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Appendix D
THE HAMPTON INVENTORY, 1829

This 22-page selection of items from the list of Mansion contents at the time of General Ridgely's death was compiled and mimeographed by the writer in 1949 when the policy for refurnishing the house was still under discussion.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Hampton National Historic Site
Towson 4 Maryland

December 23, 1949

The attached inventory of the estate of General Charles Carnan Ridgely (1760-1829) is of great interest as showing the contents of Hampton mansion after some thirty-eight years of occupancy. It was found by Mr. Wilbur H. Hunter; Jr., Director of the Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore in the records of the Office of the Register of Wills for Baltimore County (Inventories, Liber 38). The inventory was compiled by Allen Dorsey and James Tucker in August, 1829. The General's will (April 28, 1828) is to be found in Wills, Liber 13.

The first owner of Hampton, Captain Charles Ridgely, died in 1790, about the time the mansion was completed. At the request of the deceased, no inventory was made. The "household and Kitchen Furniture" were bequeathed to Rebecca Dorsey Ridgely, the widow. Presumably this included various items imported from England before the Revolution (see William D. Hoyt, Jr., "Captain Ridgely's London Commerce, 1757 to 1774," Americana, Vol. XXXVII, No. 2, April, 1943, pp. 354-363) and certain pieces known to have been made by the carpenters while building the house. By the terms of the will, the widow got the use of the silver; after her decease it was to go to Charles Carnan Ridgely. The Captain's will (April 7, 1786) is to be found in Wills, Liber 4.

Widow Rebecca seems to have moved out of the mansion in or after January, 1791. Apparently she was not on good terms with the next occupants and probably left behind no more than necessary.

The portion of the 1829 inventory offered herewith is only a fraction of the total; the listing and appraisal of property went on well into the following year. There were many buildings connected with the iron furnace and the farming operations. In addition, there were other farms, Ridgely's Forges, two houses in the city, an iron store on Smith's Wharf, stock in various companies, over three hundred slaves listed by name, a steamboat valued at $1000.00, some old cannon boring machinery at Mount Clare, a pew in St. Paul's church, one hundred and nineteen linen shirts, a seersucker coat and numerous other items running to many pages.

This list of property in the mansion should be studied along with the records of the sale which followed. The latter was discovered by Mrs. Charlotte Vincent Verplanck in the same archives in a volume titled Accounts of Sales, Liber 14. The latter varies from the inventory in many particulars and gives the names of each purchaser and the prices paid. Few items in the mansion were bought by persons named Ridgely, proving that the furnishings at Hampton in recent years did not come down intact from the builder of the house. The original pieces were widely dispersed as early as 1829. -CEP

Charles Ridgely
(of Hampton)
Inventory

A true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the foods chattels and personal estate of Charles Ridgely of Hampton late of Baltimore County deceased appraised by us the subscribers each of us having been first legally authorised and duly sworn as will be seen by the annexed warrant.


Dollscts
3Suits white curtains (Bed & windows)8000
1Suits white curtains (Bed & windows)500
2Suits Blue & flowered (Bed & windows)800
2Suits Calico (Bed & windows)800
5Red Moreen Window (Bed & windows) Cornice & pins7000
3Blue Silk Window Yellow & blue drapery7000
50Blankets10000
5New pieces patch work for quilts @3$1500
11Calico quilts3300
10Ditto bed spreads1500
5Leno Curtains500
18Pair Russia Sheeting sheets1800
41pair fine linen sheets20500
10Dimity bed spreads1000
6White Marseilles Bed quilts4200
19White Dufkin quilts2850
3Crib quilts450
12Fine linen bolster cases900
32pair fine pillow cases1600
15pair pillow old cases150
7pair Russia Sheeting cases
88
8pieces of drapery300
21dimity drawer Covers131
28damask Napkins@ 125c3500
22Common diaper ditto30c660
63New Towels15c945
36old ditto
37-1/2
1Arm chair Cushion & 2 covers100
3Yards drilling300
2pieces domestic Cotton500
1Bunch patches
25
4Remmants Calico100
3ditto waist-coating
37-1/2
1Easy chair & 2 Red Covers with brass nails1000
14dusting cloths@4c
56
1Easy chair1000
37table cloths ditto@10$37000
5diaper ditto5$2500
22ditto ditto1.25¢2750
6Common ditto50¢300
35Doylers105
8plated Chamber Candle sticks25¢200
6pair steel snuffers
48
2pair Iron ditto
12
1pr brass Candle sticks
37-1/2
1pr tin ditto
12-1/2
1Mahogany pier table500
1ditto Medicine Cupboard500
1Bureau300
1Writing desk700
1Mahogany Cupboard2000
2Looking glasses250
1Mahogany table200
3Rose wood tables@5$1500
1pair brass and Irons250
1pr steel shovel & tongs150
1Bag of little bags
30
1Set of pins & Knobs for curtains1200
1Leather traveling trunk125
2Old trunks
12-1/2
1Green table cover700
4Remmants Baze & 4 table covers400
13Feather bedsea 10$13000
12Hair Matresses10000
13Bolsters2600
26Pillows2600
1Hair sofa1000
1Bureau300
2High post Mahogany bed steads2500
1Low post French ditto1500
2ditto Mahogany ditto@3$600
2Mahogany tables"2$400
11Cane seat chairs (Yellow)50¢550
2Yellow arm chairs200
1Crib bed & mattress200
1Chamber Looking glass200
34Best cut glass Jellys@3.50¢ pr doz990
62Common ditto ditto100¢ "516
6Cut glass oval dishes & 3 round ditto750
16ditto flat ditto1600
4Sugar dishes600
2Butter boats & stands300
40pieces Cut glass1600
24pieces Cordial glass200
38pieces Champagne@2.50 per doz791-1/2
73Wine Glasses200¢ "1216-1/2
15Glass bowlsea 37-1/2¢187-1/2
5Cider glasses125
15Tumblers250
1Set English China(42 pieces8000
1Set French China(68 do8000
1Set tea & Coffee with stars54 do5000
1Set ditto Blue & gilt65 do5000
10Blom monge moulds5000
1Set Blue tea & Coffee china59 pieces300
1Common Blue tea set26 do150
1Black tea pot
03
3Mugs
18
6Glass salts and stands600
11Common bowls100
1Set Blue Canton China297 pieces25000
12Pitchers700
2Large China punch bowls250
2French Cake plates
60
9Tin Canisters & 1 tin box
56
13White plates & dishes
75
1pr sugar nippers & 1 pr spring steel yards
12-1/2
1Earthern furnace & 1 pr Cast Iron dogs
46
1Box & 1 Clothes horse
06
2paint pots
25
1Black Walnut table
40
1Pine ditto
50
3Pine Cupboards2000
1Eight day clock1500
6Green winsor chairs200
9Common Jappan waiters100
1Oil Cloth Carpet500
18Oyster knives225
2Stone pitchers
75
36best Ivory handle knives1900
37do " " Forks)1500
312nd " " knives)
28small " " ditto)1200
33do Forks)
2do " " Steels100
1Buck handle Carver & fork
75
1Mahogany knife tray
37-1/2
1Marble mortar & pestle200
3Bell metal skillets400
1ditto kettle400
5Copper stew pans & 6 tops800
1ditto fish kettle200
4Tin Coffee pots125
4pewter warming plates400
4Ice cream freezers100
7Tin pans
50
1do tea kettle & stand
75
3do Water dippers
40
3Frying pans250
1Tin Grater & Cullender
30
1ditto mould & 10 Bred pans
66
2ditto apple roasters
50
2Toasting irons
75
13Muffin bands
13
5Grid irons350
1Smoke Jack spit & chains & 2 dripping pans600
2Tin Spiting boxes
25
3Iron bowls
25
2Ladles 1 Skimmer & 1 flesh fork
50
1Sifter & 1 Rolling pin
12-1/2
4Iron tea kettles100
3pair flat irons250
1Bell metal mortar & Iron pestle
50
3Pine tables250
18Iron pots1200
6Bake Ovens400
3Stew pans150
1pair And Irons500
2Shovels 1 pr tongs 6 pr pot hooks & 4 racks325
1Coffee mill & 1 Copper pot125
1Coffee roaster & 2 waffle irons300
1Buscuit brake & 1 paste board150
5Stone pots150
1Brafs bound bucket100
13Empty Bbls & 1 Keg
78
2Market baskets
25
1Old Canister
25
8Hickory brooms
40
1Box tins
25
1Bag feathers
05
3White wash brushes
12-1/2
2Wooden bowls & 2 earthen bread bowls
15-1/2
2Fire & 2 ash buckets
75
3Wood leathers100
4Benches & 1 pine knife box
52
1Feed chest & 1 wheel barrow300
7Empty boxes
25
1Tin spice box
25
1pr nut crackers & 1 Cork screw
12-1/2
2Tin pepper boxes
02
2dressers 1 Bbl & 1 keg
35
1Box with wax Candles150
3Hanks yarn
35
4pieces Table Bazo100
1Step ladder150
2Tin Candle sticks & Iron snuffers
10
2Green Bed steads300
1Low post mahogany ditto
75
1pine work stand
40
1Walnut Candle stand
50
1Mahogany bureau300
1ditto chest of draws500
6light coloured winsor chairs100
1pine table
50
2warming pans300
1Pr and irons, shovel & tongs100
9tin chamber buckets & 2 wash basons150
1Chamber glass
50
1pine table
50
1gilt frame & picture
50
2Window blinds
02
3pine Chests
75
9stone pots with pickles1500
3empty stone pots & 4 earthen milk pots
57-1/2
4Wooden boxes800
2Bbls with fish & 1 with oil1000
1Safe & 6 demmy Johns250
1Refrigerator700

Fire wood700
4sweeping 3 dusting & 1 scrubing brush125
1Window blind
25
4paper screens1000
2Close chairs & 1 wood box
55
1Toilet table & dress
25
1Carriage liquor box
50
1Mahogany table125
1Crib150
4Chests100
1Straw Carpet & pieces300
1pair quilting frames
50
5Brass fenders5000
2Mats & 2 Window blinds500
1Steel fender100
3pair brass And Irons1000
1pair brass top shovel & tongs
75
2pair steel shovel & tongs
75
1Bundle Cotton
25
1Lot paper for blinds100
2Bed pans200
5Demy Johns@ 30cent150
1Lot empty bottles800
1Electrical Machine500
1Looking glass
50
1Lot old chairs &e100
2Mahogany wash stands400
1Toilet table
20
1Mahogany knife case
25
1Lot of flowered paper3000
19gilt frame pictures7000
2Glass Mantle lamps5000
2Broken ditto & 1 Bread basket (silvered100
1Lamp Wt100
4Brass & Glass Candle sticks500
1Glass still500
1ditto Eperne1500
4pieces platto glass7500
18Platto Images1200
3Platto blocks300
2Pine Cupboards600
4White square bottles
50
2drawing room window frames
05
1Lot tin illuminating apparatus500
1Tam-Boi frame & 2 pr stays106
1plate warmer250
1Box tea1500
3Empty Bbls
25
4Recess door or Window frames200
1pair branches for Candle sticks
50
1Loaf sugar & 1 tin canister250
76Glasses & Jars preserves & jellys @30¢2280
1Bust & 1 mahogany screen for window
25
3Bags herbs200
2Red Cushions
12-1/2
34Jars & pots200
15preserving glasses & 4 stone jugs300
14 horse carriage30000
1Set 4 horse & 1 ditto 2 horse harness4000
1Set old harness & leather traces & reins300
2old bridles 1 old collar & 3 baggage straps100
2Saddles & 2 bridles1200
1New Carriage & harness for 2 horses57500
2pitch forks & 4 old bridle bits
40
2Curry Combs & 1 horse brush
25
1Mantle glass3000
1Red stool
25
1Straw Carpet100
3Leather bottom chairs
75
1fire board
25
1Mahogany Cupboard400
1Lot stair mating (straw100
49brass stair rods @30cent1470
1Venetian stair Carpet400
1High post mahogany bedstead1250
2Green & gold pier tables1500
2ditto card ditto2000
1Mahogany Candle Stand250
2Green & gold lamp stands400
1Mahogany wash stand250
1Piano forte12000
1Music Stool500
1Mahogany music stand & books300
1Back gammon box
50
1pair brass and irons2000
1pair steel shovel & tongs500
1Large looking glass10000
1Chandelier15000
1Straw Carpet1500
1Looking glass8000
1Side board2000
2Liquor Cases 1 with bottles the other empty1300
20Mahogany chairs @150¢3000
2ditto arm ditto @250¢500
1ditto desk800
1ditto Candle stand100
1ditto Claw foot breakfast table1000
2Sofas1600
1Set Claw foot dining tables6000
1dining room lamp5000
1Straw passage Carpet300
1Lot oil cloth
25
1Chicken Coop500
38Coarse table dusters & plate cloths114
1Bag Canton thread, twist, tape, silk buttons Curtain rings knitg needles & Scissors150
5Remnants linen1500
8Silk Chair Covers200
3old sheets 1 old bed tick 2 Bags & 1 box
50
10plated Candle sticks2500
2ditto " " with branches1500
2ditto toast stands100
4ditto coolers3000
5pieces plated ware belongg to Eperne500
2plated snuffer stands100
1pair snuffers
75
1Steel
25
1plated bread basket400
1Set plated Castors1200
2plated colsters100
1ditto funnel
25
4ditto Chafing dishes400
1Empty box & 1 knife basket
20
26Table mats @ 2* ea
52
2Leno Lookg Glass Covers
50
1Table brush
18
Silver plate
1Silver Coffee urn2387.66
2" tea pots & stands
1" slop bowl
4old broken pieces
1Cream pot
1Tea Canister
2Sugar dishes & 1 pr sugar tongs
27tea spoons ( 1 broken)
17table ditto & 1 punch ladle
17dessert ditto
1Soup ditto
1Large Oval waiter
1Less ditto 163 oz
2Round ditto
3ditto Less
3Punch bowls
2Coffee urns
1Bread basket
2Goblets
5small cans
2large ditto
2Sauce boats
3Silver pipkins
1" Salad dish
1" Set Castors
1Silver Punch Strainer
6Silver Colsters
2" Ladles
2doz large forks
2doz small ditto
4Skewers
1Fish knife
1silver marrow spoon
30" table spoons
30" dessert do
3" Tumblers
36" tea spoons
1" Milk pitcher
1" Tea Caddy
1" Cream Jug
1" Milk bowl stand & 2 ladles
29" Knives (1 Broken)
8" Salt spoons
5butter ladles 4 gravy spoons & 1 sucking tube
1Sugar tongs
4best cut glass qrt decanters3000
8do " " pt do1200
4Cut glass qrt do600
10do do pt do1000
1Cob-web brush
25
Weekly Register12 volumes @50¢600
American Farmer4 volumes @50¢200
Life of Washington3 volumes @50¢150
History of France4 volumes @50¢200
Livermore on Agency2 volumes @100¢200
Smiths History of Virginia2 volumes 75150
American Revolution2 volumes 25
50
Wars of Europe1 volume
50
4 Dictionaries100¢400
Hutchinsons Xenophon1 volume
75
Ashleys ditto1 volume
50
Blackstones Commentary1 volume
50
Virgilii Delphini1 volume100
Morse's Geography1 volume
50
Quarterly Review1 volume
25
Caesor Delphini1 volume
50
Cicero Delphini1 volume100
Land holder's assistant1 volume100
Sporting Magazine1 volume
37-1/2
Port folio 1816 Bound1 volume
50
Ditto pamphlets13 volumes
25
Gummere's Surveying1 volume100
Elements of Geometry1 volume
05
Murray's Grammar1 volume
25
Bud's foot of the horse1 volume
25
Racing Calender1 volume
20
Fool of quality1 volume
05
Recuil Choisi1 volume
25
Abercromby on Catechism1 volume
25
Abbess1 volume
05
Paley's Evidences1 volume
25
Shakespeare3 volumes @5¢
15
Histoir Romain1 volume
15
Pope's Works1 volume
10
Geographical Dictionary1 volume
10
National Calender1 volume
03
Key to Mair1 volume
03
Homers Iliad1 volume
25
Blairs Lectures1 volume
10
Darby's Louisiana1 volume
25
Leusdens Testament1 volume
06
Wanastroct Recueil1 volume
10
Goldsmiths England1 volume
05
Laurens Biography1 volume
05
American Museum1 volume
03
History of the U. States
150
French grammar1 volume
12-1/2
American Nepos1 volume
05
Horace Delphini l1 volume
05
Prince Eugene l1 volume
02
Extracts in prose & verse10 volumes
18
Dictionary of Arts & Sciences6 volumes300
Elegant extracts1 volume
25
Baily's Ovid1 volume
05
Miscellanie in prose 8 volumes
40
Letters from St. Helena1 volume
05
Napoleon in Exile1 volume
05
Philadore's Chess1 volume
06
The Book1 volume
06
Baltimore Directory1 volume
02
Annals of Baltimore2 volumes
25
Laws of Massachusetts8 volumes
08
Quarterly Review10 volumes100
Humes England2 volumes
25
Heedon's Geological Essays1 volume
25
Quarterly Repository1 volume
05
Rambles in Italy1 volume
05
The Inspection house & 1 Atlass2 volumes150
The General history of the late war1 volume
05
Select Review5 volumes
10
The Analectic Magazine3 volumes
05
Analyses on Mineral water1 volume
12-1/2
Laws of Maryland1 volume
02
A Lot of pamphlets in all15 Volum's
50
1small box brass mounted200
1small Stove300
1Gold lever watch & seal15000
4Bottles Rose wine
60
12do with wine@ 50¢600
7do peach brandy75¢525
6do Catsup25150
2do Lima bark
50
1do Castor oil
25
1do Cinnamon water
12-1/2
1Ivory Case
50
1Bottle Cologne water
15
3ditto Olives
18
3ditto Whiskey
75
1ditto apple brandy
20
2ditto porter
25
1ditto charcoal
06
1Medicine Box & medicine100
2Demy Johns with brandy1200
1demy John with spirits225
1do " " whiskey
62-1/2
1small trunk
18
8bottles mint water@ 15¢120
2ditto peach do"
30
1ditto Capers
25
1Fly brush
06
1paper folder
02
1Bbl with brandy in it200
22bottles port wine@ 25¢550
5ditto Champaign100500
13ditto old brandy800
3ditto Curracoa300
6ditto wine1500
11ditto ditto1650
1Box wine250
1ditto ditto250
23bottles Cider350
1Bbl whiskey2000
1Demy John with gin300
1Ditto " vinegar100
1Ditto " whiskey225
4Demy John wine1500
2ditto " brandy400
2ditto " empty100
2ditto " stands
75
5Large Carpets24000
3Passage ditto3000
1Stair ditto1500
4Rugs500
1Wooden salad spoon & fork
06
1pair bake irons150
1false and iron
75
1Wine Cooler
62-1/2
1Watering pot
25
7tubs 3 buckets 1 piggin & strainer450
3Clothes baskets
75
8pieces old carpet400
19old stair rods285
5Iron cups & saucers 1 waiter & 2 lamps
50
3Phials Mustard seed
06
6pieces Stair Carpet800
3old carpets & 7 pieces500
1pr gold spectacles & case 1 pr silver do)
1 Ever pointed pencil & case 1 Gold )
breast pin, 1 pr Gold sleeve buttons & )
1 Ivory handl pen knife )
2500
1pr brass And Irons600
1pr shovel shovel & tongs150
1plate box
50
1Tin & 2 wooden candle boxes
12-1/2
1Hamper mineral water312-1/2
2Patent Cocks
12-1/2
3bottles Sweet oil150
1Passage lamp2000
Old scales & Wts
25
1Portrait picture5000
1Sword3000



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