The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH103
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1772 & 1773 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
This appears to be a page from an account book similar to BH024 ~ 1769-1775, Account Book of Elizabeth Huyck, 30 Pages, and seems to follow that one chronologically - also see BH006 an BH100.
Image: BH103 obv.jpg
Image: BH103 rev.jpg
Transcription
Obverse
Name "Elizabeth" and some sums in pounds & shillings.
Reverse
Left Page
1772 Maert 18 Samuel Gardenier Dr d hoy voor s[elf] — £0:16:4 —————————— 1772 Maert 21 Hendrick Weiler Dr @ 1 Schepel Coorn 5/6 £0:5:6 June 5 @ 4/ Botaeld Aen Samuel Gardenier — 0:4:0 ————— 0:9:6 Do 6 @ 6 lb meel 2 pr — 0:1:0 —————————— 1773 Jan 30 op hu — Dr @ 1 peck Sout — — £0:1:3 Febru 13 @ 1 Schepel Orte
Right Page
1772 April Gerrit v. Vliet — Cr op kaidray van Een meer voor Een Wagen 40/ £2:0:0 July 16 @ 1 dag hoby Gemait Auge @ 10 dago Gemait in de Bouw p. Ben. Buys 4/ £2:0:0
Translation
Reverse
Left Page
1772 March 18 Samuel Gardenier Debtor hay for himself — £0:16:4 —————————— 1772 March 21 Hendrick Wieler Debtor 1 schepel corn at 5s 6d — £0:5:6 June 5 4 shillings paid to Samuel Gardenier — 0:4:0 — — — ————— [total] 0:9:6 Same — 6 lb flour/meal at 2p — 0:1:0 —————————— 1773 January 30 new account — Debtor 1 peck salt — £0:1:3 February 13 1 schepel oats
Right Page
1772, April — Gerrit Van Vliet — Credit on the exchange of a mare for a wagon 40 shillings — £2:0:0 July 16 — 1 day hay made August — 10 days worked in the Bouw per Ben Buys 4/ — £2:0:0
— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-05-04 - jhc
Commentary
This appears to be a page from an account book similar to BH024 ~ 1769-1775, Account Book of Elizabeth Huyck, 30 Pages, and seems to follow that one chronologically - also see BH006 an BH100.
Notes:
- Samuel Gardenier — another member of the prolific Gardenier family, buying hay from Elizabeth. The Gardeniers continue their long commercial relationship with the Huycks into the 1770s.
- Hendrick Wieler — returning from the first account book, now buying corn and flour from Elizabeth’s shop. “4 shillings paid to Samuel Gardenier” — Wieler paying part of his debt by making a payment directly to Gardenier on Elizabeth’s behalf, a triangular transaction typical of this credit economy.
- Gerrit Van Vliet — a new name, paying his account with labor and a mare trade. “Op kaidray van Een meer voor Een Wagen” — “on the exchange of a mare for a wagon” — suggesting an exchange where a mare was traded for a wagon, with £2 credited to Van Vliet’s account. Horse and wagon trading continuing as a significant activity.
- “1 dag hoby Gemait” — “1 day hay made” — labor credit for haymaking.
- “10 dago Gemait in de Bouw” — “10 days worked in the Bouw” — the same Bouw field/farm section we saw in the first account book, still in active use. Van Vliet working 10 days there at what appears to be a combined credit of £2.
- The Bouw appearing consistently across both account books as a specific named location on the Huyck property is worth noting in the finding aid — it was clearly a significant and regularly worked section of the farm.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-04 - jhc
Metadata
Document: BH103
Date: 1772 & 1773
Language: Dutch
Type: Account, Ledger
Subject: Commerce
Principals: Elizabeth Huyck, Samuel Gardenier, Garrit Van Vliet, Hendrick Wieler
Other Persons Mentioned: Benjamin Buys
Places Mentioned: None
— page revised 2026-06-09 - jhc
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