New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory

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Item Value in Dollars Item Value in Dollars
wearing apparel 25.00 2nd front room  
Parlor   featherbed, bed & bedding 7.00
eight day clock 25.00 featherbed, bed & bedding 12.00
six windsor chairs 6.00 chest 0.50
dining table & oil cloth 6.00 little & middle room  
looking glass 2.00 featherbed, bed & bedding 7.00
andirons, shovel & tongs 2.50 2 bed quilts & 1 bed spread 8.00
1/2 dozen silver teaspoons 4.00 warming pan 0.50
[Chaney] queensware & sundry small articles 6.00 east 2nd room over shop  
about 43 yd. carpet 16.00 featherbed, bed & bedding 20.00
2 window curtains 1.00 case of drawers 5.00
Kitchen   looking glass 1.00
desk 4.00 window curtains 0.50
breakfast table 3.50 12 yds bed tick 6.00
candle stand 1.50 2 pieces [drugget], 1 piece flannel & 1 of worsted - 24 yds 10.80
4 round back chairs 3.00 14 yds tow linen 4.20
7 old rush [bottom] chairs 2.80 28 yd home made linen 11.20
old ten plate stove 16.00 6 pair sheets & 1 pair pillow cases 12.00
andiron, shovel & tongs 2.50 1 pair blankets 4.00
iron pot, hook &c 1.00 3rd middle room  
bellows 0.25 chaff bed & bed clothes 2.00
3 candle sticks, 2 pair snuffers 0.75 3rd east room  
pewterware in the dresser 1.50 wheel 0.75
queensware 2.50 3 bushels of oats 1.20
knife box, lot of old knives &c 2.00 shop  
lump bees wax 0.50 in 3rd floor west room sundry articles 3.00
3 flat irons & slate 1.00 1 pair steelyards 0.75
4 table cloths & 4 napkins 5.00 scale beam & weights 3.00
family Bible & lot of other books 3.00 2 small scales, weights & and a scoop 1.50
wash house   1/2 bushel, peck & 1/2 peck chest 4.00
knives & forks 0.75 7 bags 4.50
cedarware 2.00 barrel part full of flour 3.50
crockery 0.50 3 casks with Indian meal 3.00
tin & pewterware 1.25 3 casks with rye & middlings 4.50
2 iron pots, hooks, bake iron & drip pan 2.50 5 empty casks and an old [] 1.00
frying pan, chopper, toaster &c 2.00 8 bushels dried apples 12.80
2 brass kettles 3.50 3 empty casks 0.50
tea kettle, cleaner & skillet 1.00 5 bushels horse feed 1.25
coffee mill & sweeper brush 1.00 iron goose 0.50
dough trough, cupboard, rags & pot racks 2.50 cellar  
stable & yard   1 beef tub 0.50
cart & 2 [giers] 16.00 soap tub with soap 0.50
chair, harness &c 20.00 2 pots of tallow & skimmings 1.25
horn 25.00 box with candles 0.50
hay 8.00 firewood 8.00
1 spade & 2 pitch forks 1.00 ax, saw & frame 2.00
back room   1 barrel & 2 1/2 barrels of vinegar 2.00
case of drawers 6.00 potatoes 1.25
tea table 0.75 sundry small articles 0.75
arm chair, rocking chair & cushions 0.75    
featherbed, bedsteads & bedding 20.00    
small looking glass 0.50    
6 table cloths 6.00    
8 pair pillow cases 3.00    
3 pair pillow cases 1.25    
8 napkins 2.00    
5 pair sheets 16.00    

 

Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens

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