Virginia Aspiring Inventories that Belonged to a Woman
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Ball, Sarah
of Lancaster, VA 10/8/1742 Aspiring
No bedsteads listed -- beds detailed as bedsteads in most cases.
Important features are: Rural; Books noted; Cellar; Dairy;
Female; Kitchen; Livestock; Out buildings; Quarters;
Room by room; Slaves; Tools;
Green, Sarah
of York, VA 4/1/1759 Aspiring
Minimal for aspiring, many items described as "old." Paintings by name.
Important features are: Urban; Books noted; Closets;
Female; Kitchen;
Room by room; Slaves;
Hooe, Ann (Mrs.)
of Pr William, VA 5/5/1800 Aspiring
Received too late for room use study. Lists corn house and kitchen(with one item).
Important features are: Rural; Books titled;
Female; Livestock; Out buildings; County borders Potomac River;
Tools;
George Mason's Gunston Hall Plantation - Mason Neck, Virginia 22079-3901 http://gunstonhall.org
