New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory

Name: Elizabeth Alison
Date of Inventory: June 17, 1859
Appraisors:
Morrow & James C. Aiken

 

Item Value in Dollars Item Value in Dollars
2 tables
10.00
1 piece carpet
4.00
2 looking glasses
20.00
1 piece carpet
1.00
1 drop light
1.00
1 bed, bedstead & bedding
10.00
1 hearth rug
1.00
3 chairs
1.25
5 yds oil cloth
2.50
1 bedstead & bedding
4.00
1 piano - rose wood
200.00
chamber stoves
3.00
1 gold watch & chain
60.00
7 chairs
2.80
1 set china
10.00
1 table
2.50
dishes, plates, tumblers & cloth
5.00
1 clock
1.00
1 dozen silver table spoons
24.00
1 stove, pipes & fixture
10.00
1 dozen silver tea spoons
12.00
tin ware &c.
1.00
2 butter knives
2.00
contents closet
5.00
1 dozen silver forks
30.00
1 parlor stove
5.00
1 cake basket
2.00
16 yds rag carpet
2.00
1 silver strainer
1.00
pie [] boards & [zink]
1.00
1 bureau & glass
4.50
hood, tubs, coal scuttles
5.00
1 bed, bedstead & bedding
12.00
4 shares Schuykill
1 silk chair
2.00
50 shares Northern Bank of Kentucky  
wash stand & pitchers
1.50
20 shares Octavious Bank  
2 trays
0.50
26 shares Bank of Chester  
1 bedroom carpet
2.00
4 shares Westchester Railroad  
stairs & entry carpet & rods
5.00
110 dollars Delaware Mutual Fire Insurance Co,  
1 bureau & contents
20.00
   

Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens

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