Inventory
of the estate of
Henry BALE (Beel)
Inventory of the Estate of Henry Bale (Beel) as supplied by his widow, Elizabeth Bale (Beel). Inventoried the 9th day of April, 1783. All goods listed in Liber no. 25, page 260. A copy of the original record on file in the Archives and History Bureau, New Jersey State Library, file # 9985. Signed by the hand of Elizabeth Bale. (The amount of Henry Bale’s estate is not listed in dollars, but probably in Pounds, by the Gold Standard.) The spelling of the Items listed below are the exact same as the original. You must use your imagination. (See parentheses for hints).
| His wering abarrell (his wearing apparel) | 400 |
| 8 hade of Horses (8 head of horses) | 6800 |
| 2 horsas (2 horses) | 1000 |
| 6 milk cows | 3000 |
| 1 fore olt stear (1 four old steer) | 300 |
| 5 three yare olts (5 three year olds) | 1500 |
| 4 two yare olts (4 two year olds) | 800 |
| 2 one yare olts (2 one year olds) | 200 |
| 22 hade of ship (22 head of sheep) | 940 |
| 10 hade of swine (10 head of swine) | 4150 |
| the farm and Mell (the farm and mill) | 20000 |
| One sade of Blacksmith Tuls (tools) | 1200 |
| Two Huttert of iron (?) | 300 |
| one new wagon | 7176 |
| One olt wagon and gers (gears) | 900 |
| farmers (?) | 6110 |
| Carpenters Tuls (tools) | 370 |
| A Bibel and other buks (A bible and other books) | 300 |
| Houshold furniture | 1583 |
| Lumber | 10 |
| One Schist (?) | 120 |
| Two sattles one beytel (two saddles one bridle) | 1150 |
| One gune and catrige box (one gun and cartridge box) | 100 |
| Three Bads and (?) (three beds and bedding) | 700 |
| Two iron stoves | 190 |
| in case | 124144 |
| in Nodes (notes) | 117611 |
| Buk Dats (Book debt) | 17507 |