New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory
Name: James
Battersby
Date of Inventory: April 27, 1827
Appraisors: J. Wilson & Valentine McNeal
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Item
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Valuation
in Dollars
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Item
|
Valuation
in Dollars
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| wearing apparel | 2.00 |
1 lot of cups, saucers & pitchers & waiter | 2.00 |
| feather bed, bolster and pillows | 16.50 |
1 [canter] & tumblers | 2.00 |
| 5 blankets | 5.00 |
1 pair plated candlesticks | 0.60 |
| 1 quilt and 1 sheet | 7.50 |
2 window curtains | 0.25 |
| 1 bedstead sacking and curtains | 8.00 |
10 chairs | 3.75 |
| 2 pairs sheets (muslin) | 2.50 |
24 yds of carpet | 5.00 |
| 1 old quilt & sheets | 0.50 |
1 open stove | 5.00 |
| 6 pillow and bolster cases | 1.00 |
12 old chairs | 1.50 |
| 1 bureau | 1.50 |
1 walnut table in kitchen | 0.75 |
| 1 small pair brass andiron | 1.00 |
1 nine plate stove | 5.00 |
| 1 small looking glass/in front room | 0.75 |
1 tin [kitchen] | 2.00 |
| 1 beadstead and sacking | 2.50 |
1 small looking glass | 0.50 |
| 3 old bandboxes | 0.25 |
4 pots | 1.50 |
| 1 small looking glass | 0.40 |
tea kettle, griddle, frying pan, broiler | 2.00 |
| 1 featherbed and pillows | 6.00 |
andiron, tongs, shovel & bellows | 1.00 |
| 1 cattail bed | 0.25 |
3 [iadiron] candlestick & lamp | 0.50 |
| 5 blankets | 5.00 |
lot of sundries in kitchen | 3.00 |
| 1 small pair [scales] | 0.40 |
lot of cedarware | 3.50 |
| 1 lot of old bed clothes | 0.40 |
lot of old carpet | 2.00 |
| 1 hair mattress | 10.00 |
1 safe | 2.00 |
| 1 pair old bedsteads & wheel | 1.00 |
1 horse & saw | 1.00 |
| 1 [wight] chair | 2.00 |
2 bags | 0.50 |
| 1 bedquilt | 1.00 |
bench lumber | 1.75 |
| 1 lot of lumber | sow & pigs | 6.00 |
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| 1 walnut dining table | 2.50 |
1 cow | 18.00 |
| 1 walnut breakfast table | 1.00 |
1 mare | 40.00 |
| 1 mahogany sideboard | 10.00 |
1 saddle & bridle | 3.00 |
| 1 round tea table | 1.00 |
1 horse cart & gear | 8.00 |
| 1 large looking glass | 10.00 |
lot of manure | 4.00 |
| 8 pictures | 3.00 |
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| 3 small pictures | 0.25 |
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| 1 lot of queensware (20 pieces) | 2.00 |
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Additional Information:
Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens