3:6
Translation
1769 — Andries Huyck — Debit March — 6 days threshing — 0:9:0 —————————— August — 5½ days binding in the Bouw [farm/field] — 0:16:6 —————————— 1770 — 26 days [word crossed out] worked at/on the house at 3 shillings per day — — £3:18 — — — — — — — — ————— — — — — — — — — Total: 5:3:6 Hendrick Gardenier Credit: 3:0:0 — — — — — — — — ————— — — — — — — — Balance: 2:3:6
— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-05-03 - jhc
Commentary
The calculations are in a different hand from the recorded labor. I read this as Hendrik Gardienier recording his labor in service to Andries Huyck and presented to Huyck for payment. Since this record came down through Jacobus & Elizabeth, it may be that this bill from Hendrik was given to Elizabeth by Andries for payment as it appears that she was the keeper of the books at the farm, shared equally by Andries, Jacobus, and Burger Jr. who inherited it from their parents (and by Elizabeth after Jacobus' death in late 1767 or early 1768). The calculations total that labor, apply a £3 credit, leaving a net of £2:3:6 and may represent an internal farm accounting of some sort, or perhaps it reflects a credit for funds owed by Hendrik.
Notes:
- “gedorst” — threshing grain, 6 days in March at 1s 6d per day.
- “gebonden ijn die Bouw” — binding [sheaves] in the farm/field, 5½ days in August.
- 26 days working on the house at 3s per day = £3:18 — significant construction or maintenance work in 1770 (I think a house was being built about this time - jhc).
- Hendrick Gardenier laborer?
- The credit of £3:0:0 reducing the balance to £2:3:6 — suggesting a partial cash payment or in-kind credit.
- The day rates here — 1s 6d for threshing, 3s for house work — are consistent with what we’ve seen in the account book for similar labor.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-03 - jhc
Metadata
Document: BH094
Date: 1769 & 1770
Language: Dutch
Type: Account
Subject: Commerce
Principals: Andries Huyck, Hendrick Gardenier
Places Mentioned: None
— page revised 2026-06-09 - jhc
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