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

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