An Inventory of Articles at Mount Vernon

1810

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Mansion House
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5 Sets of harness for 2 horses 200      
1 Coachee 250      
1 Charriot 300      
4 Coach horses 450      
3 Riding do 220      
2 Hack do 70      
1 Brood mare 40      
1 Steed 100      
2 Covering jacks 800      
1 Jack 5 years old 250      
2 do 4 do 450      
1 do 1 do 200      
2 do Colts 160      
11 Jennets 950      
1 do Colt 30      
10 Working mules 750      
9 Cows 175      
1 Calf 2      
1 Bull 100      
28 Sheep 70      
13 lambs 4 33    
1 Sow 10      
1 Wagon and Gear 60      
2 Carts and Gears 25      
3 Cutting Boxes 12      
1 half bus. Measure   10    
1 Measure 1 side a Peck and the other a   50    
8 axes 4      
4 Mattocks 2      
5 hilling hoes   84    
4 mauling Wedges 1 50    
3 mortising Axes   75    
8 Spades 4      
2 Old Shovels   25    
3 Iron Pitch forks   50 5692 77
18 old bags 1 80    
4 wheel barrows 1      
1 Scow 40      
1 large boat 20      
1 old fishing Boat 5      
1 new do 40      
1 Yoal 75   182 80
Green House Loft
27 Cradles with Scythes 27      
1 Flax wheel 2      
1 Reel 1      
3 Flax Wheels 6      
7 Spinning do 7      
140 bus. Peas in all 83 33 126 33
Fish House
65 Empty hhds 65      
4 do Tierces 3      
50 bbls Shad 200      
75 do Herring 187 50    
25 do Supposed as they are in Hhds 37 50    
9 do with Lacey in Londonn 22 50    
8 do with Col. Gilpin 20      
5 do do do shad 20   533 50
Barn
1 Machine for drilling wheat 3      
2 do for Corn 1      
1 do for Gathering Clover seed 1 50    
1 do for raking up Wheat 2      
A quantity of Timber 6      
Do Pine Scantling 50      
Do Inch and quarter plank 50   113 50
1 Turning laith 8      
10 Axes 10      
3 adze 1 50    
25 large moulding Plains 25      
35 Smaller do 17 50    
3 Plow do 3      
1 Sprin do 1      
10 Smoothing do 7 50    
4 Old Irons   40    
18 chizels   73    
3 Dogs   50    
1 Guage   4    
4 Turning Gouges   40    
2 pt. Compass   25    
6 handsaws 7      
8 Augers 1 33    
1 Trow   16    
4 Whip Saws 10      
1 Grindstone 1 50    
3 hammers   30    
2 Rulers   25    
3 Gauges   9    
Shingles 6      
1 center bitt &c 6      
a Quantity Brick in a kiln 60      
a quantity Oyster Shells 6      
Do Turnip 6   174 54
In The Paint Cellar
1 Marble Slab and Grinder 3      
3 Shoemakers tolls in Shop 1      
Gardeners' Tools
3 Spades 1      
4 Iron teeth rakes 1      
1 Turning Knife   25    
1 stone roller 6      
3 small hoes and 2 large do 1      
1 Grubbing do   50    
Reel and line   25    
2 Watering pots 2      
1 pump for Green house 2      
1 Wheel barrow 2      
1 Edging Iron   25    
2 pair Shears 1   21 25

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From: Charles H. Callahan, Washington: The Man and the Mason, (Washington, D.C.: Memorial Temple Committee of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association, 1913), 361-63.