New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory
Name: Thomas C. Alrich
Date of Inventory: August 26, 1865
Appraisors: William Bush & John P. McLear
| Item | Value in Dollars | Item | Value in Dollars |
| Contents of cellar | Chamber over entry | ||
| 7 stone jars | 1.00 | bedstead & bedding | 10.00 |
| 2 jugs | 0.20 | 2 chairs | 0.75 |
| 1 keg | 0.50 | 1 looking glass | 1.00 |
| coal paddle, shovel, spade & rake | 1.00 | matting on floor | 1.25 |
| 1 tin safe, 4 tubs & washboard | 2.00 | 1 stand | 2.00 |
| clock in entry | 8.00 | 3 window shades | 4.00 |
| contents of kitchen | 32.00 | Contents front chamber second floor | |
| Contents of dining room | 7 mahagony chairs | 7.00 | |
| 1 extension dining table | 8.00 | Front room third floor | |
| 12 windsor chairs | 4.50 | 1 bureau | 4.00 |
| 1 side table | 1.00 | bedstead & bedding | 12.00 |
| 1 side board | 5.00 | 3 windsor chairs | 1.50 |
| 2 lamps | 1.50 | 1 looking glass | 1.00 |
| 6 waiters | 1.50 | wash stand, bowl & pitchers | 3.50 |
| 2 window shades | 1.00 | window shades | 3.00 |
| 3 window curtains | 1.00 | matting | 4.00 |
| matting on floor | 8.00 | Back room third floor | |
| knives & forks | 6.25 | bedstead & bedding | 10.00 |
| 1 1/2 dozen plated forks | 5.50 | table | 2.00 |
| 13 silver teaspoons, 9 silver tablespoons - silver weighs 24.5 oz | 50.00 | stand | 0.50 |
| content of closet | 20.00 | looking glass | 2.00 |
| sideboard | 18.50 | washstand | 1.00 |
| contents of front closet | 15.00 | bureau | 5.00 |
| refrigerator | 3.00 | bookcase | 1.00 |
| contents of yard | 1.00 | 3 windsor chairs | 1.50 |
| Contents of sitting room | matting | 4.00 | |
| 1 armchair | 2.00 | Room over entry third floor | |
| 1 pier table | 8.00 | bedstead & bedding | 8.00 |
| 1 center table | 5.00 | bureau | 4.00 |
| 1 sofa | 15.00 | stand | 0.50 |
| 1 8 day clock | 5.00 | chair | 0.25 |
| lamps | 1.00 | looking glass | 0.50 |
| looking glass | 3.00 | Third story entry store room | |
| 3 blinds | 7.50 | 4 chairs | 1.00 |
| Contents of hall & stairway | lot of carpets | 20.00 | |
| entry carpet & stairway - 28 yds | 14.00 | servant's room | |
| oil cloth | 4.00 | bedstead & bedding | 5.00 |
| stair rods | 9.00 | table | 1.00 |
| hat rack | 5.00 | wash stand | 1.00 |
| settee | 3.00 | 4 chairs | 1.00 |
| 2 mats | 1.00 | Back room second story | |
| Contents of parlor | 1 bedstead | 8.00 | |
| 1 piano | 50.00 | 1 sofa in dining room | 5.00 |
| 6 walnut chairs | 24.00 | bond & mortgage - James Morrow | 5000.00 |
| 2 reception chairs | 4.00 | 80 shares Wilmington Coal Gas Co. | 5200 |
| 2 divans | 10.00 | 50 shares National Bank Wilmington & Brandywine | 3000.00 |
| 1 sofa | 25.00 | [2250 W State 8% bond ] | 2362.50 |
| 1 marble top table | 15.00 | 100 shares National [Me..] Bank Philadelphia | 2800.00 |
| 1 rocking chair | 5.00 | 60 shares 1st National Bank of Wilmington | 6710.00 |
| 1 ladies easy chair | 10.00 | 60 shares Union National Bank Wilmington | 360.00 |
| 2 looking glasses | 30.00 | 170 shares Buchannon Royalty Oil Co. | 325.00 |
| 2 candlelabras | 1.00 | 540 shares McClintock Homestead & Co | 500.00 |
| 5 blinds | 20.00 | 100 shares silver farm | 50.00 |
| carpet | 1.00 | 70 shares National Liberty [] Co | 1960.00 |
| Chamber over sitting room | dwelling house corner 7th & French | 7260.00 | |
| 2 cane seat chairs | 1.00 | cash in bank | 366.21 |
| 3 windsor chairs | 0.75 | ||
| 1 bureau | 6.00 | ||
| 1 dressing case | 5.00 | ||
| 1 bedstead | 5.00 | ||
| 1 looking glass | 2.00 |
Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens