New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory
Name: Margaret R. Aydon
Date of Inventory: February 9, 1870
Appraisors: G. McCall & Richard Booth
| Item | Value in Dollars | Item | Value in Dollars |
| Store | 2nd story main building back room | ||
| contenst of window, globes, embroderies &c. | 1.00 | bureau | 11.00 |
| case, counter, shelving & drawers | 10.00 | 5 pillow cases | 1.25 |
| 2 lamps & fixtures | 0.50 | stove | 5.00 |
| lot of umbrellas & satchels | 1.25 | picture frame | 0.50 |
| dress frame | 0.50 | window shade | 0.50 |
| carpet in store | 2.00 | chamber bucket & chamber pot | 1.00 |
| 3 stools | 1.50 | mat | 0.75 |
| oil cloth | 1.00 | 12 yd. carpet | 3.00 |
| box & contents | 1.00 | contents entry closet | 2.00 |
| refrigerator | 8.00 | 2nd story main building front room | |
| Dining Room | sofa | 3.00 | |
| 1/2 dozen chairs | 4.50 | rocking chair | 15.00 |
| cane rocker | 2.50 | 1/2 dozen cane chairs | 6.00 |
| tidy | 0.25 | stand | 1.50 |
| 2 stools & sewing chair | 0.50 | whatnot | 12.00 |
| side table | 5.00 | bed & pillows | 25.00 |
| stove | 2.50 | bed clothing | 6.00 |
| clock | 1.50 | 5 yd entry carpet | 5.00 |
| 2 lamps | 1.00 | 2 rugs | 1.00 |
| bell | 0.25 | 22 yd. ingrain carpet | 11.00 |
| looking glass | 3.50 | 1 pair blind | 5.00 |
| 1 window blind | 1.50 | 2nd story back room | |
| 1 window shade | 1.00 | bureau | |
| china & glassware | 5.00 | looking glass | |
| contents of cupboard | 5.00 | bedstead | |
| 20 yd. rag carpet | 10.00 | bed & pillows | |
| oil cloth | 1.00 | mattress | |
| mat | 0.75 | 3 shades | |
| Kitchen | bed curtains | ||
| stove & fixtures | 15.00 | 15 yd. carpet | |
| [zinc] | 0.50 | 3rd story front | |
| 1/2 dozen chairs | 3.00 | 8 chairs | 19.50 |
| bedstead & mattress | 2.00 | 2 window shades | 2.00 |
| table | 1.00 | 2 bird cages | 1.00 |
| stand | 0.50 | Garret | |
| looking glass | 0.50 | table | 4.00 |
| brass kettle | 1.50 | cradle | 1.00 |
| contents table | 2.00 | balance of contents of garret | 4.00 |
| 2 water buckets | 0.30 | ||
| pie board, waiter & soup cup | 0.25 | entry & stairs carpet | 3.00 |
| coal scuttle | 0.75 | contents of cellar | 50.00 |
| oil cloth | 2.00 | ||
| 15 yd. rag carpet | 4.50 | ||
| basket | 0.10 | ||
| contents of shed | 3.00 | ||
| urn | 0.50 | ||
| 2nd story room over kitchen | |||
| 4 chairs | 2.00 | ||
| featherbed & 3 pillows | 6.00 | ||
| mattress & bolster | 1.25 | ||
| bedstead | 3.50 | ||
| table & cover | 4.00 | ||
| washboard & pitcher | 0.50 | ||
| looking glass | 0.50 | ||
| bureau & contents | 1.00 | ||
| 3 window shades | 0.25 | ||
| hanging basket | 0.25 | ||
| brace & bit | 0.75 | ||
| irons & candlestick | 0.50 | ||
| lot of carpet | 0.50 |
Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens