New Castle County
Borough of Wilmington
Probate Inventory
Name: William Black
Date of Inventory: October 25, 1804
Appraisors: Peter Brynberg & James Wilson
| Item | Value in Dollars | Item | Value in Dollars |
| 1 printers press | 60.00 | Kitchen | |
| 1 [imposing] frame, saw & furniture | 8.75 | sundries in closet | 4.00 |
| 3 1/2 frames | 14.00 | 18 knives, forks & steel | 6.50 |
| 18 pair cases | 45.00 | sundries in dresser | 3.50 |
| 1 royal chase | 5.00 | 1 poplar table | 0.40 |
| 1 pair medium chase | 6.00 | 1 pine table | 0.80 |
| 3 small chase | 6.00 | 4 tubs | 1.50 |
| 1 rack | 3.50 | 1 bucket | 0.40 |
| 6 composing sticks | 5.00 | 1 clothes basket | 0.25 |
| 8 gallies | 4.00 | 1 griddle | 1.00 |
| 1 small font - 8 line Pica | 10.00 | 1 dutch oven | 0.50 |
| 24 lb. French common | 4.80 | 3 iron pots & hooks | 1.50 |
| 64 lb 8 oz Double Pica | 16.12 | 1 skillet & tea kettle | 0.80 |
| 95 lb English | 9.50 | old frying pan & strainer | 0.25 |
| 130 lb Pica | 32.50 | andirons, tongs & hangers | 0.75 |
| 187 lb small Pica | 37.40 | old shade | 0.50 |
| 252 lb long primer | 100.80 | 1 pair small steel yards | 0.50 |
| 86 lb old bone primer | 8.60 | 3 brushes | 0.40 |
| 48 lb Breivier | 28.80 | 3 chairs | 1.50 |
| blank letter 12 lb 6 oz 2 line gicotprimer 9 lb 3 oz great 5 lb 10 oz English 7 lb 1 oz Brieveir |
34.25 | 3 rush bottom chairs | 0.40 |
| brass rules | 6.00 | ||
| 7 candle sticks & 6 snuffers | 0.75 | 12 1/2 ream medium printing paper case | 28.12 |
| lie trough & bucket | 2.00 | 1 ream no. 2 paper | 2.75 |
| 6 boards | 1.50 | 1 ream [4/6' proj. retree] | 1.33 |
| 5 [frohes] | 0.30 | 75 [Moral Shields] in boards | 6.00 |
| 1 tub | 0.25 | 16 [Gaudento] deLucca | 2.75 |
| cards & old ball stocks | 0.50 | 14 Ladies [mirto] | 3.50 |
| 2 lb printing ink | 0.80 | 23 Self Knowledge | 5.75 |
| 1 ten plate stove & pipe | 18.00 | 12 Cavern of Death | 2.40 |
| 1 old table | 0.25 | 7 [Conhast] | 1.40 |
| 2nd story front | 4 hymn books | 1.00 | |
| 1 high case of drawers | 6.00 | 39 Willison on Sacrements | 9.75 |
| 1 card table | 5.00 | 16 octavio volumes different kinds | 12.00 |
| 1 small looking glass | 0.80 | 60 [ ] different kinds | 18.00 |
| 1 bed, bedstead & bedding (blue) | 25.00 | 58 Jesse's [ ] | 11.40 |
| 1 bed, bedstead & bedding (Maria's) | 20.00 | 46 shilling books different kinds | 4.00 |
| 1 pair blankets | 2.50 | 25 chapel books | 1.75 |
| 7 winsor chairs | 3.50 | 48 fine books | 7.00 |
| 1 pair andirons | 1.00 | 22 fine [ ] | 7.00 |
| sundry clothes in drawers | 4.00 | 9 fine Recreation | 0.54 |
| Back room 2nd story | 3 1/2 doz primers | 1.02 | |
| 1 bedstead, bed curtains & bedding | 25.00 | 2 Boudet's Tables & 1 Adgates Music | 1.95 |
| 1 walnut table | 2.50 | 2 English readers | 1.00 |
| 1 old chest | 0.30 | 5 [ ] readers | 1.50 |
| 1 old table | 0.25 | sundry papers, pamphlets, bank checks &c | 5.00 |
| 1 warming pan | 1.00 | 12 [quires] strong wrapping paper | 1.00 |
| Kitchen garret | waste paper | 0.50 | |
| 1 bag feathers | 6.00 | shelves in front shop | 1.00 |
| 1 cot bedstead | 1.00 | foot cloth in entry & front room | 0.30 |
| 1 child's waggon | 0.25 | sand box & ink stand | 0.25 |
| small parcel & thread | 0.40 | 4 small drawers , 24 quires blank books - full bound | 7.20 |
| 2 children's chairs | 1.50 | 119 quires blank books - half bound | 23.80 |
| Kitchen chamber | 1 doz English readers | 6.00 | |
| 1 bedstead & bedding | 15.00 | 1 doz Tutor's Assistants | 3.00 |
| 1 old bedstead & bedding & 1 old coverlid | 8.00 | 4 doz Introduction to English reader | 14.00 |
| 1 looking glass | 0.50 | 1 lot children's books | 4.20 |
| 4 chairs | 2.00 | 76 ream quatro frost paper | 53.20 |
| Back parlor | 50 ream medium printing paper | 100.00 | |
| 1 carpet | 8.00 | 70 ream [cap] writing paper | 57.00 |
| 1 dining table | 4.00 | 9 ream [cap] writing paper | 22.50 |
| 1 mahagony card table | 6.00 | ||
| 1 walnut card table | 2.00 | ||
| 10 yellow winsor chairs | 10.00 | ||
| 1 pair brass andirons | 4.50 | ||
| shovel, tongs | 2.00 | ||
| 1 looking glass | 2.00 |
Entry compiled & edited by Richard E. Stevens