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🔎 MOOC8 Inventory for William Campbell, Singapore, Singapore, Ardmore, Isla, Britain, Ardmore, Table Bay, Singapore, Cape Town
MOOC Reference: MOOC8/42.2
MOOC8/42.2
{18270222} 22 February 1827 William Campbell
Inventory of all such property found on board theanchored in this Table
Bay , belonging to the estate of the late William Campbell of Singapore , assistant to the Resident in the
Police Department who departed this life on the twenty first day of the month
of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
seven.
The deceased having by his last will and testament executed at Singapore , dated on the 20th day of November
1826 appointed as his sole heiress his mother Helen Campbell of Ardmore in the island of Isla , north Britain and in the event of her demise, his sister
Jean Campbell also of Ardmore aforesaid and
has appointed the aforesaid heirs together with John Argyle Maxwell his
executors to his will and testament. The executors however being abroad and the
deceased not having made any disposition with respect to the property left by
him in this Colony, the Board of Orphan Masters have ex officio taken those
effects under their administration for account and on behalf of his heirs and
been inventoried by the undersigned special Commissioners of the Board
aforesaid, was found to consist in the following viz:t
Thus inventoried in Table Bay at the Cape
of Good Hope on board the aforesaid ship on the twenty second day of the month
of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven
according to a statement made by the first officer James Field who declared to
have acted herein bonafide and that to the best of his knowledge he has not
withheld or secreted any thing that belonged to the aforesaid estate; and the
said appearer further declared that he is and will be at all times be ready and
willing to confirm his statement by solemn oath if required, promising at the
same time that if after the date of these presents any property of the estate
might be discovered, shall and will faithfully communicate it to the Orphan
Chamber in order to amplify this inventory with the property so discovered.
In witness whereof we the Commissioners together with the appearer and the
Secretary have subscribed to these presents.
As Commissioner: J: Kuijs
James Field, Chief Officer
In my presence: J:J:L: Smuts
Received from the Sec:ty to the Orphan Chamber a small box, said to
contain the kilt and papers belonging to the late Mr Campbell of Singapore who died on board theon the 25th Febr: last
Sam:l Owen
Cape Town , 3 March 1827
In the cabin of the deceased
| a cot with mattrass and 3 pillows |
| a writing desk |
| a box with a p:r of pistols |
| a small trunk with several books |
| a basket with dirty clothes consisting in |
| twenty five p:rs socks |
| seven shirts |
| one cap |
| one jacket |
| eight towels |
| one p:r socks |
| four silk handkerchiefs |
| one white handkerchief |
| a flannel nightgown |
| a flannel jacket |
| two p:r drawers |
| two p:r drawers, linen |
| a p:r trowsers |
| a night gown |
| a couch cover |
| a counterpane |
| a tin box containing dirty clothes consisting in |
| three sheets |
| ten p:r trowsers |
| four waistcoats |
| twenty six shirts |
| six jackets /:linen:/ |
| seven p:rs drawers |
| three flannel jackets |
| one flannel drawer |
| seventeen towels |
| nine handkerchiefs |
| a China box containing |
| two hair brushes |
| one cap |
| a shaving box |
| a clothes brush |
| a thermometer |
| two small tin boxes |
| a powder horn |
| a tooth brush |
| two bottles soda powder |
| a pair of scissors |
| a pen knife |
| a liquor case containing |
| three bottles |
| two arm chairs |
| three p:rs Nankeen boots |
| a large trunck containing |
| a boat cloak |
| a blanket |
| a frock coat |
| a coat |
| two books of newspapers |
| nine towels |
| four sheets |
| one table cloth |
| three shirts |
| eleven jackets |
| four p:rs trowsers |
| three waistcoats |
| three p:r stockings |
| one pillow case |
| one mat belonging to the ship |
| two silver spoons |
| a trunck n:o 2 containing |
| eight p:rs white gloves |
| eighteen jackets |
| fifteen waistcoats |
| one dressing gown |
| two sheets |
| one tablecloth |
| four p:r sleeping trowsers |
| sixteen towels |
| six p:r silk stockings |
| thirteen p:r cotton gloves |
| thirty five pr:s trowsers |
| five silk handkerchiefs |
| sixteen white neck handkerchiefs |
| elven p:rs socks |
| ten towels |
| a p:r flannel drawers |
| two bottles lavender water |
| twenty seven shirts |
| one mat |
| a couch with drawers with matrass and cover containing |
| three p:rs shoes |
| two p:rs slippers |
| two p:rs boots |
| three shoe brushes |
| a pair of boot hooks |
| in the drawer n:o 2 |
| one table cloth |
| two white jackets |
| two p:rs gloves |
| two silk stocks |
| two black silk handkerchiefs |
| a black silk ribbon |
| a p:r silk socks |
| three waistcoats |
| a p:r trowsers |
| two jackets |
| three p:r socks |
| two towels |
| a p:r braces |
| two neckhandkerchiefs |
| one silk neckhandkerchief |
| in the drawer n:o 3 |
| a dressing gown |
| two flannel jackets |
| two p:rs drawers |
| a piece new flannel |
| in the drawer n:o 4 |
| a p:r cloth trowsers |
| three p:rs blue linen trowsers |
| one p:r drawers |
| one dressing gown |
| two p:r sleeping trowsers |
| one blanket |
| in the drawer n:o 5 |
| a sword |
| a Malay crisse |
| a Malay crisse |
| a spy glass |
| eighteen books |
| three books newspapers |
| two brushes |
| a paper box with three small bottles |
| a tin box with sugar candy |
| a bottle of wine |
| a flask with sago |
| a jar with jelly |
| in the drawer n:o 6 |
| a mat |
| a white sheet |
| a box containing |
| eleven bottles liquor |
| a table |
| a washand stand |
| two cakes soap |
| two razors |
| a shaving box |
| a cork screw |
| a cup and saucer |
| an earthen soap box |
| a earthen soap box |
| a bason and jug |
| a tumbler |
| a looking glass |
| a China spittoon |
| a candle stick |
| a water jug |
| a small carpet |
| a small carpet |
| a China box /:small:/ containing |
| a silver hunting watch with seal and key which the captain requested to be kept for his family |
| three seals |
| a large crystal stone |
| a set of whist markers |
| a paper knife |
| a pen knife |
| a pencil |
| two hundred and eight Spanish dollars |
| one 1/2 Spanish dollar |
| two sixpences |
| a silver tongue scraper |