New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory

Name: Samuel Ash
Date of Inventory: 1822

Item Value in Dollars Item Value in Dollars
sundry wearing apparel 15.00 26 gal. corn gin 8.82
1 silver watch 5.00 43 gal. vinegar 5.30
cash in bank 455.69 11 gal. whiskey 4.30
18.5 lb alum 1.48 40 gal. F. brandy 33.00
635 gun flints .63 45 gal. corn brandy 23.50
84 lb. coffee 24.36 1 pipe country gin 32.55
13.25 lb. allspice 3.04 part [] 13.58
27.5 lb. saltpeter 3.07 25 gal. J. rum 21.00
15 lb. gunpowder 3.30 1 empty barrel 0.50
68 spanish segar 0.55 part keg cordial (Perfect Lane) 2.00
.25 lb cinnamon 050 part keg [copperus] 2.00
107 lb rice 4.81 part keg [amp..] 3.50
.75 lb. ornery nutmeg 0.75 6 reams wrapping paper 4.50
glass jar 0.12 1 box soap 6.55
15.75 lb. yong Hyson tea 12.60 1 old spade 1.10
4.75 lb. Hyson [Sp...] tea 2.85 part keg [St...] 0.96
30.5 lb. ginger 2.44 1 german flute 1.00
34.5 lb. chocolate 4.67 1 ream and some loose writing paper 3.25
12 lb. chocolate ornery 1.45 part box of raisins & [] 0.50
500 lb common sugar 0.75 30 boxes, jars & cakes [] 3.00
part keg tobacco 3.38 9 lb. lump sugar 1.35
part roll tobacco 0.84 paper bags & wrapping paper 0.50
2 lb spanish indigo 4.00 13 scrub [cloths * r...] 2.70
parts 4 bags of shot 3.50 15 hand scrubs 1.87
part half barrel of skunk oil 1.00 2 pair shoe brushes  
1 box ornery smoked herring 0.25 1 box coffee mill 1.00
2 barrels superfine flour 10.25 2 lb pepper & [] 0.50
10 corn [b..] 1.80 2 books 0.25
parcel dryed [p...] 0.50 [] 0.25
1 bucket 0.18 1 [] whiskey proof 124 37.20
2 lb. burnt rye 1.75 1 [] whiskey proof 120 36.40
1/2 dozen sweeping brushes #2 1.50 10 [B...] mustard 0.60
7 sweeing brushes #3 2.62 [s...], looking glass & [] 12.00
3 sweeping brushes #5 1.50 2 barrel whiskey 19.80
5 four knot sweeping wash brushes 1.25 2.5 barrel [s...] 3.50
5 bed linings 0.30 [] & lott quilts 0.25
15 bed [p...] lining 0.90 small stove, wood, cord bedstead & sundries upstairs 3.00
6 bed cords 1.00 4 barrels sugar 90.46
part barrel of flour 0.70 1 barrel sugar 20.08
2 boxes lye soap 11.44 1 barrel sugar 19.28
picks & tin measure 1.00 part barrel pewter sand 0.25
1 pair scales 1.50 8 lb can [] 1.20
pair [] 0.75 sundry empty barrels, boxes & kegs 1.00
2 [g...] 0.10 1 trunk 1.50
lot earthenware 4.00 6 [] 3.00
29 gal. corn brandy 15.50 1 [] 3.00
48 gal corn gin 16.36    
51 gal NE rum 20.38    
19 gal Malorga wine 13.80    

 

Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens

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