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