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Appendix B. Account of Sale in Williamsburg for the Estate, 25 October 1759

Appendix B

Account of Sale in Williamsburg for the Estate

[25 October 1759]

An Account of the Sail of the Estate of Colo. Custis Decst in WmsBurg October 25 1759

£  s. d.
104.1 2 Pewter Dishes and 6 Plates To Cash paid 1. 2. 6
105. 4 Pewter Dishes To George Chaplain .12. 6
106. 9 High Leathe Chears To Thos Wilkins 2. 5. 6
107. 1 Tin Basket & other Lumber To John Greenhow .11.  
108. 1 Jarr one pr Scales & weights To Wm Graves .15. 6
109. 1 Ladle 2 Candle Sticks & snuffers To John Bartley .10.  
110. 1 Brass Gun & Close Stool Chear To John Greenhow .14. 6
111. 15 Pains Large Glass To John Greenhow 1.11.  
112. 1 Warming pan To Thos Craig . 8. 3
113. 1 Case & Bottles & mose Trap To John Greenhow . 8.  
114. A parcel of shot and Gun Flints To Wm Graves . 5. 3
115. 1 Table and Dressing Glass To Thos Craig .19.  
116. 3 Picturs To John Greenhow .14.  
117. 12 Picturs To Mr Frank 1.  . 6
118. 5 Picturs To John Greenhow .10. 6
119. 12 Small picturs To Mr Frank 1.  .  
120. A parcel of oald Iron To Wm Graves . 7.  
A pair of oad Dogs & Tongs & shovel & funnel To George Chaplain . 7. 6
122. 1 Spise Morter and pessel To Colo. Barnard Moore . 7.  
123. 7 Picturs To Thos Craig 1. 1.  
124. 15 Picturs & a Bull Dogg To John Greenhow 1.11.  
125. 3 Picturs To Mr Frank . 7. 9
[126.] 2 Bell mettle skillets 4 wheat stones 2 sullinges To John Greenhow 2.  .  
127. 1 Chocolate pot To Mary Rise . 7. 8
128. 1 Chocolate pot To Wm Graves . 7. 3
129. 1 Jarr To John Buston . 8. 6
130. 1 Small Jarr To Mary Rise . 3.  
131. 1 oald Safe To George Chaplain . 9.  
132. 1 oald Chest Cash paid . 5.  
133. 1 oald Beadstead To John Grainger .15.  
134. 1 Large Looking Glass To Thos Craig 4.10.  
135. 1 oald Desk To Mr Frank 1. 8.  
136. 1 Small Glass picture Cash paid . 5.  
137. 1 Large Looking Glass To Mr Frank 1. 4. 6
138. 1 Book Case & Draws To Patr. Connelly 3.13.  
139. 8 Low Leather Chears To Jos. Vallentine 1. 6.  
140. 6 Glass Decanters To Cash paid .11.  
141. 1 Small Dressing Glass To John Grainger . 7. 9
142. 1 Small Table To Patr. Connelly .11. 6
 
143. 1 Leather Couch To Mr Frank . 7.  
144. A parcel of old Broken picturs To Mr Frank . 3. 6
145. 7 picturs To John Greenhow .12.  
146. 18 Small picturs To Mr Frank 2.13.  
147. 5 Woodin Immageis To John Greenhow .15.  
148. A parcel of Brimstone Cash paid . 1.10
149. 1 Large ovel Table To Pattrick Connelly 1.15.  
150. 1 Large Press To John Greenhow 2.12.  
151. A Teaster of a Bead To Mr Frank . 5.  
152. A pair old Garden Siers & Iron Fender To Mr Frank . 5.  
153. 1 Cain Trussel To Ema[n]uel Taylor 1. 4.  
154. A pair of oald seals and weights Cash paid . 2.  
155. 2 Oald Earthen pots To James Yeats . 1. 6
156. A parcel of oald Gally pots & Lumber To Thos Cobbs . 8. 2
157. 2 pewter Dishes To Wm Richardson .10. 2
158. 1 oald pewter Bason 6 plates To Eadward Cummins . 4. 6
159. 1 oald Iron pot and hooks Cash paid . 5.  
160. 4 parcel of small picturs To Thos Craig . 6. 6
161. 1 oald Table Cash paid . 1. 3
162. A parcel of read Lead To Wm Smith . 4. 1
163. 1 Iron pot To John Ormiston . 5. 9
164. 1 oald Beadstead To Mr Frank . 3.  
165. 1 oald Iron pot & Duch oven & pan To George Chaplain .13. 6
166. 1 Wrighting Table To Wm Holt .16. 9
167. 8 Large oald picturs To Mr Frank . 5.  
168. 3 picturs Cash paid . 5. 2
169. 2 maps Cash paid . 9. 1
170. 9 Picturs Cash paid . 3. 4
171. 6 Picturs To Thos Craig . 7. 7
172. 1 Large Picture To Mr Frank . 3. 1
173. 9 picturs To John Ormiston .11. 4
174. 3 maps To Jos. Vallentine . 6.10
175. 3 picturs Cash paid . 3. 3
176. 1 picture of an horse To Thos Craig .10. 3
177. 3 picturs To Mr Frank . 4.  
178. 1 Dish and 6 plates To John Ormiston .17. 6
179. 5 Picturs To John Grainger . 4. 6
180. 5 Picturs Cash paid . 5.  
181. 1 pair oald Doggs To Thos pait . 8. 1
182. 1 Stone Judge To Wm Smith . 3. 1
183. 1 Trunk & spit Cash paid . 6. 6
184. 1 Chest & Bottles To Wm Smith . 4. 1
185. 1 Chest & Bottles To Wm Smith . 4. 6
186. 1 Oald Table To Thos Wilkins . 6.  
187. 1 Chest Cash paid . 4.  
188. 1 Chest Cash paid . 1. 3
189. 210 ⟨illegible⟩ pounds oald Iron To Thos Pate .17. 6
58. 7. 7

D, ViHi: Custis Papers. The account is in the hand and orthography of the estate manager Joseph Valentine. On a separate, or cover page, GW wrote “Sale of the Estates Goods in Williamsburg pr Jos. Valentine.” Williamsburg merchants and storekeepers are listed as buying most of the items, with few lots going for more than £1.

1. John Mercer inserted the numbers for each entry (104 to 189) on Valentine’s sale list. He then supplied the numbers from this sale account when he listed these items in his consolidated estate inventory (Appendix E). See note 4, Appendix E, for reference to the probability of other sale lists now missing. Valentine’s descriptions of items in an entry are often much fuller than Mercer’s.

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    Appendix B. Account of Sale in Williamsburg for the Estate, 25 October 1759
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    Mercer, John
    Valentine, Joseph
    Date
    25 October 1759

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    “Appendix B. Account of Sale in Williamsburg for the Estate, 25 October 1759,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-06-02-0164-0024. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 6, 4 September 1758 – 26 December 1760, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988, pp. 280–282.]