Comparing and Contrasting Chadds Family and Other Area Inventories

Comparison with Chadds Inventories

1. More Description about the Number of Items and Where the Items were Located
1. Greater Picture of Possible Configuration of Colonial Houses
2. Can Give Insight into How the Chadds House could have been Structured
2. By Looking at a Variety of Different Years, Patterns Can be Established to see how Kitchens Changed and Remained the Same During the Lifetimes of Francis, John, and Elizabeth Chadds (Example: The Amount of Silver Items in Households from 1684-1849: Chester County, Pennsylvania Inventories: 1684-1850, 221-225. For more information on this source, please see Bibliography)

Possibility of Sharing of Food Products/Utensils to Maximize Options?

Limits of Other Area Inventories

1. Limits to Items that Have Commercial Value (Could be a good thing, depending on the goals of the researcher.)
2. Lack of Clear Indication if the Inventories Represent what Kitchen Utensils John Chadds could have Possessed