Hello Again, Again

Again, again because I said ‘Hello Again’ over on Maryland Inventories, and all my excuses for the year-long silence can be found there.

And now for the (considerable) backlog of books ~

Edward Eubanks, appraised November 1734:

• 1 prayer Book

Mr. William Brogden, appraised January 1735:

[under a section headed “Books”]

• 1 Tesamt. & 2 psalters
• 2 Groans protestant Church [I thought the author would be somebody Groan, but no — I think it is probably Sion in Distress: or, the Groans of the Protestant Church by Benjamin Keach, published in 1681 (at least, I think the author is Benjamin Keach; that’s the information in Google Books, but neither Wikipedia nor this site includes Groans among his writings)]
• 5 Spelling Books
• 1 Common prayer book
• 1 primer
• 5 horn books
• 2 books of Arithmetick

Samuel Queen, appraised June 1734:

• old books

Mr. William Piper, appraised July 1734:

• 1 Large Bible
• 3 Volumes of ye. Explans. of the Bible
• Coles Dictionare [An English Dictionary: Explaining the Difficult Terms that are used in Divinity, Husbandry, Physick, Phylosophy, Law, Navigation, Mathematicks, and Other Arts and Sciences by Elisha Coles]
• 1 Large prayer Booke
• whole Duty of man
• Weaks Preparations [could be A Weeks Preparation Toward a Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper or The Second Part of the Weeks Preparation for the Sacrament . . . or both]
• 19 old books

Robert Gorsuch, appraised August 1733:

• 1 prayer Book

Mathew Gardener, appraised December 1734:

• parcell of old books

Mr. Francis Marbury, appraised March 1735:

• 2 Bibles
• 2 Sermon Books
• Baker Chronicles very old [A Chronicle of the Kings of England by Sir Richard Baker]

Mr. Richard Smith, appraised February 1734:

* an additional inventory  and an account of goods mortgaged by Grace Howard to Richard Smith *

• Sundry Books in the County house

Colonel John Fendall, appraised February 1735:

• the whole body of Laws
• 1 Middleing Bible
• 1 of Stilletsonson Sermon book in fol. [likely a transcription error, as the inventory for John’s wife Elizabeth lists this title as “Tilletson Sermon in fol.”]
• a parcell of Books

Patrick Connelly, appraised sometime before April 1735:

• a parcell of books

Jonathan Holliday, appraised June 1733:

• old books

John Smallwood, appraised May 1735:

• parcell of old books

John Rhodes, appraised November 1734:

• a parcell of old books

John Beauchamp, appraised January 1735:

• one old bible

Hope Taylor, appraised sometime before March 1735:

• 1 old bible

Mr. John Mills, appraised March 1735:

• a parcell of Books used

Elizabeth Davis, appraised March 1735:

• a bible
• a Psalm book
• The History of Sr. Thos. Moore

Thomas Inlose, appraised sometime before May 1735:

• a parcell of old books

William Jones, appraised March 1735:

• 4 old Books

John Merritt, appraised January 1735:

• a Pray Booke and whole Duty of Man

Mr. William Boone, appraised April 1734:

• 1 Large Bible

Workman Harris, appraised May 1735:

• 3 old Books

John Howell, appraised March 1735:

• 1 Book

Richard Groome, appraised November 1734:

• a parcell of old books

Mr. James Earle, appraised January 1735:

• a parcell of Law Books
• a parcell of old Latten do.
• 1 Small book wth. pensill
• a parcell of Books

Mr. Hugh Spedding, appraised sometime before June 1735

• 1 Bible and a parcell of old Books

Doctor William Hodshon, appraised February 1735:

• 1 Large fol. Bible
• 1 very old Do.
• 1 Large Dictionary
• Daltons Justice of Peace
• 4 Books of Phisick and Chirurgery
• 52 old books [but only valued at £1.75]

Madam Elizabeth Fendall, appraised sometime before May 1735:

• 1 Large Bible
• Tilletson Sermon in fol.
• 4 Small books

William Annis, appraised sometime before May 1735:

• 2 old books
• 1 old primer

John Cooper, appraised March 1735:

• 4 old Books

James Peele, appraised March 1735:

• 2 old books

James Maddox, appraised May 1735:

• 3 new Books
• 10 old Do.

John Dodson, senior, appraised sometime before June 1735:

• 1 Bible
• 1 Common prayer Book
• 5 old books

George Ray, appraised sometime before June 1735:

• 2 Large writeing Books
• 1 old Bible and prayer Book

Elizabeth Harris, appraised May 1735:

• 5 old Torn books

Mr. Jonathan Baker, appraised June 1735:

• 4 Common Prayer Books
• One Book
• [also 2 Quire Paper]

John Hill, appraised February 1735:

• 4 old Books

Oswald Dash, appraised March 1735:

• 2 old books

Thomas Scott, appraised May 1735:

• the Acts of Assembly
• Some old Books

Elizabeth Willis, appraised August 1734:

• 1 Large Bible and Other Books of Devotion

Richard Lyon, appraised May 1735:

• 1 Church Bible
• one Spelling book
• 1 Salter

David Evins, appraised May 1735:

• a parcell of old Books

Mr. John Pottinger, appraised April 1735:

• 1 Large Bible
• one Do. Small
• a parcell old Books

Richard Bell, appraised May 1735:

• A parcell of old and abused Law Books
• 1 Volume of the Statute of Queen Ann
• Virginia Laws
• Godolphins Legacy [The Orphans Legacy by John Godolphin]
• 3 Volumes of Hughs Grand Abridgemt. [A Grand Abridgment of the Common and Statute Law of England by William Hughes, published 1660-1663]
• Compleat Attherney and Sollicetor
• Fitz Herbert natura Brevium [La Novelle Natura Brevium by Anthony Fitzherbert (the Internet is inconsistent about nouvelle v. novelle — often opting for ‘new’ instead; some entries also favor Fitz-Herbert]
• Compleat Attry.
• 2 Volumes of the abridgemt. of the Statutes of Wm. & Mary
• Browns Vade mecum [this one?]
• Hailes Pleas of the Crown old Edition [Historia Placitorum Coronæ (The History of the Pleas of the Crown) by Sir Matthew Hale]
• Brownleys Declaration
• The Clerks Tutor in Chancery [here it is]
• Tryal 1 pr. pair old Edition [?]
• Law of Ejectmts.
• 2d 3d & 4^th Institutes
• [also 12 Quire Writeing Paper, 1 Wainscott Desck, and a Stand for Books]

William Bowland, appraised June 1735:

• 1 old bible and Testamt.

John Gibbins, junior, appraised June 1735:

• 1 Testamt.

Samuel Handy, appraised June 1735:

• 1 Large Church Bible
• 1 Common Prayer Book
• 1 Small Bible
• 1 Pocket Do.
• 1 old Testamt.
• one Prayer Book
• Sermon Book
• one Common Prayer Do.

Captain Thomas Humphris, appraised May 1735:

• 1 Bible

Reverend Mr. William Stewart, appraised June 1735:

• 21 Folios of Divinity
• 66 Qrtos. on Sevll. Subjects Small
• 30 Octavos & Duodicimos

Thomas Hutchins, appraised April 1732:

• a parcell of old paper Books
• 24 old printed Books

Thomas Hatchman, appraised May 1735:

• a parcell of old Books
• ye acts of assembly bound

John Mainly, appraised May 1735:

• 8 old Books

Gibbert Drenin [Gilbert Drining], appraised sometime before June 1735:

• To Books 0.8.0
• To Paper 0.2.4

Colonel Benjamin Pearce, appraised August 1734:

• 16 Books Different Sorts

Reverend Walter Hackett, appraised June 1735:

* this fellow actually lived in Delaware, so the inventory only included this one item as his property in Cecil County *

• To 1 Small Book being a Continuation of Echards Roman History [“From the Removal of the Imperial Seat by Constantine the Great, to the Total Failure of the Western Empire . . . sounds uplifting — and you can acquire your own copy here.]

John Ma^ccintire, appraised sometime before June 1735:

• 1 Book

Colonel Ephraim Augustus Herman, appriased June 1735:

• Large Bible
• a parcell of old English and Dutch Books
• an old Bible [listed in the middle of the livestock]

Mr. John Evans, appraised January 1734:

[aka the mother lode]

• a Bible Large Quarto
• the whole Dutey of man
• a Treatise on Sarment and Divine art of Prayer [The second title is easy: The Divine Art of Prayer, first published in 1691.  But the first . . . sermon or sacrament?  Ah, sacrament is far more likely.  Two candidates: A Treatise of the Sacrament of Confirmation, printed in 1629 . . . or A Treatise of the Institution, Right Administration and Receiving of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, already in its third edition by 1677.  How to choose?]
• the Leadies Library and Religion of Gentiles [Surely two separate titles; the first edition of The Ladies Library, Written by a Lady was published in 1714; I presume the second title is The Ancient Religion of the Gentiles by Edward Herbert, published in 1705]
• the Independent whigg [possibly issues of the paper, but more likely a collection of work by Thomas Gordon and his cronies]
• no Cross no Crown by Mr. Penn [Mr. William Penn, that is: No Cross, No Crown]
• Senecca Moralls
• Daltons Justice of the Peace [more properly, The Country Justice]
• Nellsons Do. [this 1704 volume, I suspect: The Office and Authority of a Justice of Peace by William Nelson]
• the Duty and Authority Do. [I wish the entry were a touch more specific, but I think what we have here might be Conductor Generalis, or The Office, Dute and Authority of Justices of the Peace, first published in 1722.]
• a parcell of old Books
• an English Dictionary

Now I’m exhausted — and I thought I was going to knock this post out between hiking and lunch!