The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH096
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1740/1-03-10 Receipt, Debora Beeckman to Burger Huyck to the Balance of His Account
"Received from Burger Huyck the sum of 4 pounds 19 shillings and 6 pence, to the balance of his account. Debora Beeckman"
Image: BH096.jpg
Transcription
Albany 1740/1 Mert 10 Ontfangen van Burgerhuyck de Somma van 4 pont 19 Schellingen en 6 pens tot bolans van syn Rekening Debora Beeckman
Translation
Albany, 1740/1, March 10 Received from Burger Huyck the sum of 4 pounds 19 shillings and 6 pence, to the balance of his account. Debora Beeckman
Commentary
Burger Huyck, on his March 10th, 1741 trek to Albany, paid a couple bills; this and one to Gilbert Livingston (BH053).
Notes:
- 1740/1 — March 10, 1741 new style, the split year convention still being applied this late is itself a small data point about Debora Beeckman’s conservatism or age — someone writing in Dutch and using the old calendar fraction in 1741 was likely of an older generation, holding to habits formed well before anglicization took firm hold in Albany.
- Debora Beeckman — almost certainly a relative of Johannis Beeckman Junr., the Albany mariner who sold Quash to Burger Huyck in June 1739. Possibly his wife, mother, or sister, settling a remaining balance on the same account — the £35 purchase price may have been paid in installments, with this £4 19s 6d being a final or partial balance.
- The document is in Dutch despite being written a year and a half after the English-language bill of sale — suggesting Debora was more comfortable in Dutch than English, or simply that Dutch remained the domestic commercial language for this family.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-01 - jhc
Metadata
Document: BH096
Date: 1740/1-03-10
Language: Dutch
Type: Receipt
Subject: Commerce
Principals: Burger Huyck, Debora Beeckman
Places Mentioned: Albany
— page revised 2026-05-30 - jhc
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