New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory
Name: Henrietta Jane Bedford
Date of Inventory: August 22, 1871
Appraisors: [] Stidham & William McCaulley
| Item | Value in Dollars | Item | Value in Dollars |
| 2 shares of stock in National Bank of Delaware & Wilmington | 900.00 | In the rooms in 2nd story beginning in the front room | |
| 54 shares of stock in Union National Bank in Wilmington | 1620.00 | carpet on the two rooms & entry | 15.00 |
| 28 shares of stock in National Bank of Wilmington & Brandywine | 1680.00 | bedstead & bed used by Miss Bedford | 2.50 |
| 22 shares of stock in Girard Life & Trust Co. (of Philadelphia) | 550.00 | 1 bureau in front room | 5.00 |
| 20 shares of stock in Wilmington & Great Valley Turnpike Company | 120.00 | 2 mirrors in front room | 2.00 |
| 9 shares of stock in Delaware Fire Insurance Company | 135.00 | 1 old night chair (belonged to her grandfather) | 1.00 |
| 2 shares of stock in Alleghany County bonds of Pennsylvania of $1000 @ 5% interest | 1400.00 | 2 mahagony stands & 1 round table | 2.50 |
| 2 Central Pacific Railroad Bonds of $1000 @ 6% interest | 2000.00 | 1 lowbacked night chair | 1.50 |
| $2300 scrip @6% of the City of Wilmington | 2300.00 | 1 stove & pipe | 1.50 |
| $4000 scrip @6% of Newcastle County | 4000.00 | 1 secretary & bookcase | 10.00 |
| $500 loan to Poor House - Newcastle County | 500.00 | 1 long box & 2 front curtains | 0.25 |
| In the parlor on 1st floor | 1 round back windsor chair | 0.50 | |
| 1 mahagony table & cover | 3.00 | wash stand, basin, ewer & bucket | 0.75 |
| 1 mirror & 2 blinds | 4.00 | 1 clock in back room | 1.00 |
| 2 rocking chairs & 1 sofa | 17.50 | 1 wardrobe or clothes press in back room | 5.00 |
| 4 ancient chairs with velvet seats | 16.00 | 1 mirror & frame in back room | 4.00 |
| 1 ancient chair with velvet seat | 5.00 | 1 bedstead in back room | 4.00 |
| 1 easy chair with red lining | 2.00 | 1 featherbed in back room | 10.00 |
| 1 parlor stove & pipe | 6.00 | 1 mattress in back room | 10.00 |
| 1 portrait of Washington | 5.00 | 2 curtains & 4 legged frame in back room | 0.50 |
| 1 portrait of Judge Bedford (her father) | 5.00 | In Garrett | |
| 1 portrait Gunning Bedford (her grandfather) | 2.00 | desk, old trunks, carpet & sundries | 10.00 |
| 1 mirror | 3.00 | In Kitchen & Cellar | |
| 3 windsor chairs | 1.00 | coal, wood, benches & sundries | 7.00 |
| 1 foot stool & 1 cane seat stool | 1.00 | bench table, clock &c | 1.00 |
| old mahagony table & box | 2.00 | Contents of box in National Bank of Delaware (specifically bequethed) | |
| piano & cover | 150.00 | cash deposited in National Bank of Delaware | 31.54 |
| carpet on parlors | 20.00 | 1 pair pocket pistols given by Washington to her father | 5.00 |
| featherbed, bolster & pillows | 30.00 | 1 silver waiter engraved G.J.B. - 33 oz | 39.60 |
| 1 hair mattress | 10.00 | 1 silver [person] tankard - 39 oz | 47.40 |
| 1 quilt or comfortable | 1.00 | 1 silver punch strainer | 1.00 |
| In entry in 1st floor | 1 large silver spoon [Franklins][pass spoon] | 11.00 | |
| 1 mahagony table & cover | 5.00 | 3 salt spoons - silver | 4.00 |
| 3 windsor chairs | 1.00 | 11 tea spoons - silver | 11.00 |
| oilcloth on entry &c | 3.00 | 6 silver tablespoons | 15.00 |
| On porch | 6 silver sugar tongs | 3.00 | |
| old settee, old carpet & 2 mats | 1.50 | 1 silver quart tankard - 38 oz | 40.02 |
| silver pint tankard (GBH) | 21.54 | ||
| 1 teapot | 25.35 | ||
| 1 teapot cream jug | 8.70 |
Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens