| Show AX AN I 1 requesting it 1 amii 4 wil wll publish below a copy of a very interesting te document which was fou found n d upon the records of salem sale Bale mEssex essex co massachusetts by elder N W H felt during hib bis recent mission to that state it ift la Is the letter of Adminis administration ration on the estate ebinte bf 01 robert smith late of boxford 11 massachusetts an ancestor of bf th thero phel phet jose rose joseph h smiths the said robert being his thi third rd great grandrath ar er or of five generations back from him T this Is of itself stielf will give it interest in the eyes of many of our readers but aside from this it is interesting from a historical point of view as by its assistance we can compare the value attached to the articles e numerated ume rated in the inventory one hundred and seventy tw two years ago with the value at which tm they are estimated in these day he was a well to do farmer and a man of respectable spec table position among his n neighbors and another matter of interest connected with this inventory la Is the number and extent of farming implements and household utensils which a family of that class possessed in those da days Ys lonno afine a prosperous far farmers family in these hese bese days to such a househ household old oid outfit te kill nd they would think they were re benching 0 aching with a vengeance lt letter ater of administration on the estate of hbert fiert smith late of boxford to samuel smith his son at salem galena oct 3rd ard 1698 attorney At tomey jonan corwin im am john higginson reg page 37 Essex county probate 9 book 6 iw i k A true truo inventory of ye yo estate of stobert robert smith of boxford who departed this lifa life august augusti 1693 r i 1 ye housing and land 00 oo 00 9 0 boxen 12 19 12 3 2 cow coms 04 4 1 16 tr 0 6 21 elfers I 1 xa 3 8 sheep hagl los ios I 1 I 1 1 F tid iid 0 3 pigs lq as cart and plow arid d 1 chain and tackling for fbi oien oxen 2 2 0 1 mortising mor axe 3 wedges wedge S 1 boit bolt bolt boit and ring I 1 t 1 6 3 I 1 musket iss I 1 rapier los ios 1 8 0 I 1 bed and bedstead and furniture furni turo i to bed 5 00 0 0 I 1 other bed los ios a blanket one pr r sheets sheet sand land two pillows jl 16 0 1 blanket 1 and pr sheets and a bolster 1 5 0 2 z putter ul ater plates and a frying pan jan ian 8 0 wooden booden ware as more wooden ware as ad 5 0 6 4 iron potts 92 2 los ios pali pail brait two chairs as ad 2 1 17 C G 1 table one chest one box I 1 meal trough 1 7 0 2 pr pott hooks 0 0 20 0 0 total 7 3 ionn jonk GOULD gouid siw ses SEN jon joh johs JOHN FREN FRENCH oly cir SEN t sami saml Smith administrator exhibited ye above inventory and made oath that ye pam yam same e is I 1 a true and perfect anven inventory r of y ye 0 estate gestate of his father robert smith smi late lato of 0 f decd ko feo far as hath come to h his knowledge and that if more comes to his knowledge he be will give an acct acet ace t of 0 ye same into ye office sworn attest JOHN HIGGINsON reg page 91 by ye yo hanble jonathan corwin esq judge of probate of wills ac oct 2 1699 samel samei amm administrator to ye yo estate of robert smith Si filth late of boxford decd deed praying for further time for rendering yo abelt acct of his on sd sm estate further time is granted him until ye yo first munday in aprill next ensuing THE typographical union has e elee elec teti teil a woman as secretary A fter after the opposition which 4 has been manifested by marjy many unions against the employment 0 of f women as compositors eastern papers think the typographical union deserves deserve 4 honor i |
