New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory

Name: William Bassett
Date of Inventory: April 28, 1807
Appraisors: William Clark & Jacob Sellars

Item Value in Dollars Item Value in Dollars
1 bedstead, bed & bedding 16.00 1 pine bench 0.50
1 bedstead, bed & bedding 16.00 3 large queensware dishes & 2 smaller 2.00
1 cattail bed & bedstead & bedding 7.00 a lot of queensware 1.00
1 feather bed, bedstead & bedding 16.00 2 dozen queensware plates 1.00
1 chest 2.75 1 caster 1.25
1 bedstead & sacking bottom 4.50 a lot of earthenware 1.25
1 corded bedstead 1.50 2 stone jars 0.25
1 trunk & 2 tables 2.00 1 griddle 0.50
1 small looking glass 0.50 1 large iron pot & 1 small 2.00
2 bed quilts 6.00 2 frying pans 2.00
1 pair sheets 1.50 1 dutch oven & stove kettle 2.00
1 blanket & 2 pair pillowcases 2.25 saucepan & gridiron 1.00
1 chest of drawers 7.00 2 coffee mills 1.50
1 mahagony dining table 12.00 2 copper tea kettles 1.50
1 mahagony breakfast table 5.00 2 large pewter dishes 1.25
1 pine table 0.75 a lot of pewter 1.75
1/2 dozen windsor chairs 4.50 2 pair of shovel tongs 1.50
1/2 dozen windsor chairs 6.00 1 pair andirons 1.50
1 large looking glass 6.00 1 lot of sundries 1.50
1/2 dozen silver teaspoons 3.00 2 brass & 3 iron candle sticks 1.00
2 sets china cups & saucers 2.25 2 large cedar tubs 1.25
1 [china] sugar & creamer & 1 small bowl 1.35 4 cedar buckets 1.00
5 small Delf plates 0.20 1 small tub 0.35
1 large server & 3 smaller 1.75 a lot of sundries 1.50
1 queensware tureen 0.80 1 wood saw 0.35
1 pair andirons 2.00 1 lot of glassware 2.75
bellow 0.75 1 china quart bowl 0.75
ten plate stove 2.00 1 pair of [Stilands] 0.75
1 large pine table 7.00 a lot of sundries 0.25
1 small pine table 0.75 1 bar tub 9.00
10 windsor chairs 6.25 50 lb. coffee 11.50
1 table 1.00 1 cow 12.00
1 pine cupboard 1.50    

 

Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens

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