Accot. of the sales of the furniture of John Laforey Esqr. sold to the highest bidder at Blandford in Virginia, 1769 January 6
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Accot. of the sales of the furniture of John Laforey Esqr. sold to the highest bidder at Blandford in Virginia, 1769 January 6
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1 item ([4] pages) ; 31.6 x cm
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Account of the sale of the household goods of Sir John Laforey, British naval officer during his brief residence in Virginia after the French and Indian War. The account details the items sold and purchasers among whom were William Byrd III and James Parke Farley. The latter likely a relation to Laforey through marriage to his wife Eleanor Farley.
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Account: of the sales of the Furniture of John Laforey Esquire Sold
to the highest bidder at Blandford in Virginia 6th January 1769
| 1 | Filled Bed stead | Neil Buchanan Senior | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | Scotch Carpet | ditto | 17 | |||||
| 1 | Tick kettle & plate | ditto | 1 | 6 | ||||
| 1 | Footman | ditto | 4 | |||||
| 2 | Ladles & a skimmer | ditto | 8 | 6 | ||||
| 4 | brass Chaffing Dishes | ditto | 16 | |||||
| 4 Mahogany Waiters | ditto | 3 | 5 | 15 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Window [?] Curtains | Dr. Theodorick Bland | 5 | 15 | ||||
| 1 | Turkey Carpet | Ditto | 15 | |||||
| 1 | Glass Globe Lamp | ditto | 10 | |||||
| 1 | old Footman | ditto | 1 | 3½ | ||||
| 1 | Loaded & 2 skewers | ditto | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 1 | old Castor & Bottles | ditto | 16 | |||||
| 7 | China Tea Cups | |||||||
| 8 | ditto Saucers } large blue & white | ditto | 9 | 7 | ||||
| 1 | ditto Bason | |||||||
| 14 | Wine Glasses, 2d best sort | ditto | 9 | |||||
| 2 | Glass Basons with Covers | ditto | 3 | 9 | ||||
| 3 | wine Decanters | ditto | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 1 | Glass desert, incomplete | ditto | 1 | |||||
| 1 | Gallon Punch bottle | ditto | 7 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 7½ | |
| 1 | Copper preserving Pan | Patrick Ramsay | 1 | |||||
| 1 | Set best China incompleat | ditto | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 6 |
| 6 | China Cups & saucers, red & blue | Charles Gregory | 6 | 9 | ||||
| 24 | 7 | 4½ |
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“Accot. of the sales of the furniture of John Laforey Esqr. sold to the highest bidder at Blandford in Virginia, 1769 January 6,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed April 28, 2024, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/3192.
