William Dawes and His Ride with Paul Revere; An Essay Read Before the New England Historical Genealogical Society on June 7, A. D. 1876 to Which Is AP
Henry Ware Holland
Paperback
(RareBooksClub.com, July 4, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ...feather bed, bolster, 2 pillows, one rugg, 2 blank", £ s. d. two pr of sheets, 2 pr of pillowbeers, curtains, vallains, & bedstead well worne ) 6 One 41 Here and in some other places the sac-simile of the signature is inserted with a document from which it was not copied. One small flock bed, 2 pillows, 2 pr sheets, one bolster, one pr) IO pillowbers, one rugg, 2 blanketts Brass: two kettles, 3 skillets, old 25 Iron: two potts, 2 pr pothooks, 1 pr andirons, 1 pr doggs, 2 tram1', ) tongues, & fire shovel, 1 chafing dish, 1 fork, 1 jack, I spit, F 2 one Fender ) Pewter: 58 lbs., 58.; earthenware, is 219 2 tubs, 3 joynt Stools 12 8 chairs, Ss.; two cupboards, 20s 18 1 chest of drawers, 1 wen scoat chest 12 1 warming pan, 1 frying pan 5 One looking glass and brass candlestick and callender... 6 One gun, baggonet, & carduce box, 20s 1 1 iron morter, is. 6d.; books, 20s 116 1 table cloth, five napkins, 2 cupboard cloths 1 Apparrel, linning & wooling & leather 3 10 Tools, toys.; one cow, 3 lbs 310 Lumber, $s.; houseing and lands, 60 60 5 90 3 6 Due from ye estate, abt 30. Due to ye estate, £9 ijs. John Marion, John Nicholls. Suffolk ss. Mary Dawes execs. presented the above written, & made oath that it contains a just and true inventory of the estate of her husband, Ambrose Dawes, late of Boston dec'ed, so far as hath come to her knowledge, & that if more hereafter appears she will cause it to be added. Boston, Feby 27, 1705, Jurat Cot. J. S. Addington, J. Probate. Examind pr P. Dudley, Regr. This inventory, with another at his wife Mary's death a year later, and the inventory of his brother Jonathan's effects fifteen years before, give an interesting picture of the usual household goods of the well-to-do New...