New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory

Name: Jonas Alrichs
Date of Inventory: March 1, 1803
Appraisors: James Brobion & Joseph Baily

Item Value in Dollars Item Value in Dollars
wearing apparel 12.00 1 cradle & old waiter 1.50
3 featherbeds, bedding & bedsteads & 2 suits of curtains 60.00 1 walnut desk & 2 bookcases 12.00
1 mahagony bureau 16.00 1 looking glass 6.00
5 windsor chairs 5.00 1 walnut dining table 2.00
1 walnut tea table 4.00 1 walnut breakfast table 1.50
1 liquor case 8.00 1 mahogany stand 3.00
1 small table of [ ] 0.75 1 rag carpet 1.00
1 castor 5.00 1 cattail bed & small bedstead 3.00
1 lot of glassware 4.50 1 lot books 10.00
lot of queensware & china 3.00 2 pair candle sticks 5.00
2 waiters 5.00 1 silver waiter 10.00
1 gin case with bottles 1.00 1 tray with knives & forks 3.00
2 mahagony card tables 10.00 lot of china & queensware 2.00
1 small pine table 0.75 1 tin plate stove 14.00
8 windzor chairs 6.00 kitchen furniture 20.00
2 pictures & 1 small looking glass 1.25 silver plate - 23 oz. 31.33
1 walnut box with drawers 2.00 1 pair andirons 1.00
2 chests & 1 old carpet 3.00 1 clock engine 30.00
1 case drawers 6.00 1 watch balance wheel engine 5.00
6 common chairs 3.00 1 wheel lathe 5.00
6 table cloths 6.00 1 stove 4.00
8 fine [] & 1 small looking glass of pewter 2.50 1 eight day time piece 9.00
1 looking glass 8.00 1 frame shop 160.00
1 open stove 8.00 5 yrs servitude of a negro girl 35.00
1 pair brass andirons, shovel & 2 tongs 6.00 1/2 joint stock in hand Alrich & Wolston & inventory of foundry & shop furniture 3969.00
1 pair bellows 0.50 1 spade 67.00
6 windzor chairs 4.00 25 gallon molasses 10.00

Additional information: From Orphans Court I-1-336(1804), dwelling listed as 2 story frame house & kitchen on Market Street between Front & Water

 

Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens

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