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History of Milton
dio transmitter connected to a clock-driven temperature and humidity mea- suring device. A receiver on the ground recorded the transmitted radio im- pulses on a moving paper chart from which the observations were deter- mined. Probably the major problem that had to be solved was one of cost, since the instrument could seldom be recovered. Ultimately, commercial in- terests produced a modified design of instrument which was adopted by the Weather Bureau. Today our government releases radiosondes daily in many places, and it gives us in Milton a little feeling of satisfaction to know that the first American ancestor of them all was designed and first released from the top of our Blue Hill.2
The Observatory can look back over more than seventy years of useful life, at some times to merely the humdrum reading of daily observations, but at others to periods of leadership in the development of a young science. Mr. Rotch's work still goes on, and today the Observatory is studying the use of radar in weather forecasting, and is engaged in various special activi- ties for the federal government.
2. I had the privilege of furnishing a little technical assistance in the design of the Blue Hill radiosonde. Some years later the knowledge which I picked up in connection with this work al- lowed me to help establish on the Italian front in World War II a system of determining high- altitude wind direction and velocity through the use of rubber balloons and radar. Thus work done here in Milton ultimately was to assist in the capture of Rome by the Allies.
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FIRST AIRBORNE RECORDING THERMOMETER, 1894
BLUE HILL RADIOSONDE About 1936
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APPENDIX NUMBER 1
The Possessions of our Ancestors
"THE old probate records contain a wealth of material which can assist us in studying the economic and physical conditions under which the early inhabitants of Milton lived and carried on their daily rounds. Often the handwriting is quaint and odd by the standards of today, but it usually is clear, crisp and rather beautiful, particularly in the early records. I have tried to select insofar as possible a poor, an average, and a rich man at sever- al periods in the town's history and to list the possessions of each along with a few notes showing something about the man himself.
Examination of the inventories will give us a fair idea of the household goods and of the living conditions of these people. Most of them were farm- ers and probably led lives that were not really very different, whether they lived in 1660 or in 1800. I would assume from studying the inventories that the home life and the comforts of the household were much the same, re- gardless of wealth, and largely irrespective of the period. I do not think, generally speaking, that the size or quality of the houses varied greatly ex- cept, perhaps, in the case of the very poor. The dwellings of five of the men still exist, those of the well-to-do farmer of 1682, the well-to-do farmers of 1805 and 1838, the small farmer of 1832, and the wealthy farmer-capitalist of 1838. All are of approximately the same size and general quality of construc- tion. The same sort of physical structure could house a hard-working family in very moderate circumstances or, equally well, a wealthy one living in con- siderable comfort. The lack of running water, central heating and washing machines was no great hardship when one had servants to bring water and keep the fires going, and a Negro slave for a laundress. Even the moderately
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well-to-do would usually have at least one servant girl to help out around the house.
The inventories show that, until about the time of the Revolution, excess capital beyond that required for a reasonable existence was invested in land, beasts and, in a very few cases, Negro slaves. Estates not included here show indentured servants, but they could hardly be considered as capital. By the middle of the 1700's money starts to appear, first probably held only tem- porarily pending investment in more land, but later as capital normally loaned out at interest. Finally, in our farmer-capitalist of 1838, we find in- vestments as we define them today, shares in turnpikes and banks, as well as a large sum out on loans, probably almost solely mortgages. The 1838 capi- talist, for that is what he really was, is most interesting because, insofar as I can determine, he represents a capitalist created, not as one might expect from trade or privateering, but from the gradually compounded and pyra- mided surplus of several generations of thrifty farmers, hoarded, invested in land, loaned out on mortgage and gradually built up into comparatively great wealth. In the next generation the farm land would become of much less importance and the capital would flow, at least partly, into the new fac- tories and railroads which were burgeoning up throughout the land.
NOTE For purposes of simplification and clarity I have somewhat condensed and rephrased these probate records rather than copied them precisely. The often illogical lumping together of many highly unrelated items, such as ""5 hogs, a grindstone, sled & wheel cart" was done by the old appraisers. These inventories are presented as material for social studies rather than for the exposition of the somewhat illiterate attempts of our forebears.
Andrew Pitcher, 1660 Suffolk Probate 4-18
Andrew Pitcher was an early inhabitant of the town, but not a very wealthy one. He left most of his estate to his wife and son Nathaniel, who in 1674 jointly paid a tax which was just a bit above the average paid that year (the earliest tax record available) by Milton's 60 taxpayers. It thus should be safe
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to assume that Andrew came reasonably close to being an average citizen of the town at the time of his death. He lived near the north corner of Thacher Street and Canton Avenue. The total estate is estimated to be equivalent to some $35,000 today.
This inventory lists the basic implements required for farming and house- hold living, but evidently few of the amenities of life. The one surprising item is that for books, something a farmer of this period would hardly be ex- pected to have. I have examined a very considerable number of other inven- tories of this general period and almost all of them itemize books (as distinct from Bibles). Milton's early settlers apparently were more literate than we would have expected. The books were almost entirely religious in nature, but I have found reference in the stock of a Boston merchant in 1664 to Mon- taigne's Essays, Plutarch, poetry, a book on "Husbandry" (farming), and even a "book of jests".
Dwelling house, barn, house lot & orchard
£100- 0-0
[? ] acres of meadow
12- 0-0
200 acres of upland & meadow near Medfield
110- 0-0
4 cows & oxen & 1 horse 33- 0-0
Small swine 2- 0-0
1 cart, one share and coulter & chain, axletree
[? ] hoops for wheels
Wedges and rings for a beetle, 2 hoes and [?]
3- 0-0
1 scythe & 1 yoke
3 beds with furniture
12- 0-0
Table linen
2- 0-0
Cloaks
2- 0-0
Wearing apparel
2-22-0
Pewter & brass vessels
1- 2-0
Iron pot & frying pan
6-0
Wooden vessels & 1 spinning wheel
1- 0-0
Arms & ammunition
1- 0-0
Corn
40- 0-0
Hand saw, pot hangers, bags
11-0
Books, 3 chests, & box
2- 8-0
1£325- 9-0
Debts
20- 0-0
1. Total incorrectly carried at £286-8-0 in original.
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Appendices William Salisbury, 1675 Suffolk Probate 5-270
He was an early settler in Milton and lived very near the site of today's Wig- glesworth Hall of Milton Academy. Dr. Teele says that he was a shipbuilder, but the inventory shows that he was a farmer. He paid a tax very close to average. In 1653 he had been one of Dorchester's official Town Cowherds. His son in 1685 referred to him as "Captain". The total estate is equivalent to something under $20,000 today.
Although he paid an average tax, he evidently was not as well-to-do as was Andrew Pitcher, and possessed little beyond the requisites of a reason- ably comfortable subsistence.
26 acres land £65- 0-0
House and barns
30- 0-0
5 COWS 12-10-0
2 calves 2- 0-0
2 "horsebeasts" 4- 5-0
10 small swine
4- 0-0
1 bed, 4 sheets, rug, coverlet, 2 blankets, 2 pillows, pillow covers, curtains and bedstead 9- 0-0
1 small "truckell" bed 2-15-0
Cupboard and 2 chairs 1-18-0
2 chests and boxes
14-0
A "chabbin" bed, 2 pillows, sheets, coverlets
3- 0-0
Another little bed 2- 0-0
Table linen 12-0
2 brass kettles, 2 brass skillets, and a warming pan
2-17-0
2 iron pots, 1 iron kettle and old frying pan 1- 1-0
Tongs, pot hangers, pot hooks, fire shovel and gridiron 16-0
Pewter ware 1- 8-0
Earthen ware 6-0
Smoothing iron 2-0
1 bible 5-
Old table, 2 stools and milking pails, cradle, trays and trenchers 11-0
Spinning wheels 6-0
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Bolts [?], rings, wedges, axes, spades, hay hook
and hand saw
10-0
A pillion
8-0
Horse cart, wheels, harness and one plow
2-10-0
Wooden vessels and a [?]
11-0
Arms
1- 1-0
Hoes
3-0
Cloth or yarn
4-10-0
£154-19-0
Robert Tucker, 1682 Suffolk Probate 9-81
He was a prominent inhabitant of early Milton and a selectman for ten years. Economically he was well above the average. There were about 68 resident taxpayers in town at this time; 9 paid a greater tax than did Tucker, while 58 paid less. He evidently was one of the most prosperous farmers of Milton at this period. I naturally am rather interested in him because he was my seven times great-grandfather. He lived on Brush Hill Road near the head of Robbins Street. His house still stands, but not on its original site. The total estate is equivalent to about $50,000 today.
Here is a prosperous man with a well-furnished house and considerable provisions on hand. There is a surprisingly large item for books, f2, or al- most one cow's worth, evidently a fair little library. The unusual omissions here are a farm cart and agricultural implements. The inventory shows (omitted here) that two of his sons were farming some of his land and the in- ference is that he had given them all his farm tools. He was about 77 years old when he died.
House, orchard, garden
£80- 0-0
41 acres arable land
11/2 acres sowed to rye
16 acres mowing and pasture
236-15-0
6 acres meadow
Unimproved land (unknown acreage)
2 oxen, 6 cows 24- 0-0
2 two year olds, 2 yearlings 5-10-0
6- 0-0
1 mare, 9 swine
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40 bushels Indian corn, 47 bushels oats 11-14-0
21 bushels barley, 2 bushels rye, 1 bushel beans 4-17-0
5 loads hay 6- 0-0
Apparel 16- 0-0
1 bed, bolsters, pillows, curtains & bedding 9- 0-0
Another feather bed with other beds & bedding
8- 0-0
Table linen & other linen
10- 0-0
20 yds homespun, 1 yd Kersey
3-11-0
Books
2- 0-0
Pewter, brass & tin ware
6- 0-0
Iron pots, kettles, etc.
7- 0-0
Barrel of pork & other provisions
3-12-0
Table, bedsteads, chests, barrels, chairs,
wooden ware & small things
5-8-0
£445- 7-0
Reverend Peter Thacher, 1728 Suffolk Probate 26-304
This inventory is included as most interesting, although not at all compar- able with any of the others. Mr. Thacher was far from being the wealthiest clergyman of his day, but he almost certainly was the richest man then in Milton, possessing an annual salary equivalent to some $7500 today in addi- tion to the profits of his considerable farming operations. At the time of his death he lived on the site of today's 15 and 19 Audubon Road. The estate is equivalent to about $ 130,000 or so at today's values.
As would be expected in the case of a clergyman this is quite a different inventory, and it is that of a wealthy man. The livestock is numerous and the three slaves quite unusual for the time and place. The library is only what would be expected of a prominent clergyman, but the clock, silver plate, and the pictures show that the amenities of life have appeared. Mr. Thacher is also known to have owned a silver watch, a rare possession in those days.
Debts due estate 8-7-0 Debts of estate 7-4-4
3 horses
£ 10- 0-0
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8 cows & 3 yearlings
40- 0-0
15 sheep & 8 swine 33-18-0
Cart & wheels, trace chains, yoke irons, pitch forks, beetle rings, crow bar, grindstone, etc.
9-18-0
Wearing apparel
20- 0-0
Canes, whips, saddles, etc.
5-15-0
Silver plates, tankards, etc.
86- 0-0
Gold, buttons & rings
15-16-0
Cash & bills of credit
6- 5-1
Cash recd. from sale of oxen
11-10-0
Library
200- 0-0
Pewter
11- 7-6
Brass (vessels), etc.
12-10-0
Iron ware, pots, kettles, candlesticks, steelyards, andirons & spits
7-16-0
Beds & furniture
64-14-0
Clock
4- 0-0
Chest of drawers, lanterns, pictures
14- 9-0
"His chair of ease", other chairs & tables
8-17-0
Lignum vitae mortar, "stillard" [steelyard?]
1- 6-4
Frying pan, physical [medical] vials, pots & drugs
1-19-0
Trunks, boxes, money scales, looking glass,
combs, brush, razors, hone 1- 8-0
Meat tubs, casks, jars, bellows, hammers, sickles
3-17-0
Spinning wheels, churn, smoothing irons, lumber, sheepskins & calves' skins 6- 9-6
Cards, wine [?], knives & forks
16-0
Negro boys Sambo & Jemmy
120- 0-0
Negro girl Hager
55- 0-0
Dwelling house, land & appurtenances
800- 0-0
Dorchester land 150 acres
150- 0-0
Mr Trowbridge's wright
25- 0-0
£1728-13-7
"Barrel of a gun since come to light"
2- 0-0
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Appendices Ebenezer Badcock, 1761 Suffolk Probate 58-139
I can learn nothing about him except that he was born in either 1699 or 17 15 and lived somewhere near the Village. He certainly was very low down on the economic ladder. The total is equivalent to perhaps $200 today.
Wearing apparel £ 4-0
Old iron and a chest 1-8
His mansion house 3- 0-0
£3- 5-8
Henry Crane, 1760 Suffolk Probate 58-28
He was a carpenter, living somewhere in the eastern portion of the town, and paid a tax that was well below the average. The total estate is in the or- der of about $6000 today.
Crane evidently was not blessed with too much of this world's goods and appears to have shared a house with a brother or sister. A cow, a pig, and a little farming on the side presumably furnished a part of his subsistence.
Wearing apparel £3-13-8
2 beds, bedding, bedsteads and cord 6- 4-0
Pewter, iron pots and kettle 1- 0-8
Andirons, fire slice and tongs, trammels
14-8
Carpenter's tools, pair of flat irons, gun and ammunition 1-17-7
Looking glass, 10 glass bottles, case knives and forks 9-4
Oval table, 3 chests, 12 chairs and 2 spinning wheels 13-1
Suit of curtains, 2 bibles, 2 pamphlets 16-0
Earthen, tin and wooden ware with sundry small things 4-5
A cow and swine 3- 8-0
His half of mansion house and barn
36-13-4
His half of homestead 22- 0-0
Interest in his mother's estate
10- 8-9
£88- 3-6
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Appendices Captain Thomas Vose, 1760 Mss in possession Milton Historical Society
Captain Vose was a man of standing in Milton, and captain of a troop of horse, but he was far from being one of the richest. The town tax list for 1759 shows that there were 36 taxpayers who paid a greater combined real estate and personal tax than did Captain Thomas, and 126 who paid less. He was the father of Captain Daniel Vose and my own four times great- grandfather, so I am particularly interested in him both as a person and as typifying the more prosperous Milton farmer of the period. He lived on the northwest side of Canton Avenue a little south of Atherton Street. The total value of the estate was equivalent to some $80,000 today.
Captain Vose was evidently in very comfortable circumstances. Here for the first time we find a means of transport other than horseback or farm cart, indicative of increasing comfort as well as better roads. The most unusual item is the repeating watch, one which struck the hours and quarters on a bell when its pendant was pushed in. This is an item of great luxury and one not expected even of a wealthy fariner at this period. Possibly it was plunder secured on one of his military expeditions.
Province notes
£213- 5-9
Cash
11- 4-0
Clothing
12- 9-0
Silver repeating watch
6-13-4
Military equipment
7- 8-8
Household furniture & furnishings
51-17-5
Four oxen
24- 0-0
One horse
5- 6-8
Eight cows and a heifer
38-18-8
Two calves
1- 2-2
Two swine
2- 0-0
Four pigs
1- 4-0
Dunghill fowl
6-0
Three hives of bees
1- 9-0
Riding chair, Harness & saddles
10-12-0
Cart, spare wheels and sleds
4-18-0
Plows, chains, etc.
3-3-10
Tools
4-18-0
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Cider press 2- 0-0
Wood, planks, wool, leather, bar iron, etc. 20- 1-6
House 53- 6-8
Barn & shop 17- 6-8
Orchard 13- 6-8
111 Acres of land
605- 9-4
€
1112- 7-4
The above is condensed from a somewhat illegible MS copy owned by the Milton Historical Society. The inventory actually entered in the record book of the Suffolk Probate Court (Book 57, p. 136) is somewhat more detailed and gives a total value of £1104-13-3. It lists a number of interesting items not shown above.
A set of worked curtains, valance head cloth, & curtain rods. A great chair and cushion, a desk, chest of drawers and a look- ing glass. A steel trap, a large bible included with about £2 worth of books.
A plow and plow irons and new shear mold.
Pitch fork, dung fork, and hay hook, narrow axes, broad axes, hatchets, a beetle and 3 wedges and peat irons.
Carpenter's tools and grindstone.
Samuel Miller, Esq., 1761 Suffolk 58-376
He was the second richest man in Milton at this period, Andrew Belcher, son of the late Governor, paying a tax almost fifty per cent greater than he did. Miller was a prominent man, a Justice of the Peace, and holder of many town offices. He lived near the northwest corner of Hillside and Randolph Avenue on the site of today's 11 Hillside Street. The total value of the es- tate was equivalent to about $400,000 today.
Large holdings of land, some 900 acres in all, represent the real capital of this wealthy man, but I believe that he also had some money loaned out on mortgages. The five Negro slaves put him in a special category almost by himself, although at this date there were nine other slaves owned in town. He almost certainly farmed some of his land with slaves and hired hands, and probably leased part of the remainder. Relative to the rest of the town and the period Miller was the richest man of all those whose inventories are
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here included. His father had long operated a famous and prosperous tav- ern on Adams Street near Dudley Lane and that was probably the source of at least some of this wealth. The Reverend Ebenezer Miller, D.D., Anglican minister in Braintree, was his brother.
Homestead farm with buildings 227 acres
2016- 0-0
6773/4 acres other lands 2732- 0-0
Negro men Ceasor & Robin [left blank ]
Negro man Berry
33- 6-8
1 Negro woman and child
34- 0-0
3 mares
19- 5-4
3 yoke oxen and a fat ox
38-13-4
9 cows, yoke of steers, 6 three year olds
65- 6-8
6 calves, 5 sheep
37- 0-0
5 hogs, a grindstone, sled & wheel cart 9- 4 0
Old cart wheel, 2 horse plows & one large plow 2- 6-0
4 large chairs, 2 pairs [?] for cart 5-16-4
2 sled chains, a pair horse traces, pair harness 1- 0-0
Broadwheel cart, 4 yokes, 2 dung forks
2-16-0
Chair body, 2 horse saddles, iron foot
2- 6-0
2 iron bars, cider mill & press, horse collar
4-18-8
6 cart hoops, 2 cart "stirips" 1- 0-0
Broken iron, farm tools, etc. 1-12-0
3 hay forks, 3 narrow & 1 small broadaxe
1- 5-4
2 post axes, 2 adses, 2 augers, saw, iron square 1- 6-0
Bench hook, 2 cow bells, sled, broken chains 1- 4-0
20 ounces silver, silver hilted sword 9-13-4
Blue great coat, blue roqueleau [long cloak ]
5-14-8
Cloth colored coat, blue coat, breeches & waistcoat
6- 0-0
Red baize gown & waistcoat, camlet jacket
2-13-4
Red ratteen coat with silver buttons
2- 8-0
5 shirts, 4 stocks, 3 caps
1-10-8
Books on law & divinity
5- 3-4
12 skeins worsted
3- 1-4
yarn, wool & a gun
2-14-8
21/2 barrels pork
6-18-8
1 barrel beef, 7 bushels potatoes
3- 6-8
8 bushels turnips, 189 pounds cheese
3-15-7
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30 pounds lard, 3/4 barrel soap 19-4 3 pipe hogsheads, 7 hogsheads 2- 4-0
3 barrels, 4 meat tubs 1-16-0
60 bushels corn 8- 0-0
18 bushels oats, 12 tons hay
25-16-0
Blunderbus, 33 barrels cider 13-10-0
3 tons salt hay, 31/2 bushels flax seed 3-10-6
60 pounds flax, 3 ox hides
2-13-4
4 beds
29- 6-8
6 turkey chairs, 6 chairs
6- 0-0
4 leather chairs, 4 black chairs
1-11-8
2 great chairs, 1 cane chair, 2 joint stools 1-12-8
Large black walnut table & one small one 6-13-4
Large maple table & one small one 3- 4-0
2 looking glasses, case of drawers 10- 4-0
Case of drawers, bureau table, small case of drawers
6- 8-0
"Vanicerd" desk, couch, "Vaniverd" table
5- 9-4
Tea table, time piece, clothes horse
4-18-8
2 iron pots & iron kettles, 4 trammels
1-12-8
1 spit, large brass kettle & a small one
1-16-0
Small pot & skillet, bell metal skillet
1- 0-8
Frying pan, dripping pan & fender
1- 3-4
Fire shovel & tongs, andirons, gridiron
15-10
Lignum vitae mortar, copper coffee pot
1- 4-0
Warming pan, toast iron, trivet
8-0
2 brass candlesticks, pair andirons
1- 7-4
12 plates, 5 dishes
2- 8-0
Funnel, coffee pot, chopping knife, tea pot, snuffers, flesh fork, lamp, scales & weights 17-4
Flat iron, standing candlestick, tongs
1-12-8
Andirons, steel yard, small mortar
19-2
Old chest, table cloth, 5 towels
14-8
"Pillowbears", 6 towels, foot [spinning] wheel
1- 4-0
Reel, great [spinning] wheel, loom
1-7-10
Cheese press, meal chest, table
12-0
2 churns, cheese tub, 7 trays
8-6
£5216-15-5
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A 1761 census of the town reported £5148 money out at interest. One may be certain that some, and probably quite a lot, of this belonged to Samuel Miller, although not included in this inven- tory. Also he must have had a watch.
Beza Thayer, Yeoman, 1812 Norfolk Probate 17,953
He lived on Hillside Street. The total net value of the estate is equivalent to about $ 18,000 today, although in the final settlement actual insolvency was approached.
Here is a farmer, evidently not overprosperous, yet comfortably situated. The silver spoons are interesting, and it would appear that he did a little cobbling on the side, but perhaps only for his own family.
Homestead 113/4 acres with buildings
$1296.00
45 acres land
1800.00
Horse, 3 cows, a swine
108.00
Chaise, market carriage, and horse cart
52.00
Clock, card table, 3 tables
34.00
6 best chairs, 12 kitchen chairs, crockery ware
17.50
Brass andirons, 2 sets shovel & tongs, 2 pair iron andirons
11.50
9 silver spoons, a block tin teapot
12.50
Brass kettle, iron ware, cheese press
10.00
4 feather beds
32.00
3 bedsteads, 7 pair sheets, 6 bed quilts
31.00
Desk, looking glass, candlestick
5.00
Earthen & tin ware, 30 fruit boxes
3.50
Half bushel & other measures, 2 tubs, churn, 3 pails
3.50
1 large & 2 small spinning wheels, gun
9.00
Shoemaker's seat & tools, leather
6.50
Steel trap, box of old iron
2.50
Iron bar, shovel, dung fork
4.00
$3438.50
Debts
2185.05
Net value of estate
$1253.45
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Appendices Timothy Tucker, Gentleman, 1805 Norfolk Probate 18,83 1
Timothy, or perhaps his family, appears to have had ideas of his standing in the world, but he really was only a prosperous farmer. He lived on Brush Hill Road at the northeast corner of Williams Road in the house still stand- ing there. This estate would be equivalent to something well over $ 100,000 today. There is nothing very unusual in the list, but for the first time we find an entry of money loaned out at interest. A farmer has reached the point where he has some surplus capital on hand. Fifty-seven citizens paid a tax in 1803 which was greater than his, and two hundred and twenty-seven one which was less. Two taxpayers had to pay six times what Timothy did, and one, Edward H. Robbins, sixteen times.
Homestead 70 acres with buildings
$3500.00
22 acres of land with right in house thereon
1650.00
Undivided right in 12 acres woodland & 51/2 acres salt marsh 588.50
68 acres salt marsh, meadows and woodland (part in Canton) 2299.00
Pew in Meeting House in Milton
140.00
Half of stable No 12. back of Meeting House
10.00
Watch, chest of drawers
19.00
Large table, tea table
4.50
Chest with drawer, meal chest
3.50
7 chairs, bellows, bread trough
3.83
4 beds with bedding
82.00
6 pair sheets, table linen & towels
8.00
Cheese tub, 2 churns, tray & cheese hoops
5.00
Cheese press & basket, 10 milk pans
4.16
2 tin pails, 3 pans & other tin ware
4.49
Brown earthen ware crockery & glass ware
5.00
Pewter ware, brass kettle, 4 brass candlesticks
11.50
2 iron pots, 1 iron kettle, spider & tea kettle Bake kettle, skillet, flat irons
4.25
2.25
Pair large andirons, pair small ones
4.00
Shovel & tongs, grid iron & toaster
2.00
Crane, trammels & hooks
3.00
1 yoke oxen 90.00
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5 COWS
119.00
1 heifer
11.00
1 hog
13.00
34 hundredweight English hay
34.40
30 hundredweight salt & fresh hay
16.50
5 hundredweight corn fodder
4.25
16 bushels corn
20.00
31/2 bushels barley
3.50
Potatoes, 31/2 barrels cider
10.75
150 lbs. pork
18.00
100 lbs. cheese
12.00
8 lbs. butter
2.00
6 lbs. lard
1.00
1 beef tub with beef
2.00
3 hogsheads & 1 barrel
6.00
1 wagon
50.00
Half a hay carriage
3.00
1 Sled
7.00
2 ox yokes, horse tackling [harness]
4.50
3 old wheels & 4 cart bolts
8.75
1 log chain & 1 draft chain
5.00
3 small chains, horse "fetters"
3.50
1 large ring chain, 2 pairs of "copps"
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