New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory

Name: Dr. Daniel Bancroft
Date of Inventory: June 17, 1796
Appraisors: Thomas Crow & Peter Brynberg

Item Value in Dollars Item Value in Dollars
bureau 8.00 3 coverlids 2.00
small spinning wheel & reel 2.00 3 featherbeds & sacking bottoms 36.00
looking glass 7.00 2 small frames 0.06
small looking glass 0.20 chest 0.50
4 blankets in a barrel 5.00 1 box with 61 books 12.00
2 card tables 10.00 old table, chair, box & iron bar 0.20
walnut dressing table 4.00 chest & sundries 2.00
breakfast table 3.00 2 waiters 3.00
2 sets bedsteads 6.00 2 small waiters 0.50
14 winsor chairs 7.00 2 dozen knives, forks & snufflers 2.00
6 mahagony chairs 16.00 3 pieces woodware 0.50
cradle 3.00 set of teaware & basket 5.00
pair brass andirons 5.00 walnut dining table 4.00
shovel & tongs 1.50 cider tub with sundries 1.50
large brass wash kettle 5.00 19.15 oz silver plate 22.31
coffee mill 0.50 3 pair sheets 4.00
frying pan 0.50 3 pair pillow cases 0.75
5 brass candlesticks 2.00 2 tableclothes 2.50
box sundries 0.30 2 small tableclothes 1.00
bucket & old box 0.50 looking glass 0.75
old carpet 0.50 silver watch 14.00
4 blankets 4.00    

 

Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens

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