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🔎 MOOC8 Inventory for Michiel de Kock, Stellenbosch, Arnoldus, Barend, Willem, Ester, Eva, Mina, Ester, Willem, Ester, Candaza, Piet, Ester, Abraham, Ester, Lena, Eva, Hester, Dina, April of Bengal, Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch
MOOC Reference: MOOC8/47.36
| a mahogany wardrobe, containing the following |
| wearing apparel |
| 37 pillowcases |
| 17 napkins |
| 2 white window curtains |
| 2 table cloths |
| 2 jackets |
| 3 p:r of drawers |
| 4 sheets |
| 2 towels |
| 3 waistcoats |
| 2 flannel waistcoats |
| 4 p:r of trowsers |
| 2 shirts |
| 3 p:r of stockings |
| 2 pocket handkerchiefs |
| a black coat |
| 1 blue surtout |
Gold and silver
| a gold chain |
| 5 seals |
| 4 silver buckles |
| a silver snuff box |
| a silver sigarpipe |
| a silver small hook |
| a silver purse |
| a silver sugarpot /old/ |
| a silver sugarpot /new/ |
| a silver milkpot |
| a silver cooler |
| 11 silver teaspoons |
| 1 silver sugarspoon |
| 5 silver sweetmeat forks |
| one silver soup laddle |
| 8 silver spoons |
| one silver fork |
| one old silver laddle |
| 2 old silver spoons |
| 1 old silver sugarpot |
| 2 old silver teaspoons |
| 1 old silver childs flute |
| 5 old silver small buttons |
Furniture
| a looking glass |
| 10 chairs |
| 4 tables |
| 2 tables with green carpets |
| one round table |
| a teabox |
Glass and earthenware
| 4 glass candlesticks |
| a tumbler |
| 3 gilt wine glasses |
| 3 common glasses |
| 4 decanters |
| 34 plates |
| 13 dishes |
| 15 plain dishes |
| 7 desert dishes |
| 1 soup turine |
| 9 sweetmeat pots |
| 3 earthen pots |
| a white copper coffee pot |
| 2 plated candlesticks |
| a Japanned teaurn |
| a plated stand |
| a liquor box with 2 bottles |
| a wacker |
| 4 cannisters |
| a candle form |
| a knife box |
| 1 half aum |
| a bushel |
| 3 pails |
| a wine barrel |
| a washing tub |
| a jar |
| a butter cask |
| 2 spitting pots |
| lumber |
| a bedstead |
| a bed, mattras, bolster, 5 pillows, and a blanket |
| a double barrel fowling piece - bequeathed to M:J: Kock |
| a shelf |
| a writing desk |
| some books |
| an easy chair |
| a cannister |
In the kitchen
| 3 flat candlesticks |
| 3 iron pots |
| a kettle |
| a kitchen table |
| a leddle |
| 2 forks |
| a scummer |
| a tripot |
| a gridiron |
| 3 chains |
| a spice box |
| a bottle chest |
| 3 knives |
| 5 forks |
Triflings
| an etui |
| a small balance |
| a burning glass |
| a small spy glass |
| a sugarbox |
| a pipe |
| a wig |
| a brandy proof (brandewyns proeven) |
At Mr Johannes Jacob Hoffmeyr, Cape Town
| 2 round tables | |
| a looking glass | |
| 2 chairs | |
| a wardrobe | |
| sold | a watch (either gold or silver) |
At Mr Rogier Olivier, Cape Town
| a silver watch |
At Mr Gillis de Korte, Stellenbosch
| a halfaum - sold, see venduroll |
At Mr Alex Camyn
| a powder horn and shot bag |
| a jar |
Slaves
| see bill | Arnoldus of this Colony 26 years |
| Barend of this Colony 17 years | |
| mortgages with Willem to J:G: Mechau for R:600 | Ester of this Colony 32 years |
| see bill | Eva of this Colony 23 years |
| Mina of this Colony 21 years | |
| mortgaged with Ester | Willem , born 27 March 1819, son of Ester |
| Candaza , born 10 April 1819, child of Lena deceased | |
| Piet , born 1 January 1821, son of Ester | |
| Abraham , born 18 Decb:r 1823, son of Ester | |
| Lena born 12 June 1825 | |
| Hester born 28 March 1829 | |
| Dina born 16 January 1831 | |
| April of Bengal 55 years wagonmaker |
Outstanding debts
| Rd:s | £ | ||
| by Mr P:G: Wuim, note of hand but stated to have been settled | 27 | ||
| stated to be settled | by Willem de Kock, note of hand | 20 | |
| by J: Muller s:r, note of hand | 6 | ||
| by Matthys Louw, bill | 15 | ||
| dead and insolvent | by D:J: Irvin | 1:10 |
Debts due
| Rd:s | |
| to J: Muller s:r houserent up to 31 March inst: | 50 |
| to John Sleeter for wine | 3:4 |
| to J:G: Mechau for meat | [ ..... ] |
| to J:G: Faure for bread | [ ..... ] |