III-A-4. Account of Items Used before the Division of the Estate, 1759
Document III-A-4
Account of Items Used before the Division of the Estate
[1759]
An Account of Sundries used before the Estate was Divided
| No. | £ s. d. | |
| 19. | 478 lb. Lead | 3.19. |
| 24. | 3 hides 5 old Hhds [4] brass Sieves & Iron [do] | 1.10. |
| 38. | An assortment of Medicines &ca | 8. . |
| 60. | 12 pr Mens Shoes and Slippers | 5. . |
| 61. | 30 Men’s Hatts | 3.16. |
| 76. | 9 Hatts and 8 Dutch blanketts | 4. 3. |
| 77. | 13 Sides of Leath[er] | 2. 5. |
| 78. | 36 yds Virga Clo[th] | 1.16. |
| 79. | 75 lb. Gunpowder & 1 C 3 Q. Shott | 8.18. |
| 80. | 1 piece plains qty abt 75 yds | 10. . |
| 81. | 2 pieces Kersey qty abt 50 Yds | 8. 7.6 |
| 82. | 15½ yds duffle & 7½ yds Kersey | 4.19.6 |
| 83. | 510 yds Cotton at 2/ | 51. . |
| 84. | 3 pieces dutch Blanketting | 18. . |
| 85. | 39 pieces of Rolls | 52.10. |
| 86. | 9 pieces qty abt 900 ells bro: Linn | 52.10. |
| 87. | 177 pr plaid hose and 1 pr Shoes | 11. 4.3 |
| 92. | 202 Sides & 46 Skins of uppr Leathr | 49. 4. |
| 93. | a parcel of Salt | 10. . |
| 104. | 50¾ bro: & col[ore]d thrd & 1 lb. whtd bro: do | 7. . |
| 109. | a parcel of Shoe thread | 1. . |
| 112. | 350 Ells brown Linnen | 21.17.6 |
| 113. | 1 ps. of Rolls, and sevl ps. of Wrapp⟨ers⟩ | 3. . |
| 115. | 39 pr of Negro’s Shoes | 6.16.6 |
| 118. | 140 lb. Washed Wool | 5.1 |
| 132. | 49 yds white Flannel | 4. 1.8 |
| 137. | 1 pr Negroes Shoes | . 3. |
| 144. | 2 Cow Hides | . 2.6 |
| 192. | a parl of old Drugs & some old odd Trifles | 2. . |
| 196. | 1 Cistern to Cool Meat, & 1 Jarr | .10. |
| 213. | a Sml qty of large Salt | . 8. |
| 223. | 2 Dog Collars & Coopers Compass | . 3. |
| 274. | 7 Bushels of Salt @ 2/6 | .17.6 |
| 280. | 500 Gallns Cyder @ [3d.] | 6.[5.] |
| 13.&ca | Corn | 174. 7.6 |
| £540.14.5 |
D, ViLxW: Washington’s Account Book. The numbers of the entries in this account are the numbers assigned to the same entries in doc. III-A–1, the Combined County Inventory. In the table (doc. III-A–5) showing the disposition of the goods in the inventories, the appraised value of the thirty-five entries in this account appears in the column headed “Estate.” Each of the three heirs was recorded as having received as a part of his or her inheritance one-third of the total appraised value (£540.14.5) of the items listed here. The material in square brackets is taken from doc. III-A–1.
1. The appraised value is £7 in doc. III-A–1.