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

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