New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory
Name: Susan H. Adams
Date of Inventory: March 21, 1866
Appraisors:
| Item | Valuation in Dollars | Item | Valuation in Dollars |
| Parlor Furniture | Third story back chamber | ||
| straw matting | 4.00 | 1 single stained wood bedstead | 1.50 |
| 3 ply carpet | 12.00 | feather bed bolster & pillows | 5.00 |
| 3 blinds or shades | 0.75 | 1 small bureau | 1.00 |
| 1 hair seat mahagony sofa | 10.00 | 2 chairs | 0.50 |
| 1 hair seat mahagony rocking chair | 5.00 | China, glass &c. | |
| 6 hair seat mahagony chairs | 9.00 | 1 dozen soups | 0.50 |
| 1 hair seat mahagony divan | 2.00 | 1 dozen desserts | 0.50 |
| 1 marble top table | 5.00 | 1 & 1/2 dozen dinner plates | 0.50 |
| 1 parlor lamp | 0.50 | 4 vegetable dishes | 0.75 |
| Entry | 1 soup turreen | 0.25 | |
| oil clothe for entry | 3.00 | 2 heaters | 0.50 |
| 1 hall lamp | 0.25 | 2 gravy boats & ladles | 0.30 |
| hair carpet & rods | 7.00 | 2 dozen dessert & dinner plates | 0.50 |
| Dining room | 1 dozen white cups & saucers | 0.50 | |
| 6 cane seated chairs | 6.00 | 6 cup plates | 0.06 |
| 1 cane seated rocking chair & cushion | 2.00 | 4 small relish plates | 0.10 |
| 1 small extension table | 5.00 | 41 plates assorted | 0.50 |
| matting & carpet | 5.00 | 1 dozen tumblers, 3 glass decanters & 3 glass pitchers | 1.00 |
| 1 mirror | 2.00 | 1 glass bowl | 0.30 |
| 2 window shades | 0.50 | sundry glass dishes | 0.30 |
| Second story back chamber | Britannica coffee pot, tea pot & water pot | 1.50 | |
| 1 stove | 3.00 | sundry pitchers | 0.50 |
| 1 mahagony bureau | 3.00 | glass jars | 1.00 |
| 1 mahagony rocking chair | 2.00 | bowls | 0.25 |
| 1 washstand, basin & ewer | 1.00 | teapots &c | 1.00 |
| 2 stained wood bedsteads | 4.00 | Miscellaneous | |
| 1 feather bed | 4.00 | house & table linen | 20.00 |
| 1 hair mattress | 3.00 | 6 fine linen table clothes | 6.00 |
| 4 feather pillows | 4.00 | 1 dozen linen napkins | 1.50 |
| venetian carpet | 12.00 | 1 & 1/2 dozen linen towels | 1.50 |
| 3 wooded chairs | 0.75 | 6 pair linen sheets | 12.00 |
| mirror | 0.50 | 1 dozen pair cotton sheets | 12.00 |
| Second story front room | 1 & 1/2 dozen cotton pillowcases | 12.00 | |
| 1 curled maple high post bedstead | 4.00 | 6 pair linen pillowcases | 4.00 |
| hair mattress | 2.00 | sundry bedspreads & quilts | 5.00 |
| 1 feather bed bolster & pillows | 14.00 | 5 pair blankets | 5.00 |
| 1 feather bed bolser & pillows | 14.00 | 2 porcelain lined kettles | 2.00 |
| 1 stained wood bedstead | 2.00 | Kitchen &c | |
| 1 cherry wood bureau | 3.00 | 1 refrigerator | 1.00 |
| 1 wash stand & toilet set | 3.00 | 1 stove | 3.00 |
| 1 small stand | 1.00 | 1 rocking chair | 1.00 |
| 1 curled maple rocking chair | 1.00 | 4 old chairs | 1.00 |
| 4 wooden chairs | 1.00 | 2 old wooden tables | 0.50 |
| 3 linen window shades | 0.75 | clock | 0.75 |
| 1 mirror | 0.50 | sundry pots & kettles | 3.00 |
| carpet | 5.00 | 1 piece sink | 0.25 |
| [druggelt or drugell] | 1.00 | 12 old silver teaspoons | 6.00 |
| Third story front chamber | 6 old silver tablespoons | 6.00 | |
| 1 old stained wood bedstead | 0.75 | lot of knives & forks | 2.00 |
| feather bed bolster & pillows | 7.00 | old hatchet, spade & shovel | 0.05 |
| 1 mahagony bureau | 2.00 | Stocks | |
| 1 chest | 1.00 | 4 shares National Bank of Delaware at Wilmington | 1860.00 |
| 1 washstand bowl & pitcher | 0.50 | 6 shares Delaware Fire Insurance Company | 90.00 |
| cash on hand in house | 6.00 |
Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens