New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory
Name: Margaret J. Bail
Date of Inventory: February 11, 1817
Appraisors: Thomas Alrichs & Robert Porter
| Item | Value in Dollars | Item | Value in Dollars |
| Parlor | Kitchen (?) | ||
| 2 circular tables | 10.00 | 1 little trunk | 0.75 |
| 1 knife box with knives | 10.00 | 7 hanks of cotton | 1.50 |
| 10 chairs | 10.00 | green curtains | 0.50 |
| 1 open stove | 3.00 | 6 table cloths | 9.50 |
| 1 pair andirons | 5.00 | 1 lott of books | 5.00 |
| 1 plate of Washington | 2.00 | 12 dinner towels | 2.00 |
| 1 looking glass | 12.00 | callico bedspread | 1.50 |
| 1 carpet | 12.00 | 1 [closet] | 1.50 |
| 2 waiters | 3.00 | sheet iron tender | 0.50 |
| 1 pair plated candlesticks | 1.00 | 1 pair [steps] | 0.50 |
| 2 small waiters | 0.50 | 6 barrels | 0.60 |
| 1 pair window curtains with [] | 5.00 | 1 large tub | 0.50 |
| Entry | soap barrel | 0.50 | |
| 1 dining table in entry | 10.00 | potato chest | 1.50 |
| 1 breakfast table in entry | 5.00 | 6 washing tubs | 3.00 |
| 1 carpet in entry | 3.00 | 1 pickling cask | 1.50 |
| 2 stands, 1 mahagony & 1 walnut | 3.00 | walnut table | 1.00 |
| Backroom | 1 waiter | 0.17 | |
| 1 clock | 40.00 | 2 tables | 0.50 |
| 1 carpet in back room | 7.20 | water bucket | 0.37 |
| andirons, shovels, tongs & [cornish] | 2.50 | 2 old buckets | 0.37 |
| Big Room | dust pan | 0.20 | |
| bed, bedstead & curtains | 40.00 | cullander | 0.12 |
| windows curtains & [cornish] | 4.00 | 2 funnels | 0.12 |
| toilet table | 1.50 | egg slicer & grater | 0.12 |
| card table | 6.00 | sausage stuffer | 6.00 |
| 10 chairs | 8.00 | tin pan | 0.12 |
| looking glass | 8.00 | 12 [scury] pepper box & 8 tin cups | 15.00 |
| [] carpet | 1.00 | iron spoon, tin dripping box, spit, 2 pair scales | 1.50 |
| chimney board | 0.25 | [shellyards] | 0.50 |
| 2 tables | 1.00 | 1 box pewter plates | 2.00 |
| 6 walnut chairs with leather | 2.00 | mortar & pestle | 0.50 |
| bed &c. | 15.00 | black tin coffee pot | 2.00 |
| 4 pair [ro..] & candles | 8.00 | 1 dozen muffin rings | 0.25 |
| Little Room | 1 pair fire bricks | 5.00 | |
| 1 pair window curtains | 4.00 | 1 brass, 1 tin skillet | 1.00 |
| toilet table | 1.50 | dripping pan & gridiron | 1.00 |
| looking glass | 1.00 | 2 griddles; 1 large, 1 small | 2.00 |
| bureau | 6.00 | 1/2 dozen pot hooks | 1.00 |
| bed & bedstead | 18.00 | 6 iron pots | 3.00 |
| small carpet | 3.00 | tea & coffee kettles | 0.50 |
| [], 2 bedsteads & bed | 30.00 | chaffing dish, 1 pair [] candle & box | 0.25 |
| looking glass | 2.50 | 1 tin boiler | 0.25 |
| Room over Kitchen | 1 pair tin cannister | 0.25 | |
| 2 bedsteads & bed | 12.00 | bread basket & stone jars | 1.50 |
| cradle | 2.00 | bottles, kettle & market baskets | 0.62 |
| 1 reel | 0.50 | 4 earthen jars | 0.40 |
| tea table | 0.25 | warming pan | 1.50 |
| [] | 2.00 | 3 candlesticks | 1.50 |
| 9 lb. unspun cotton | 2.50 | 1 lamp & [] | 0.12 |
| 3 barrels | 0.10 | 3 flat irons | 1.00 |
| 4 tin cannisters | 1.00 | andiron, shovel, tongs & iron bar | 1.50 |
| Little Room up 2nd Floor Stairs | 4 pair pot hooks | 2.00 | |
| 2 beds & bedsteads | 40.00 | 7 spoons & 1 soap ladle | 0.20 |
| 1 small looking glass | 0.20 | 1 pair sugar tons & tea spoons | 2.00 |
| 1 bureau | 5.00 | 1 [] & sugar cannister | 1.00 |
| 1 large armchair | 0.75 | 1 pewter basin | 0.25 |
| tea table | 1.00 | 3 waiters | 1.00 |
| clock | 3.00 | 1 cannister | 0.50 |
| Big Room up 2nd Floor Stairs | 2 pewter dishes | 0.25 | |
| 1 bed & bedstead | 5.00 | 1 lott [] | 1.50 |
| 1 couch | 1.00 | ||
| 1 large leather trunk | 0.50 | ||
| chest | 0.25 | ||
| 2 chairs | 0.12 | ||
| Linen Closet (?) | |||
| 2 ruggs | 4.00 | ||
| 4 single blankets | 3.00 | ||
| 2 comforters | 10.00 | ||
| 10 callico quilts | 9.00 | ||
| 6 pair sheets | 2.00 | ||
| 6 pair pillowcases | 0.50 | ||
| 6 bolster cases | 0.25 | ||
| chimney board | 0.75 |
Other information:
In will dated 1816 leaves 2 story brick house at NE corner King & Second Street, bounded by Allen McLane & the heirs of Timothy Jackson, to daughters Jane Bail Wilson & Ann Bail. Her son John, who was adminstrator of her estate, was left cash. She was the widow of Dr. Matthew Bail.
Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens