Appraisement of the Estate of Alexander Purdie deceased April 28th. 1779.
| Two Cows and 2 Calves | 60..-..- |
| One Bay horse £250 1 sorrel horse £200 | 450..-..- |
| One Italian Chair and Harness | 150..-..- |
| three Hoes, 1 rake and l spade | 3..-..- |
| One hay Fork, 1 Curry Comb and 1 wheel Barrow | 3..-..- |
| One Buckskin seated saddle | 60..-..- |
| One half worn saddle & 2 bridles | 28..-..- |
| 36 Ounces of plate | 261..10..- |
| 2 Soup Laddles £20 15 Tea spoons £15 | 35..-..- |
| 1 dozen silver table spoons | 80..-..- |
| 2 punch Ladles £12 1 milk bucket £20 | 32..-..- |
| 4 open work Salts £50 1 pr. Tongs £7 | 57..-..- |
| 3 China bowls | 40..-..- |
| 6 Fruit bowls with Saucers | 20..-..- |
| 4 China Dishes | 7..-..- |
| 4 China Mugs | 8..-..- |
| 2 China butter Boats | 6..-..- |
| 5 China Tart moulds & 4 plates | 7..-..- |
| 9 Cups and Saucers & 6 custard Cups | 11..16..- |
| 4 plates, 2 mugs & a tea pot | 6..8..- |
| 1 Lot queen's China | 17..4..- |
| 1 Lot Eathern Ware | 11..2..- |
| 15 Cloak pins | 3..-..- |
| 1 Lot of Glass Ware | 25..16..- |
| 2 pint porter Glasses & 6 square Bottles | 13..12..- |
| 1 plate warmer £4 1 large tin Cannister 40/ | 6..-..- |
| 4 Sugar Cannisters 80/ 3 small Jugs 20/ | 5..-..- |
| 2 water Jugs 30/ 1 Bread Grater 12/ | 2..2..- |
| 1 Key swivel & 1 nut Cracker | ..12..- |
| 6 pr. Candle sticks £35 6 pr. Snuffers 56/ | 37..16..- |
| 1 Magohany Voider 50/ 1 Japan Tea Board 120/ | 8..10..- |
| 1 Japan Waiter 30/ 1 Tea chest £6 | 7..10..- |
| 1 large elegant Pier Glass | 100..-..- |
| 1 Screen £10 6 Hearth brooms £3 | 13..-..- |
| 1 pr. Tongs, Shovel, poker & Fender | 6..-..- |
| 11 prints £11..2 1 Oval Table £20 | 31..2..- |
| 1 small Mahogany Table | 6..-..- |
| 1 square & 1 Pimbroke Table | 12..-..- |
| 1 Child's Mahogany Chair | 3..-..- |
| 1 Mahogany Desk and book Case | 100..-..- |
| 12 Mahogany Chairs £50 1 Clothes press £40 | 90..-..- |
| 1 Mahogany Chest of Drawers | 30..-..- |
| 1 dressing Glass £12 4 Brushes 72/ | 15..12..- |
| Two table bells 36/ 1 curry Comb & Brush 60/ | 4..16..- |
| Sun Dial £3 2 Girths & 3 Combs 30/ | 4..10..- |
| 1 doz: Draw rings, Screw driver & Gimlet | 1..4..- |
| 8 ½ yards Duck £8 10 one easy Chair and pan £6 | 14..10..- |
| 1 doz: Walnut Chairs £30 One easy Armed Chair £20 | 50..-..- |
| 1 Mahogany Rum Case with 2 doze double flint bottles | 60..-.. |
| 4 pr. Tongs 4 pokers, 3 Fenders & 1 blower 1 small looking Glass & 1 print | 2..-..- |
| 1 Mahogany Desk £20 One Candle stand 40/ | 22..-..- |
| 1 Windsor Chair 20/ one Wilton Carpet £10 | 11..-..- |
| 1 Mahogany bedstead with sacking bottom | 6..-..- |
| 1 passage Oil Cloth 40/ 1 Mahogany Desk £10 | 12..-..- |
| 1 pine Table 15/ 1 Walnut chair 20/ | 1..15..- |
| 12 table Matts 24/ 1 Footman, 1 bread basket 32/ | 2..16..- |
| 1 Mahogany Tea board 40/ 2 Waiters, 2 Sliders 32/ | 3..12..- |
| 1 Large Looking Glass | 30..-..- |
| 1 Mahogany corner Cupboard | 12..-..- |
| 1 Mahogany side board £3 1 Mahogany table £12 | 15..-..- |
| 1 square Walnut Table £3 1 doz: Walnut Chairs £30 | 33..-..- |
| 1 pr. Tongs, 1 Shovel, 2 Fenders, 1 Poker, 1 blower | 5..-..- |
| 9 China Figures £4..10. 1 Floor Cloth £10 | 14..10..- |
| 1 Cruet stand, silver mounted | 6..-..- |
| 3 Glass Salts & 4 Tea cups | 1..10..- |
| 1 AE olian Harp 20/ 1 Clothes Binn £6 | 7..-..- |
| 1 Scotch Carpet £10 1 square Walnut Table £3 | 13..-..- |
| 2 bedsteads £3 one hair Matrass £12 | 15..-..- |
| 4 beds, 6 bolsters & 5 pillows | 150..-..- |
| Eleven blankets £30 one pine table 20/ | 31..-..- |
| 1 quilting Frame 20/ 2 Window blinds 24/ | 2..4- |
| 1 suit of blue and White bed Curtains | 50..-..- |
| 14 Counterpanes and bed quilts | 187..-..- |
| 25 pr. Sheets | 405..-..- |
| 15 pillow cases fine £30 8 pr. Do. Coarse £5 | 35..-..- |
| 23 Table Cloths | 149..-..- |
| 52 Napkins & Towels | 59..-..- |
| 1 Bedstead 30/ 1 pr. blankets £6 One Matrass £12 | 19..10..- |
| 3 Beds, 3 Bolsters, 1 Pillow & 2 bedsteads | 63..-..- |
| 2 quilts & 2 blankets £8 6 stone Jugs £4 | 12..-..- |
| 13 butter pots £9 2 stone Jars £4 | 13..-..- |
| 1 Stone Water Jugg 18/ 17 doz: bottles £17 | 17..18..- |
| 1 Iron bound hogshead £3 two Casks 30/ | 4..10..- |
| 18 Candle Moulds & stand | 12..-..- |
| 1 brass Cock & 2 Gimlets 40/ one Safe 60/ | 5..-..- |
| 1 Grind stone £5 one stone Frough £8 | 13..-..- |
| 3 bell metal Skillets | 10..-..- |
| 13 pewter basons | 15..-..- |
| 6 oval hard metal dishes | 9..-..- |
| 2 old Do. 40/ 4 ½ doz: pewter plates £30 | 32..-..- |
| 9 deep pewter plates £4 10 one Tureen £3 | 7..10..- |
| 1 Fish strainer & Skimmer | 2..-..- |
| 5 deep pewter dishes & large oval dish | 4..10..- |
| 9 Do. £15 2 brass Chaffing dishes 24/ | 16..4..- |
| One Lanthorn 10/ 1 Fish kettle £10 | 10..10..- |
| 1 Tea kettle £3 1 spice Mortar 40/ | 5..-..- |
| 8 patty pans, 1 pr. Scales & Lead Weight | 2..-..- |
| 1 plate basket, 1 Churn, & 3 Funnels | 2..-..- |
| 1 spinning Wheel & 2 pr. Cards | 3..12..- |
| 2 baskets, 1 wooden Mortar & Ladle | 1..10..- |
| 2 Walnut knife boxes 40/ Carving knife &c. 60/ | 5..-..- |
| 5 doz: knives & forks P-32 one Search 12/ | 32..12..- |
| 8 Trays, 2 Wheelbarrow's & 3 Riddles | 6..10..- |
| 1 pr. Garden Shears | 2..-..- |
| 2 Hatchets, 2 Axes, 2 Grubbing Hoes | 3..-..- |
| 2 Measures 12/ 1 Tea chest 20/ 3 bags 40/ | 3..12..- |
| 1 copper Coal skuttle | 3..-..- |
| 1 Copper kettle £15 | 15..-..- |
| 1 Jack & Furniture | 20..-..- |
| 4 frying pans £12 3 Grid Irons 72/ | 15..12..- |
| 2 Tormenters, 1 Ladle & 1 Skimmer | 3..-..- |
| 1 Chaffing dish, 1 iron spoon | 2..-..- |
| 2 chopping knives, 1 dripping pan | 2..12..- |
| 4 pr. pot hooks 20/ 8 Iron pots £40 | 41..-..- |
| 1 Copper Tea kettle 30/ 1 pr. Tongs & 1 pr. Dogs 60/ | 4..10..- |
| 1 pr. spit racks 60/ 3 pr. pot racks 60/ | 6..-..- |
| 2 Trivets 20/ one Iron Dutch oven £6 | 7..-..- |
| 1 Gridle 30/ 5 tubs, 8 pails, 1 bucket 90/ | 6..-..- |
| 1 kitchen press, 1 pine table | 3..-..- |
| 1 drudging box &c. 10/ 1 bread Toaster 12/ | 1..2..- |
| 1 Coffee Mill 60/ 2 Horses for Clothes £4 | 7..-..- |
| 3 pr. smoothing Irons | 6..-..- |
| 1 Double Writing Desk | 20..-..- |
| 1 Grate, Fender, blower & Table | 6..-..- |
| 22 Sheets parchment £13..4. 1 Table 40/ | 15..4..- |
| 1 odd Windsor Chair, 1 work bench | 1..4..- |
| 1 midnight Modern Conversation | ..6..- |
| 1 pine Table, 1 stool, 1 pr. Steps | 2..-..- |
| 1 Lot books £15..15 1 Do. £2..18 | 18..13..- |
| 1 Lot Do. £4..10 Woods institutes £5 | 9..10..- |
| 4 large Church Prayer books | 12..-..- |
| 10 years Gazzetes | 10..-..0 |
| A Lot of Music £5 pr. Scales & Wts. £4..10 | 9..10..- |
| 2 ink stands & sand box | 1..10..- |
| 1 Matrass and Bedstead | 10..-..- |
| 40 lb. of Lamp black £80 2 Trunks 40/ | 82..-..- |
| 2 press stones £10 4 Stools 24/ | 11..4..- |
| 2 presses compleat £150 500 lb. Types £12..10 | 162..10..- |
| 8 Walnut Cases & 4 frames | 20..-..- |
| 6 Cases & four composing sticks | 18..-..- |
| 1 pr. bellows, 1 pr. Shears, 1 doz: Gallies | 7..4..- |
| 1 Imposing stone & Frame | 7..10..- |
| 1 pr. Dogs. 1 pr. Tongs, 1 Axe & 1 Trunk | 4..12..- |
| 2 Water Jugs & 2 ink pots | 1..10..- |
| 1 Screw press compleat | 12..-..- |
| 2 Casks with Linseed Oil | 24..-..- |
| 1 pine Table | 1..10..- |
| 1 Lye Trough & Water box. | 3..-..- |
| 1 Iron slab & 1 pine Table | 3..10..- |
| 3 blankets, 1 Counterpane | 15..-..- |
| 1 Bolster, 1 pillow, 1 bed quilt | 6..-..- |
| 2 Whips 40/ 2 Stools 40/ | 4..-..- |
| 2 Coffee pots & 1 Chocolate pot | 9..-..- |
| Negroes | |
|---|---|
| Jordan | 825..-..- |
| John | 500..-..- |
| Sally | 400..-..- |
| Harry | 1,000..-..- |
| Jenny | 300..-..- |
| Sukey | 300..-..- |
| Arthur | 200..-..- |
| Esther | 200..-..- |
| Judy | 600..-..- |
| Jack Booker | 1,000..-..- |
| Alice | 800..-..- |
| Billy | 500..-..- |
| Betty | 800..-..- |
| £11,705..14..- |
In Obedience to an order of the Worshipfull Court of York County bearing date the 19th day of April 1779 We the Subscribers have Appraised the Slaves and Personal Estate of Alexander Purdiedecd as above, amounting to Eleven thousand, seven hundred and five pounds, fourteen shillings Currency
Robt. Nicolson
Willm. Goodson
Will: Hunter.
Returned into York County Court the 21st day of June 1779 and Ordered to be Recorded.
Examd.
Teste
Thos. Everard Cl. Cur.