The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document Subject Index

Documents Indexed by Subject Area

Agricultural History ~ crop yields; field names; milling records; livestock inventories; hay pressing; mechanical reapers
Clothing and Textiles ~ cloth sales; weaving; leather trade; wool carding; tailoring
Commerce ~ receipts; account books; promissory notes; bonds; bills of exchange
Farm Sales ~ grain; butter; pork; cider; potatoes; flax; tobacco
Currency ~ guilders; pounds/shillings/pence; dollars/cents; gold and paper money; counterfeit currency
Enslaved People ~ purchase of Quash, 1739; labor references throughout; inventory, 1774; sale, 1807
Architecture and Construction ~ barn and house building accounts; stone work; carpentry; 1770-1772
Land Records ~ deeds; patents; surveys; quit claims; lease-and-release
Law and Legal Proceedings ~ court judgments; bonds; indentures; Justice's Court
Estate Administration ~ Burger Sr.; Jacobus; Andries B. Huyck; Elizabeth Huyck
Medicine ~ physician bills; Ezechiel Thomas; John Quilhot
Education ~ school bills; schoolmaster accounts; penmanship exercises
Entertainment ~ Wilmington Singers; Cady's Hall, Poetry
Social ~ Keeping in touch
Women's History ~ Elizabeth Van Dyck Huyck; Christina Van Slyck; Sarah DePew Snyder

Agricultural History

Crop yields; field names; milling records; livestock inventories; hay pressing; mechanical reapers

BH074 ~ 1753 & 1754 Invoice, Fraens Pruyn to Burger Huyck for Blacksmithing
BH095 ~ 1755 & 1756 Invoice, Fraens Pruijn to Burger Huyck for Blacksmithing
BH105_Pg_1-10 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 1-10
BH105_Pg_11-20 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 11-20
BH105_Pg_21-30 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 21-30
BH105_Pg_31-44 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 31-44
BH024 ~ 1769-1775, Account Book of Elizabeth Huyck, 30 Pages
BH086 ~ 1770? Inventory of the Personal & Household Effects of Andries Huyck, Deceased
BH068 ~ 1772(?) Note, Labor Drawing Stone etc.
BH046 ~ 1772(?) Note, Account & Labor Calculations etc
BH077 ~ 1771 & 1772 Memorandum, Crop Yields and Corn Milled
BH085 ~ 1773-02-27 Memorandum, Record of Wheat, Peas and Rye Sent to Robert Van Deusen's Mill
BH102 ~ 1774-03-22 Memorandum, Farm Inventory and Transactions, Elizabeth Huyck Transferring Farm Management to Michael Goes
BH011 ~ 1774-03-24 Inventory of Part of Personal Estate of the Late Andries Huyck and Jacobus Huyck
BH031 ~ 1796-06 Account, Potatoes & Pork to Jacobus McNeil
BH056 ~ 1799-03-06 Receipt, Benj. Welles to Christina Huyck, Paying 4 Bushels Rye to Settle all Accounts
BH088 ~ 1805-09-18 Receipt, Widow Huyck's Carding Account Paid
HBC004 ~ 1828-03-15 Report, on Regulation of Pressed Hay

Clothing and Textiles

Cloth sales; weaving; leather trade; wool carding; tailoring

BH018 ~ 1732-09-04 Receipt, Mattius Van Alstyn to Burger Huyck, in Full of Everything
BH086 ~ 1770? Inventory of the Personal & Household Effects of Andries Huyck, Deceased
BH051 ~ 1772(?) Invoice, David Grommon to Mr Huyck for Dressing Cloth

Commerce

Receipts; account books; promissory notes; bonds; bills of exchange

BH001 ~ 1710/1-03-13 Receipt, Rob't Livingston Jun'r, Intermediary, to Burger Huyck
BH093 ~ 1721/2-03-19 Receipt, Coenraet Borghghardt to Burger Huyck
BH071 ~ 1729-09-29 Receipt from Jacob Schermerhoorn to Arent Van Dyck for the Account of Burger Huyck in Full
BH092 ~ 1730-06 Receipt, John FitzGerald to Burger Huyck, of All Things Fully Reckoned
BH041 ~ 1730-09-15 Receipt in Full on Account of Burger Huyck
BH018 ~ 1732-09-04 Receipt, Mattius Van Alstyn to Burger Huyck, in Full of Everything
BH003 ~ 1733/4-01-14 Receipt, Cornelis Van Michaels to Burger Huyck
BH057 ~ 1738-10-15 Receipt, C. Ducolon to Burger Huyck for the Final Demand of All Account
BH015 ~ 1739-06-20 Bill of Sale of Negro Boy, Quash, by Johannis Beeckman Jr. to Burger Huyck
BH096 ~ 1740/1-03-10 Receipt, Debora Beeckman to Burger Huyck to the Balance of His Account
BH053 ~ 1740/1-03-10 Receipt, Ja Stevenson to Burger Huyck, 30 Shillings for Acct of Gilbert Livingston
BH062 ~ 1742-04-01 Promissory Note, Lambert to Burger Huyck for the Sum of Three Pound Five Shillings
BH037 ~ 1743-08-29 Receipt, David Van Dyck to Burger Huyck for the Full Sum of One Pound Sixteen Shillings
BH072 ~ 1744-08-19 Receipt, Eghbert Ebberse, Blacksmith, to Burger Huyck on Account of Widow Margareta Gardenier
BH038 ~ 1753-12 Receipt, Willem Klaen to Burger Huyck to Settle Account
BH074 ~ 1753 & 1754 Invoice, Fraens Pruyn to Burger Huyck for Blacksmithing
BH091 ~ 1754-06-01 Receipt, Hendrick H Gardenier to Burger Huyck, Settling His Deceased Father's Account
BH095 ~ 1755 & 1756 Invoice, Fraens Pruijn to Burger Huyck for Blacksmithing
BH073 ~ 1756-05-26 Receipt, C. Ducolon to Burger Huyck & Son Jacobus, in Full of All Accounts
BH105_Pg_1-10 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 1-10
BH105_Pg_11-20 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 11-20
BH105_Pg_21-30 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 21-30
BH105_Pg_31-44 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 31-44
BH002 ~ 1759-09-07 Receipt for 26 Pounds, Johannis Van Allstyn to Andries Burger Huyck
BH052 ~ 1764-08-01 Receipt, John Smith to Cobas Huyck, in Full of All Demands
BH065 ~ 1768-04-03 Receipt, John Quithol to Elizabeth Huyck, It Being in Full of All Accounts
BH060 ~ 1769-01-09 Invoice, Andries Burger Huyck for Hewing Timber for the Barn
BH076 ~ 1769-10-19 Receipt - Andries J. Huyck to Andries B. Huyck & Co.for £10:14s
BH094 ~ 1769 & 1770 Account, Hendrick Gardenier's Labor for Andries Huyck
BH024 ~ 1769-1775, Account Book of Elizabeth Huyck, 30 Pages
BH079 ~ 1770(?) Letter, Bearer Note re Two Bushel Corn
BH070 ~ 1770-11-06 Receipt, Andrew Jo Huyck to Elizabeth Huyck as Payment in Full
BH023 ~ 1771-01-16 Receipt, Andries Jo Huyck to Elizabeth Huyck, Two Pound Five Shillings in Full Paid
BH006 ~ 1772-04 & 07 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH067 ~ 1772-11-27 Receipt, John Williams to Elizabeth Huyck, 1 Pound, 11 Shillings in Full of All Accounts
BH100 ~ 1772 & 1773 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH103 ~ 1772 & 1773 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH068 ~ 1772(?) Note, Labor Drawing Stone etc.
BH046 ~ 1772(?) Note, Account & Labor Calculations etc
BH051 ~ 1772(?) Invoice, David Grommon to Mr Huyck for Dressing Cloth
BH075 ~ 1772(?) Invoice, Stephen Van Allen to Dirck Huyck for Lumber & Labor
BH021 ~ 1772(?) Memo, Reckoning what Cornelis Van den Burgh Earned on the Masonry
BH054 ~ 1772(?) Memo of Account, Johannis Huyck & Johannis Van Valkenburgh Lending Nails
BH104 ~ 1772(?) Note, Nails Lent by Johannis Van Valkenburgh & Andries Huyck, and Scratch Sums
BH077 ~ 1771 & 1772 Memorandum, Crop Yields and Corn Milled
BH101 ~ 1772 & 1773 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH085 ~ 1773-02-27 Memorandum, Record of Wheat, Peas and Rye Sent to Robert Van Deusen's Mill
BH102 ~ 1774-03-22 Memorandum, Farm Inventory and Transactions, Elizabeth Huyck Transferring Farm Management to Michael Goes
BH090 ~ 1775-03-09 Note, the Account of Elizabeth Huyck, Debtor, to Frans Pruyn
BH063 ~ 1788-05-26 Note, 5 Loads of Stone
BH020 ~ 1794-08-29 Order, Exchange Funds for Value Received Between Derick Van Slyck & Benjamin Van Lown
BH059 ~ 1796-01-04 Demand Note, Abraham Paterson to Francis Beyar for £1:12:0
BH017 ~ 1796-01-06 Note, C.V. Schaack to Mr. Samuel Van Slyck re Purchase of Waffle Iron
BH031 ~ 1796-06 Account, Potatoes & Pork to Jacobus McNeil
BH056 ~ 1799-03-06 Receipt, Benj. Welles to Christina Huyck, Paying 4 Bushels Rye to Settle all Accounts
BH088 ~ 1805-09-18 Receipt, Widow Huyck's Carding Account Paid
BH009 ~ 1807-08-31 Letter from Peter W. Yates to Dirck Gardenier re Note Due on Negro Girl Sold by Elizabeth Huyck
HBC001 ~ 1812-05-12 Partnership Agreement Between Wm. Wheeler, Wheelwright, and Phineas Holmes, Blacksmith
BH106 ~ 1821 Ledger, Christina Huyck's Sole Leather Sales, and Penmanship Practice Sheet of Aaron Bain
HBC002 ~ 1859-01 Advertising Brochure for Jerome's Patent Mower Mfd by Homer Crandell & Co

Farm Sales

Grain; butter; pork; cider; potatoes; flax; tobacco

BH105_Pg_1-10 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 1-10
BH105_Pg_11-20 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 11-20
BH105_Pg_21-30 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 21-30
BH105_Pg_31-44 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 31-44
BH024 ~ 1769-1775, Account Book of Elizabeth Huyck, 30 Pages
BH079 ~ 1770(?) Letter, Bearer Note re Two Bushel Corn
BH006 ~ 1772-04 & 07 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH100 ~ 1772 & 1773 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH103 ~ 1772 & 1773 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH031 ~ 1796-06 Account, Potatoes & Pork to Jacobus McNeil
BH056 ~ 1799-03-06 Receipt, Benj. Welles to Christina Huyck, Paying 4 Bushels Rye to Settle all Accounts

Currency

Guilders; pounds/shillings/pence; dollars/cents; gold and paper money; counterfeit currency

BH001 ~ 1710/1-03-13 Receipt, Rob't Livingston Jun'r, Intermediary, to Burger Huyck
BH003 ~ 1733/4-01-14 Receipt, Cornelis Van Michaels to Burger Huyck
BH058 ~ 1770-10? Note Reckoning Gold Pieces & Paper Money in Pounds and Dollars
BH097 ~ 1770-10-08 Memo of Funds Sent to Pieter Vosburgh With His Son Barent
BH006 ~ 1772-04 & 07 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck

Enslaved People

Purchase of Quash, 1739; labor references throughout; inventory, 1774; sale, 1807

BH015 ~ 1739-06-20 Bill of Sale of Negro Boy, Quash, by Johannis Beeckman Jr. to Burger Huyck
BH024 ~ 1769-1775, Account Book of Elizabeth Huyck, 30 Pages
BH087 ~ 1770-03-13 Invoice & Receipt for Medical Treatment of Andries and Dirck Huyck and a Negro by Ezechiel Thomas
BH006 ~ 1772-04 & 07 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH011 ~ 1774-03-24 Inventory of Part of Personal Estate of the Late Andries Huyck and Jacobus Huyck
BH017 ~ 1796-01-06 Note, C.V. Schaack to Mr. Samuel Van Slyck re Purchase of Waffle Iron
BH009 ~ 1807-08-31 Letter from Peter W. Yates to Dirck Gardenier re Note Due on Negro Girl Sold by Elizabeth Huyck
HBC009 ~ 1875-06-02 Handbill, Jubilee Concerts at Cady's Hall

Architecture and Construction

Barn and house building accounts; stone work; carpentry

BH060 ~ 1769-01-09 Invoice, Andries Burger Huyck for Hewing Timber for the Barn
BH084 ~ 1772(?) Note, Barn Costs Summary by Elizabeth Huyck
BH075 ~ 1772(?) Invoice, Stephen Van Allen to Dirck Huyck for Lumber & Labor
BH021 ~ 1772(?) Memo, Reckoning what Cornelis Van den Burgh Earned on the Masonry
BH054 ~ 1772(?) Memo of Account, Johannis Huyck & Johannis Van Valkenburgh Lending Nails
BH104 ~ 1772(?) Note, Nails Lent by Johannis Van Valkenburgh & Andries Huyck, and Scratch Sums
BH063 ~ 1788-05-26 Note, 5 Loads of Stone

Land Records

Deeds; patents; surveys; quit claims; lease-and-release

BH110 ~ 1676-7 Agreement, Claesen Lease to Mulder, a Translation
BH040 ~ 1730 Note or Memo Acknowledging an Unpaid Debt by Cornelis Schermerhoorn Likely Referring to Huyck Patent Costs
BH039 ~ 1731 Receipt, Johannis Van Alstyn to Burger Huyck for 12 Pounds for the Patent
BH013 ~ 1734-09-16 First Half of a Two-Document Lease and Release Conveyance Between Johannis Huygh and Burger Huygh
BH098 ~ 1735/6-01-20 Receipt, Johannis Van Alstyn to Burger Huyck for Patent Expenses
BH029 ~ 1735/6-03-04 Quit Claim Of Orchard, Johannis Huyck to Burger Huyck
BH010 ~ 1739-06-20 Litigation Bond, Huyck Patentees vs. Cornelius Schermerhoorn, Witnessed by Philip Livingston Jr.
BH016 ~ 1739-06-20? A True Copy of the 1679-07-09 Deed from Jan Hendrik Bruyn to Andres Hanse Huyck
BH043 ~ 1743-07-25 Receipt, Discharge of an Action Brought By Thomas Williams Against Burger Huyck and Others
BH042 ~ 1743-07? Memo, Schermerhoorn Litigation Attorneys Fees Divided in 9 Equal Parts
BH030 ~ 1768-03-08 Quit Claim, Jacobus' 1/3 of Farm, by Andries B. Huyck and Dirck Huyck to Elizabeth Huyck & Sons
HBC010 ~ 1927?-05-19 Blueprint of a Copy of a 1809-06-05 Survey of Nathan Halsey's Farm in Chatham
BH109 ~ 1820-12-16 Deed, One Fifth Part of Arent Huyck's Farm by Myndert & Elizabeth Coon to Peter H Bain

Law and Legal Proceedings

Court judgments; bonds; indentures; Justice's Court

BH110 ~ 1676-7 Agreement, Claesen Lease to Mulder, a Translation
BH013 ~ 1734-09-16 First Half of a Two-Document Lease and Release Conveyance Between Johannis Huygh and Burger Huygh
BH029 ~ 1735/6-03-04 Quit Claim Of Orchard, Johannis Huyck to Burger Huyck
BH010 ~ 1739-06-20 Litigation Bond, Huyck Patentees vs. Cornelius Schermerhoorn, Witnessed by Philip Livingston Jr.
BH016 ~ 1739-06-20? A True Copy of the 1679-07-09 Deed from Jan Hendrik Bruyn to Andres Hanse Huyck
BH043 ~ 1743-07-25 Receipt, Discharge of an Action Brought By Thomas Williams Against Burger Huyck and Others
BH042 ~ 1743-07? Memo, Schermerhoorn Litigation Attorneys Fees Divided in 9 Equal Parts
BH035 ~ 1771? Proposed Indemnification Bond Re. the Administration of Andries B. Huyck's Estate
BH014 ~ 1772-01-29 Indemnification Bond, Dirck Huyck to Elizabeth Huyck Related to the Administration of the Estate of Andries B. Huyck
BH107 ~ 1786-08-31 Judgement, Aron Huyck against Samuel Howe for a Small Sum
BH012 ~ 1794-11-08 Subpoena, Mrs Christintye Huyck to Appear & Testify in Assault Case
BH108 ~ 1819-01-02 Execution of Judgement, Reuben Van Allen and Timothy Oakley against James Huyck
HBC003 ~ 1904-07-25 Judgement, Emil Deiches vs J. W. McGuinnis re Lease of Suit

Estate Administration

Burger Sr.; Jacobus; Andries B. Huyck; Elizabeth Huyck

BH005 ~ 1750-08-21 Ledger & Receipt, Estate of Ph. Livingston Esq to Burger Huyck
BH002 ~ 1759-09-07 Receipt for 26 Pounds, Johannis Van Allstyn to Andries Burger Huyck
BH004 ~ 1761-09-14 Receipt for 80 pounds, Folkert Vandenburgh to Burger Huyck's Heirs
BH045 ~ 1761-09-14 Receipt, Johannis Huyck Acknowledging His Devise of His Father's Estate
BH025 ~ 1761-09-14 Receipt, Burger Huyck Jr. Acknowledging His Devise of His Father's Estate
BH030 ~ 1768-03-08 Quit Claim, Jacobus' 1/3 of Farm, by Andries B. Huyck and Dirck Huyck to Elizabeth Huyck & Sons
BH086 ~ 1770? Inventory of the Personal & Household Effects of Andries Huyck, Deceased
BH087 ~ 1770-03-13 Invoice & Receipt for Medical Treatment of Andries and Dirck Huyck and a Negro by Ezechiel Thomas
BH044 ~ 1770-04-14 Receipt, David Van Schaack to Elizabeth Huyck for Payment of the Late Andries Huyck's Due Account
BH058 ~ 1770-10? Note Reckoning Gold Pieces & Paper Money in Pounds and Dollars
BH097 ~ 1770-10-08 Memo of Funds Sent to Pieter Vosburgh With His Son Barent
BH008 ~ 1770-11-05 Receipt, Dirck Huyck to Elizabeth Huyck for One Third of Bequeathed House & Barn
BH070 ~ 1770-11-06 Receipt, Andrew Jo Huyck to Elizabeth Huyck as Payment in Full
BH035 ~ 1771? Proposed Indemnification Bond Re. the Administration of Andries B. Huyck's Estate
BH014 ~ 1772-01-29 Indemnification Bond, Dirck Huyck to Elizabeth Huyck Related to the Administration of the Estate of Andries B. Huyck
BH027 ~ 1772-01-29 Release of Liability by Andries Claw to Elizabeth Huyck Regarding Andries B. Huyck's Estate
BH069 ~ 1773-02-04 Account Memo for Interest & Principal Received on Bond
BH099 ~ 1774-03-23 Memorandum, Contents and Distribution of Andries Burger Huyck's Chest
BH089 ~ 1774-03-23 Memorandum, Inventory and Distribution of Andries Burger Huyck's Estate
BH011 ~ 1774-03-24 Inventory of Part of Personal Estate of the Late Andries Huyck and Jacobus Huyck
BH090 ~ 1775-03-09 Note, the Account of Elizabeth Huyck, Debtor, to Frans Pruyn
BH048 ~ 1796-01-06 Promissory Note, 16 Blank Promissory Notes to Pay the Administrators of Aron Huyck's Estate
BH028 ~ 1796-01-06 Promissory Note, 4 Blank Promissory Notes to Pay the Administrators of Aron Huyck's Estate
BH047 ~ 1796-01-06 Promisory Note, a Blank Promisory Note to Pay the Administrators of Aron Huyck's Estate
BH017 ~ 1796-01-06 Note, C.V. Schaack to Mr. Samuel Van Slyck re Purchase of Waffle Iron

Medicine

Physician bills; Ezechiel Thomas; John Quithol

BH018 ~ 1732-09-04 Receipt, Mattius Van Alstyn to Burger Huyck, in Full of Everything
BH065 ~ 1768-04-03 Receipt, John Quithol to Elizabeth Huyck, It Being in Full of All Accounts
BH087 ~ 1770-03-13 Invoice & Receipt for Medical Treatment of Andries and Dirck Huyck and a Negro by Ezechiel Thomas
BH061 ~ 1770-09-14 Receipt, Ezechiel Thomas to Elizabeth Huyck for Cure of her Child's Arm
BH007 ~ 1794 Receipt for Medical Fee, Given to Columbia County Historical Society by John E. Coxon

Education

School bills; schoolmaster accounts; penmanship exercises

BH050 ~ 1767-10-13 Account, Elizabeth Huyck & John Schrom for Schooling 2 Children
BH019 ~ 1768-11-03 Receipt, John Schrom to Elizabeth Huyck for Children's Schooling
BH024 ~ 1769-1775, Account Book of Elizabeth Huyck, 30 Pages
BH026 ~ 1770-12-31 Receipt, Henry Casey to Elizabeth Huyck for Schooling Her Children
BH066 ~ 1772-06-27 Receipt, Wm Jones to Mrs Elizabeth Huyck for Schooling Her Two Sons
BH022 ~ 1772-11-12 Receipt, Jos. Carnahan to Mrs Elizabeth Huyck for Schooling
BH101 ~ 1772 & 1773 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH064 ~ 1773-01-12 Receipt, Jos. Carnahan to Elizabeth Huyck, Twenty Shillings & Eight Pence Half Peny in Full for Schooling
BH106 ~ 1821 Ledger, Christina Huyck's Sole Leather Sales, and Penmanship Practice Sheet of Aaron Bain

Entertainment

Poem; Wilmington Singers at Cady's Hall

HBC011 ~ 1831-10-15 Poem, The Tear
HBC009 ~ 1875-06-02 Handbill, Jubilee Concerts at Cady's Hall

Keeping in touch

BH083 ~ 1791-08-30 Letter, Andries J Huyck to Aron Huyck & Samuel van Slyck, Inquiring After Their Health
BH034 ~ 1810-10-24 Letter, James Huyck Writes His Mother from Gt Barrigton
BH033 ~ 1811-09-08 Letter, James Huyck to His Father Burger J. Huyck
BH032 ~ 1812-07-15 Letter, James Huyck Writes Home to Mother
HBC005 ~ 1900-01-10 Letter, To Walter Crandell by a Friend in Chatham

Women's History

Elizabeth Van Dyck Huyck; Christina Van Slyck; Sarah DePew Snyder

BH024 ~ 1769-1775, Account Book of Elizabeth Huyck, 30 Pages
BH014 ~ 1772-01-29 Indemnification Bond, Dirck Huyck to Elizabeth Huyck Related to the Administration of the Estate of Andries B. Huyck
BH006 ~ 1772-04 & 07 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH009 ~ 1807-08-31 Letter from Peter W. Yates to Dirck Gardenier re Note Due on Negro Girl Sold by Elizabeth Huyck

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