John MARJORIBANKS' Inventory
among his estate papers packet filed in York County, SC
1790
now in the SC Archives, Columbia SC
Wm. Chambers
£  S  d
4Fine shirtsat4/6 Pr
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0"18"0
9Fine Dittoat4s Pr
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"1"16"0
5Fine Dittoat 2/6 Pr
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0"12"6
7Course Dittoat4/6 P
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1"11"6
7Course Ditto
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0"6"0
2Fine Dittoat1/ P
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0"2"0
3pair of Overallsat
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0"5"0
2 Linnen jackets and one pair of Linnen Britches   ----------------------
[Linen]
0"7"0
4Handtoals
[Hand towels?]
at6d Pr
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0"2"0
3Muslian Handcheifs
[Muslin Handkerchiefs?]
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0"5"0
2Cravatsat
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0"2"6
9pair Wooling stockings
[pair Woolen or Woollen stockings]
at 9d Pr pair
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0"6"9
1Blue Cloath Coat and Jacket
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0"12"0
1Black Coat and Jacket
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0"12"0
1Blue Coat & Jacket
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0"12"0
1Blue Ship Coat & jacket
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0"4"0
3pair of Britches and a night Cape
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0"0"9
1pair of Boots
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0"4"0
1Trunk
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0"1"0
£8"10"8
1Seek
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0"1"6
Error in Carrying out 7 Course Shirts
£8"12"2
    10"2
£9" 2" 2
These are to Certify that the above artikils
which hath been preduced by Mr. Hugh White
                                       appraised
belonging to John Banks Decessed are Justly & truly
by us to the best of our knowleg
   Certified & subscribed ---------------
   this 10 Day of July 1790 ---------Hugh Drennan
                                          Mc
   by -------------------------------Hugh Cleland
                                     Wm. Chambers
Inventory

100 dpi scan (jpg) of xerox of John Banks' Inventory
at its original 800 pixel width
12 pence (d)=1 shilling (/ or s)
20 shillings (/ or s)=1 pound (£).
For example in the first item (at the top): "4 Fine shirts at 4/6" means "4 shirts at 4 shillings & 6 pence each".  Since there are 12 pence in a shilling (per table above), 6 pence is half a shilling so 4/6 is 4.5 shillings.  Four shirts times 4.5 shillings/shirt = 18 shillings & is written here with 18 in the shillings column, as 0"18"0.  I think the quotation marks (") are being used as separators & to stand for s & d (shillings & pence), since £ precedes the first number when used below, I figure s & d preceed their numbers but are represented by " which dittos the s & d in the column headings.  These computations give us a back check on reading the values given and thus give us the sense that we can read this manuscript.  If you find any errors, report the error to me, the webmaster, James Green III.

The purpose of the following Summary is to think about whether this is too much clothes for one man & to consider if this might be stock that he was selling.  My opinion is that it was too much clothes for one man & this is the stock that he was selling.
Summary
ItemShillings
20 Fine Shirts68.50
21 Course Shirts47.50
3 pair of Overalls5.00
2 Linnen [Linen] jackets*
1 Blue Cloath [Cloth] Coat1 and Jacket12.00
1 Black Coat and Jacket12.00
1 Blue Coat & Jacket12.00
1 Blue Ship Coat & jacket4.00
1 night Cape*
3 pair of Britches*
1 pair of Linnen [Linen] Britches*
3 Muslian Handcheifs [Muslin Handkerchiefs]5.00
2 Cravats2.50
9 pair Wooling [Woolen or Woollen] stockings6.75
1 pair of Boots4.00
4 Handtoals [Hand towels]2.00
1 Trunk1.00
1 Seek21.50
* I separated jackets from britches & night cape from britches & have no way to split up the value.
1Cloath [Cloth] Coat: I have no idea what could be meant by cloth, if that's the right word.  I'd think all the coats were made of cloth.
2Seek: I have no idea what a seek could be, but it is worth 1½ times what a trunk is worth.
•Words in brackets are my opinion & might be incorrect.
•I rearranged items & merged items to make it clearer how much stock John Banks had.  The coats & jackets might should be merged, but if I merge them with the 2 jackets marked with an asterisk, then they would all need to be valued with an asterisk.  One can easily see them side by side & add them up.  Admittedly the values are of secondary importance compared to the count of each item.  20 fine shirts & 21 course shirts -- 41 shirts valued at 116 shillings = £5.8) seems like more shirts than any one man would need or have unless he was selling shirts.

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