You have to careful in doing this.  I have seen in personal papers rough
drafts of inventories. Separate sheets for various rooms or spaces. When the
final fair copy was made for the courts the order of the sheets became
irrelevant. That's why you sometimes see  cattle listed in among household
furniture. Court appointed appraisers sometimes hired others to do the
actual appraisements.  This is especially true when specialized objects are
involved such as the contents of an apothecary shop or a collection of
silver.
HBG


>From: qvarizona <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: qvarizona <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Fw: Inventories
>Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:06:06 -0700
>
>Of course, the men doing inventories would  go room to room!   Can't wait
>to re-read those old inventories I've saved in my files.  Thanks, Paul--
>and everyone--  for the info re inventories.
>--Joanne
>
>Paul Drake <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>....It is interesting that very often by noting the order of the items
>listed, one may draw an approximate picture of the interior rooms of the
>home.... Thereafter, one will often find that those men went room to room
>until they were done, making it easy to see what was in the parlor, the
>main "living room", the bedrooms (chambers), and the pantry and accessory
>buildings....
>
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