New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory
Name: Joseph Bailey
Date of Inventory: April 3, 1843
Appraisors: Jonas Pusey & []R. Sellars
| Item | Value in Dollars | Item | Value in Dollars |
| Front parlor | Back room 3rd floor | ||
| secretary & bookcase | 10.00 | old sofa | 0.50 |
| sofa | 5.00 | 4 windsor chairs | 1.00 |
| 8 mahagony chairs | 8.00 | 2 pair old low post bedsteads & sacking | 2.00 |
| 2 window blinds | 1.00 | featherbed & clothing | 7.00 |
| carpet - approx. 28 yds. | 10.50 | bureau | 1.50 |
| 1 spittoon | 0.12 | Garrett | |
| coal scuttle & poker | 0.75 | cradle & contents | 1.00 |
| approx. 60 books in bookcase | 10.00 | lot of pots & kettles | 0.25 |
| 1 large Bible | 1.00 | cott bedstead | 0.50 |
| Back room first floor | 4 blankets | 1.00 | |
| eight day clock | 15.00 | straw bed | 0.25 |
| looking glass | 2.00 | chest & contents | 0.25 |
| 8 windsor chairs | 4.00 | trunk & contents | 0.25 |
| 3 decanters & 1/2 gallon demijohn | 0.50 | featherbed | 1.50 |
| 3 linen table cloths | 2.50 | 3 windsor chairs | 0.50 |
| 3 bags | 0.15 | 2 pair brass andirons | 1.00 |
| 8 linen napkins & 1 muslin napkin | 1.06 | 2 old boxes of books, newspapers &c | 0.50 |
| 2 japan waiters | 0.25 | 3 barrels & contents | 0.25 |
| 7 wine glasses | 0.37 | large box & contents | 0.25 |
| 5 tumblers | 0.31 | flower pots & chambers | 0.06 |
| 1 dozen plates | 1.00 | pair fire buckets & stocking tree | 0.06 |
| 2 salt sellars | 0.12 | box old iron | 0.50 |
| 1 common desk | 1.50 | old [trucklebed] | 0.06 |
| 1 lot glassware | 0.50 | pair kitchen andirons | 0.25 |
| china cups & saucers in cupboard | 0.50 | 3 tin kitchens | 1.25 |
| 1 lot of glass & stoneware under cupboard | 0.50 | copper tea kettle | 1.00 |
| 1 entry carpet & oil cloth in entry | 3.00 | lot crokery & glassware | 0.06 |
| 12 yds. stair carpet | 1.20 | barrel & contents | 0.06 |
| Dining room | lot stone & glass bottles | 1.00 | |
| 8 windsor chairs - yellow | 3.00 | spinning wheel & reel | 0.06 |
| 1 settee | 1.50 | tin [baking] appurentances | 1.00 |
| 1 dining table | 1.50 | chamber stove & pipe | 1.00 |
| 1 looking glass | 1.50 | featherbed | 12.00 |
| 2 paper window curtains | 0.02 | 3 chairs | 0.50 |
| 1 coal stove & pipe | 8.00 | 2 large boxes | 0.10 |
| approx. 20 yds. carpet | 2.00 | pair bedsteads | 0.12 |
| contents of cupboard | 1.50 | Kitchen | |
| mahagony stand | 1.00 | contents of dresser | 0.50 |
| Back room 2nd floor | 5 [] irons | 0.50 | |
| desk & bookcase | 3.00 | stone jug & earthen [cradle] | 1.00 |
| lot of old books & papers in bookcase | 0.50 | white wash brushes | 0.25 |
| looking glass | 1.00 | carpet & crum cloth | 0.50 |
| 1 bedstead & sacking | 1.50 | dough trough | 1.00 |
| 1 feather bed | 12.00 | coffee mill | 0.25 |
| 1 single bed | 2.50 | 4 chairs | 0.50 |
| 1 single bed & pillows | 2.00 | table | 1.00 |
| 2 bedcases | 1.50 | table | 0.25 |
| 1 bedcase | 0.25 | griddle, dripping pan & skillet | 0.75 |
| 1 quilt | 0.75 | 2 tin pans & 3 waiters | 0.50 |
| 1 quilt | 0.50 | looking glass | 0.25 |
| 1 white chair | 0.12 | water bucket | 0.25 |
| approx. 15 yds. carpet | 1.30 | oil can | 0.06 |
| 1 mahagony stand | 1.50 | gridiron & wash basin | 0.06 |
| wash stand, basin & ewer | 2.00 | stove with boiler | 2.00 |
| pair brass andirons | 2.00 | toaster, shovel, tongs & poker | 0.50 |
| pair brass andirons - tall | 0.75 | Yard | |
| shovel & tongs | 1.00 | lot cedarware | 1.00 |
| hearth brush | 0.02 | contents of cupboard | 0.50 |
| pair metallic lamps | 0.50 | dutch oven, tea kettle & pot | 0.50 |
| lot coffee & [bay] under cupboard | 1.50 | dust pan, washboard, chair &c | 0.12 |
| 1 bell mettle kettle | 1.50 | table, bench & clotheshorse | 0.50 |
| lower shelf - tea caddy, box barware, small lot china plates, cream jug & 1 glass jar | 0.75 | [whafle] irons | 0.25 |
| 2nd shelf - lot bottles, china & glassware | 1.00 | approx. 2 ton coal | 8.00 |
| 3rd shelf - lot queensware & jelly | 1.50 | wood & sundries | 1.00 |
| 4th shelf - lot old queensware & old syringe | 0.50 | sweeping brush | 0.12 |
| 42 lbs. pewterware | 4.20 | Front cellar | |
| Front room 2nd floor | market basket & 2 sieves | 0.75 | |
| 16 brass stair rods | 0.50 | barrel & carboy with approx. 30 gal. vinegar | 5.00 |
| 1 lot bed clothing in under closet small trunk | 0.25 | lot soft soap & vessels | 0.50 |
| 1st shelf - lot bed clothing | 5.00 | lot lumber | 1.00 |
| 2nd shelf - curtains, blankets &c. | 2.00 | Middle cellar | |
| 1 shaving glass | 0.25 | contents of middle cellar | 0.75 |
| Kitchen garrett | Back cellar | ||
| 2 trestle bedsteads & sacking | 2.00 | contents of back cellar | 0.25 |
| 1 single bed & sacking | 2.00 | Miscellaneous | |
| 1 portable grate | 0.25 | carving knife, fork & steel | 1.00 |
| 1 lot stoneware | 1.50 | pair Brittania teapots | 1.00 |
| 1 furnace | 0.25 | silverware, viz 1 doz.tablespoons, 10 teaspoons, cream jug, sugar tongs, soup ladle & 3 salts | 52.12 |
| warming pan | 0.50 | Stocks | |
| copper kettle | 3.00 | 15 shares Bank of Delaware | 4275.00 |
| lot bed clothes | 0.75 | 15 shares Bank Delaware Company | 530.00 |
| Entry 3rd floor | 200 shares State Bank at Camden | 5000.00 | |
| 1 clothes basket & contents | 0.50 | 200 shares Delaware Coal Company | 1000.00 |
| chamber chair | 1.50 | 50 shares Delaware Fire Insurance Company | 750.00 |
| common table | 0.50 | 4 shares Wilmington & Christiana Turnpike Co | 40.00 |
| bedstead & sacking | 5.00 | 8 shares Wilmington Turnpike Company | 12.00 |
| 2 windsor chairs | 0.50 | 1 share Chalybeate Spr. Company | |
| 1 bureau | 1.50 | city loan - Wilmington | 5000.00 |
| contents of closet | 1.00 | ||
| Front room 3rd floor | |||
| bedstead & sacking bottom | 1.00 | ||
| wash stand | 0.50 | ||
| Japan waiter | 0.06 | ||
| dressing table | 0.25 | ||
| work stand | 0.50 | ||
| side board | 2.00 |
Additional information: From his will: Lot & 3 story brick house & kitchen located on west side of Market extending through to Shipley between Second & Third Streets.
Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens