Inventory of Daniel W. A. Shafer

Franklin County
April Term A.D. 1854
Pages 394-399

Here follows an inventory and appraisement of the estate, goods, chattels, rights, credits, moneys, and effects which were of Daniel W. A. Shafer, late of said County deceased made by Andrew Shirk & Thomas Williams householders of the neighborhood selected for the purpose to wit.

10 yards madow print @ 10¢ 1.00
18½ yds do @ 12½per 3.29
25 yds Lomille @ 10¢ per 2.50
16¼ yeds Lomille @ 12½¢ per 2.09
31½ domestic gingham 15 per 4.72
amount forward 13.60
9 yds at 10¢ per (calico) .90
10 yds @ 12 per 1.20
34 yds @ 10 per 3.40
2 yds @ 10 per .20
17 3/4 yds at 10 per 1.77
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5½ yds @ 10 .55
4 yds @ 9 .36
10 3/4 yds at 8 .86
13 yds @ 10 1.30
6 3/4 yds @ 10 .67
2¼ yds @ 8 .18
18¼ yds at 10 1.82
12 yds @ 9 1.08
23 yds @ 10 2.30
7 yds @ 10 .70
21 yds @ 8 1.68
11 yds @ 4 .44
9½ yds @ 10 .95
23½ yds @ 10 2.25
34 yds @ 10 per 3.40
14 yds @ 8 1.12
18½ yds do @ 10 1.85
11¼ yds @ 10 1.12
9 yds@ 8 .72
4 yds @ 9 .36
21 yds @ 9 1.89
27¼ yds @ 8 2.18
22 yds @ 9 1.98
37 yds @ 9 3.33
16 3/4 yds @ 20 3.35
21¼ yds Lawn 2.97
7 yds Lawn @ 15 1.05
25 yds @ 12 3.00
3½ yds @ 13 .45
25 yds @ 12 3.00
20 yds @ 18 3.60
17 3/4 yds @ 15 2.66
7 yds @ 16 1.12
17½ yds @ 16 2.80
36 yds (Gingham) @ 12½ 4.50
11¼ yds @ 12 1.35
19 yds @ 18 3.82
9¼ yds @15 1.38
36½ yds @ 10 3.65
4½ yds @12 .54
29 yds @ 15 4.35
10 yds @ 12½ 1.25
10½ yds @ 16 1.64
11 yds @ 14 1.56
13½ yds @ 13 .45
25½ yds (Lawn) @16 4.08
8 yds @ 14 1.12
13 yds Colanade @ 10 1.30
3½ yds Lustor @ 14 .49
20 yds black swag @ 25 5.00
6½ yds woolen goods @ 37½ 2.42
4 yds red flannel @ 28 1.12
6¼ yds casinet @80 5.40
16 3/4 yds casinet @62½ 10.46
6 yds Casmere @ 1.15 6.90
3 yds Casmer @$1 3.00
2½ yds @ 62½ 1.40
1 3/4 yds $2.25 cloth 3.93
2 yds @ 2.75 5.50
1 yds @ 2.75 2.75
1¼ yds @ 25¢ Towel? .31
3 cotton towels .16
26 yds Cotton 10 per 2.60
5 yds drilling 10 per .50
4½ ticking @ 16 .72
17 yards black musling @9 1.53
7½ summer cloth @ 54 3.90
18 yds blue drilling @ 10½ 1.89
4 3/4 canvass @ 18 .70
20 bleached @ 10 2.00
11 3/4 bleached musling @11¢ 1.29
9½ @ 10 .95
4½ white flannel 20 .90
32 yards padding @ 20 6.40
10¼ yds Irish linen @ 59 6.19
23 3/4 green luster @ 49 11.63
1 yd bonnet lining .15
21 3/4 glazed muslin @ 8 1.74
20 sheets wadding @ 3 .60
7 pair socks @ 33 2.21
2 belts .20
1 pr sheep shears .50
1 lot slate pencils .05
4 shaving boxes 2 brushes .50
4 razors in boxes 1.00
11½ pounds of white skin ? .31
3 doz comps .12
13 cotton balls .05
amount forward 212.73
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5 papers of stove blacking .15
2 boxes of caps @ 4¢ .48
1 box steel pins .30
12 papers polishing powders .50
15 ink bottles .30
7 boxes of wafers .14
1 lot horn buttons .50
1 lot buttons .25
vest buckels .10
1 lot carved buttons .75
9 sand papers .30
2 ink stands .38
1 bottle french oil blacking .25
1 lot flax thread .40
2 boxes cotton cord .40
1 lot yellow thread .12
1 lot mettle buttons .12
2 soz spools white thread .90
1 lot skein silk .40
1 lot black & patent thread .15
4 doz spools thread .25
1 lot skein silk 3.00
3 books .64
3 cotton handkerchiefs .12
3 pocket books .18
1 lot of whale bone .05
2½ yds black crape 30¢ .75
1 box artificial flowers .80
1 box artificial flowers 2.30
4 hair combs .60
1 lot side combs .05
11 quires writing paper 14 per 1.54
1 box edging 2.00
1 bolt ribbon 2.00
1 box lace 8.25
2 shaving glasses .18
4 tooth brushes .34
½ gross overcoat buttons .75
1 box ribon 3.72
1 box ribon 5.50
2 boxes cotton cord .25
3 silk cravats 2.25
1 silk cravat .50
1 silk cravat 1.00
4 paper pins .25
6¼ bonnet silk 30 per 1.93
1 oz? mann? .08
1 box of all sorts .37
8 doz covered buttons 1.76
1 box cotton cord .10
4 pair suspenders 1.00
4 pair suspenders .80
1 bunch patent thread .50
½ doz childs cotton hose .50
5 pair cotton hose .50
5 pair cotton hose .62
2 pair cotton hose .30
4 pair cotton hose 17 per .68
4 pair white silk gloves .84
5 pair silk mil 20¢ 1.00
5 pair cotton gloves 6¼ .31
1 pair half hose .10
2 pair cotton gloves .20
7 pair half hose 8 pr .56
9 pair small stockings 1.00
3 pair buck gloves 1.68
1 lot of shoes fine 8.46
pair buck mits 2.10
1 lot needles .409
10 thimbles .25
2 bottles Colgne .16
1 lot knitting needles .25
1 lot all sorts 1.00
1 pair scissors & shoe brush .50
1 carpet sack 1.25
2 tin candle sticks .25
1 lot of pint root .50
3 door locks 2.25
4 brass candle sticks 1.00
8 bottles essence lemon .25
10 vials of British oil .30
10 bottles oil of Spike .30
10 bottles paregoric .30
7 bottles vennifuge .87
1 doz Bateman drops .37
9 bottles Venifuge 1.08
14 vials Cinnamon .87
3 vials Laudanum .05
1 bottle never bone linement .16
6 door latches .75
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4 pair shoe makers pincers 1.00
3 pair snuffers .27
3½ doz iron tea spoons .10
2 doz stand drawer ware .28
5 set Brittania table spoons 1.87
2 set tea spoons .34
2 pair sheap shears 1.00
4 set knives & forks 2.00
4 door latches .50
13 cupboard fastenings 1.17
2 padlocks .25
4 door latches .50
4 door latches .60
21 augers make, 87 quarters 6¢ 5.22
2 papers 2 inch brad .27
1 paper 1½ inch brad .18
1 paper 1½ inch brad .07
11 paper shoe nails 1.00
10 paper shoe nails @5 .50
7 paper shoe nails @6 .42
8 paper shoe nails @8 .64
8 paper shoe nails @3 .24
10 paper shoe nails @10 1.00
3 paper shoe nails @4 .12
1 butcher knife 25
3 papers shoe makers tacks .37
1 brass nails .75
1 lot brad awls .50
4 buts 5¢ per .20
2 door latches @ 14 .28
1 doz butts @ 14 pr 1.68
2 pair butts .20
3 pair butt @ 14 .42
5 pair butt @ 3 .15
2 pair butt @ 12½ .25
5 pair butt @ 5 .25
1 box mustard .08
1 lot fish hooks .05
2 sets bureau locks @ 10 pr .20
10 pair bolts @ 2pr .20
1 lot screws .50
7 papers tacks @3 .21
1 lot bonnets 17.50
2 fur hats 4.25
13 caps 25 pr 3.25
1 lot of wire .25
11 comforts 1.32
1 wool cap .12
8 bells 5 pr .40
1 lot shoe laces .40
7 pair slippers @30 2.10
1 lot bobinet 10.37
1 black cloth shawl 3.50
4 yds red cotton velour 2.00
2 yards satin 5.14
1 lot parasols 1.25
1 vest pattern (small) .31
1 lot of fringe 5.20
1 lot of cotton fringe .37
1 lot wall paper .15
1 bucket & pipes .50
1 lot quills .10
1 jug of ink .37
7 brush brooms .60
1 gross matches .25
1 basket .20
1 jug and wrapping paper .30
8 fur, 8 cloth caps 8.00
1 fur cap 1.55
15 lbs powder 25pr 3.75
1 file .15
4 boxes shoe blacking .12
5 bottles castor oil .50
1 lot candle wicking .75
8 bars of lead .40
2 glass cans & candy .80
1 powder can .37
1 jug fish oil .50
20 cuts stocking yarn 1.60
10 paste boards .35
3 palm hats .40
1 box bar soap 1.80
1 bll cider 2.00
2 yds bagging .25
2 tea cans & tea 1.50
2 lbs coffee .25
1 lot tin ware 8.96
1 lot Godfreys Cordial .37
3 wooden buckets .50
7 coffee mills 1.75
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1 spring steel yards .50
1 lot cinnamon & lemon juice .60
3 set florin blu plates 1.95
1 set white plates .43
1 set white plates .43
1 set blue plates .62
3 white dishes .56
4 white dishes 1.00
4 white soap dishes .50
2 set white plates .86
1 set white plates .56
15 butter plates 1.20
1 soup dish .25
1 set sprig plates .37
2 blue stone plates .75
5 blue stone plates 1.50
1 set floren teas .60
1 set floren teas .60
1 set teas .60
3/4 lb liquorice .13
2 large bowls .97
5 flasks .25
13 salts .65
9 pepper boxes .37
1 set tea plates .18
1 preserve dish .30
2 glass tumblers .12
1 door fastening .15
2 gimlets 2 files & screw driver .25
9 cream mugs .72
4 bottles mint .16
1 tea canister & butts .20
3 waiters .50
Logwood .16
5 lbs 6 ozs of shot .34
23¼ lbs cotton yarn 20 pr 4.65
10½ lbs chocolate .85
2 3/4 lbs alum .11
10 lbs pepper 1.25
1 lb of madder .15
11 lbs ginger 1.37
3 lbs 5 oz Indigo 3.72
6¼ lbs brimstone .31
13 lbs salaratus .78
1½ salt petre .18
15 lbs all spice 2.00
24 lbs copperas .72
2 pair custom boots 6.00
2 pair fine boots 5.00
2 pair shoes 3.00
3 molasses cans .50
6 glass cans & contents 2.00
2 set of white teas .75
1 set of blue teas .37
8 saucers .08
1 set small teas (widow reserve) 1.25
7 bowls 1.30
11 bowls 1.24
5 pitchers 1.50
5 white dishes .87
5 blue dishes 1.00
3 yellow dishes .24
1 white wash brush .40
1 bottle pain killer .20
5 bed cords 1.00
1 square .16
2 graters & waiter .25
7 cream mugs 1.05
2 tea pots .40
2 cards .20
4 plates 1 bowl 1cup (taken) .20
1 brush & hatchet .50
6 curry combs .75
4 jars .40
1 counter balance & scoop 3.00
2 sheep skins .75
11 lbs batting @ 15¢ per 1.45
1 lot of shoes 6.00
2 coffee sacks .10
part of bll of salt .65
1 ink stand .10
2 zink wash boards .50
7 axe handles .30
2 pr hames .50
5 hoes 1.25
1 spade .60
2 brooms .10
2 pr trace chains 1.20
1 hog skin .40
carried forward 492.69
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½ box glass 8 x 10 1.75
2 fire shovels & tongs 1.00
show case & its contents 7.25
2 lbs 10 oz .43
1 slate & sand box .18
2 drawing knives 1.00
1 lot potatoes 1.50
2 lbs 11 ozs cotton yarn .53
1 feather sack .37
1 lot of crocks 3.59
1 stool 2.00
1 lot of crocks 8.38
3 cradle scythes 3.00
2 mowing scythes 2.25
5 lbs feathers 1.50
1 lot of rugs 6.00
5 doz. shoe blacking 1.75
2 window sash .25
1 barrel of molasses 13.85
62 lbs 8d brads 2.40
87 lbs 8d brad nails 3.37
31 lbs 6d brad nails 1.28
42 lbs 10d brad nails 1.52
94 lbbs of coffee 11.50
197 lbs of sugar 12.80
18 lbs of tobacco 1.98
1 lead pipe pump 10.00
1 big wheel 1.50
1 vinegar barrel 2.00
1 beam 3.00
35 lbs starch 2.27
lot blls, boxes, kegs and hay rake 5.00
1 lot of corn 9.00
1 rifle gun 11.00
1 bay horse 60.00
1 cow & calf 18.00
1 wash tub (widow reserve) 1.12
1 buggy 80.00
1 set of harness 14.00
1 saddle & 2 bridles 5.00
1 mantle clock 4.00
1 set of chairs 3.00
1 candle stand (widow) 3.75
20 yds carpet 12.40
1 looking glass (widow) 1.00
1 tin bucket .25
1 picture frame (widow) .50
1 silver watch (widow) 4.00
1 lot of books (widow) 5.00
1 lot of books 12.75
1 bureau (widow) 10.00
1 fancy bedstead (widow) 5.00
1 bed & bed clothes (widow) 37.30
1 box empty bottles 1.00
1 breakfast table (widow) 3.50
1 doz. white plates .50
4 white dishes .80
1 lot knives, forks & spoons 1.00
3 bowls & 5 tea spoons .35
1 set of teas .43
2 glass tumbers & tea pot .30
1 lot of cupboard ware .75
1 lot of cupboard ware (widow) 6.45
2 window curtains (widow) .30
1 bed stead bed & bedding (widow) 16.50
1 fine hat 5.00
1 kitchen table & cover 2.50
1 bed stead bed & bedding 15.35
quilt & blanket .75
2 chairs .25
1 wood saw 1.00
1 cooking stove & utensils 12.00
1 axe .25
2 smoothing irons .75
1 lamp tin pan coffee pot .62
1 coffee mill .25
1 cupboard & contents 2.00
1 feed basket .31
1 bll and some flour 1.50
pickles & tub 1.50
2 jugs .50
2 doz crocks .75
2 meaet tubs 2.00
1 wash board (widow) .19
1 cradle (widow) 1.25
1 churn .40
1 side saddle (widow) 14.00
1 flute (widow) 1.00
4 coffee sacks .10
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