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MOOC8 Estate Inventory

MOOC8/43.10 — CLAAS, FLORA

18270420

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Inventory details

MOOC reference
MOOC8/43.10
Date
18270420
Names
Claas, Flora

Transcription

MOOC8/43.10 {18270420} 20 April 1827 William Henry Baulcomb Inventory all such property as have been relinquished by the death ab intestato of William Henry Baulcomb on the fifteenth day of the month of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven for the benefit of his unknown foreign heirs. The aforesaid property having been taken under the administration of the Board of Orphan Masters of this Colony in behalf of the aforesaid unknown foreign heirs and been inventoried by the undersigned special Commissioners of the Board aforesaid was found to consist in the following articles, viz:t In the house belonging to Government situated at the upper end of the Government Garden Thus inventoried at the Cape of Good Hope in the house aforesaid on the twentieth day of the month of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven according to a statement made by the said George Manalaus Paine who declared to have acted herein bonafide and that to the best of his knowledge he has not withheld or secreted anything that belonged to the aforesaid estate, and the said appearer further declared that he is and will 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 this 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 I the Commissioner together with the appearer and the Chief Clerk of the Orphan Chamber have subscribed to these presents As Commissioner: D: Kuys G:M: Paine In my presence: J: Serrurier List of clothes received from the washerwoman Flora

In the front room

four chairs
a canopy
a writing desk and stool
a table
a wardrobe containing
a shooting jacket
a frock coat
eight waist coats
a p:r trowsers
a pillow case
a cap
six pr:s socks and stockings
a pad
a book
memorandum: the Government slave Claas formerly in the service of the deceased states that there are some linen with the washerwoman Flora a list of which will be subjoined hereafter
two flower pots
a shoe horse
a small rack

In a room behind

a table
a common table
a close stool
a large basket containing
one nightgown
two shawls
two towels
two shirts
four sheets
two counterpanes
one blanket

In the pantry

a table
a chest
a coffy mill
a water tub
three sauce pans
two dishes
one plate
a bason
a cup and saucer
a jar
four empty bottles

In the kitchen

a kettle
a tripod
a frying pan
a pair bellows
a smoothing iron
a pepper box
a p:r sugar nippers
a sauce pan
a spade

Up stairs

an old bedstead and horsehair mattress
a gun /double barrel defective/
a bird cage
a bedet
some lumber
Memorandum: according to m:r George Manalaus Paine’s statement Mr Francis Collison has in his hands belonging to the estate a sum of between r:d:s2300 and 2400
Mr Twentyman one gold and one silver watch
three towels
four shirts
four waistcoats
three towels
three handkerchiefs
four p:rs stockings

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