John Hoskins Inventory, Town of Chester, 1716

List of Food Products

  1. In the Seller: Three Barrell ye Beer; four Barrills Sider; A pipe of wine; 30 Gallons of Rum
  2. In the Brewhouse: 4 Bushells of Mault

List of Cooking and Serving Utensils

  1. the Large Lower room on first flower: A Long Table & 2 forms; A Leaser table & forme; A Little table & buffet stool; A paire hand Irons & tongues; three Juggs Ditto; Two Copper potts; Two paire of mo Scales & weights
  2. Theird Lodging roome: 3 painted plates & 2 Coffee Cupps
  3. The Little roome: A wt bason & 12 small Cupps
  4. In the Seller: 20 Empty Barrils; 4 pipes & 4 hogsteads Emty; Old box & pipes; 6 glass bottles & 3 muggs
  5. In the Kitchen: A Large Iron Cattle; A Small Ditto; 2 Iron potts; 1 brass Kettle & 1 brass Scallet; A paire of Large hand Irons; fire Shovele & tongus; 3 paire Y racks at; A Jack and 2 Spitts; 5 brass Candlesticks; 7 Iron Ditto; One pewter Ditto; A brass Morter & 2 Candle Sticks; 2 Dripping panns; 2 frying panns; A brass Scallet; Grid Iron; 4 fire panns; A tin Cover Cullander & Cheese last; 2 Small Sives; Earthen pitcher & blu bottle; 2 tinn 1/2 gall & pud pann: 1 tine Can & 2 sauce pans; 1 Earthen pott & Earthen pan; 3 wooden Boules; 3 pailes & one piggen; 2 tubbs at; Dough Trough
  6. In the Buttery or Clossitt: 8 Pewter Quarts at; 4 pewter tankarts; 5 pewter pintes; 3 pewter Salts; 2 mustard potts; 1 halfe pinte & 2 Gills & one 1/2 Gil; one tinn pint & funill; one tin Shugr box; 3 duz of pewter plates; 7 Larg pewter Dishes; 5 Ditto lesser; 6 Ditto Smaller; 3 Basons Ditto; one py plate Ditto; 3 Duz of Old plates Ditto; 3 Small Basons Ditto; 8 Porringers Ditto; 1 old bason Ditto; A paire of Brass Scales & weights; 3 old Earthen potts; A light horne
  7. In the large room on fuerst floor: A Table & 3 forms at; 3 Earthen plates & 4 knife cases
  8. The Blew roome: An Ovill Table; 4 pleats, 2 cupps, & A flower pott
  9. the Little roome: A table & 2 forms
  10. In the Garratt: A long table & forme
  11. In the Brewhouse: a Large Copper; 3 Larg brwing tubbs; A Cooler; A hand mill; 2 larg Trought; A Garner

Source: Chester County, Pennsylvania Inventories: 1684-1850 p298-301 (See Bibliography)

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