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A list of our cloths

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1777
[….]
April
9
T Jeff

A list of our wCloths
14 old fine shirts 9 ruffled ditt 12 new plain
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M Jefferson 10 old ruffled shifts 4 new ones, not made
8 old ones ditto 3 night caps 6 fine linen Aprons
8 coarse ditto 6 pr of silk hoes 6 pr ditto of
cotton
Pattcy Jef 7 new shifts 2 night caps 9 frocks 4 pr
stockings 2 laced tuckers 2 hemstitched do

Pat 7 shifts 2 pr of silk stockings 4 pr of cotton dit
6 old Jams 4 old frocks 3 pocket handkerchifs
2 silk coats one flowered lawn coat 2 laced[?]
bukers 5 hemstitched ditto 2 night caps
2 pr of pockets arm cloths
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Sep (28) 1777 9 ruffled shirts 18 plain ditto 20 old cambrick
stocks 6 virginia ditto new 18 caps 15 old rags
of pocket handkerchiefs 3 pr of english cordied
breeches 4 or virginig ditto 6 virgia cordied
dimity waiscoats 2 striped ditto & 4 damascus ditt
2 Jeans dittt 13 pr of white silk stockings 6 pr brown
thread ditto 5 pr of indian cotton 2 pr of virginia ditt
2 brown holland coats one virginia ditto 11 cloth
coats 5 red waistcoats 2 buff 1 white flanel dit 6 cloth dit
4 pr of cloth breeches 1 green coat 1 black princes ditto
16 old shifts 4 new ditto 6 old fine aprons
8 old ditto & 2 rags 4 virginia pettycoats 5 linen
ditto 2 pr of dimity pockets 3 pr of old drilling dit
2 pr of old dimity ditto 9 pr of silk stockings
[?] pr of old cotton 3 night caps 4 striped muslen neck
handkerchiefs 6 plain ditto linen ditto
2 sacks&coats 8 silk gowns 6 washing ditto old
& 2 new to make up 4 muslen aprons 2 suits
of brussels lace one suit of worked muslen ditt
1 pr of indian ruffles 2 pr of new black leather
shoes 1 pr of green ditt 1 pr of calimancho ditto 2 pr
of old satten ditto 2 new clokes & one bonnet

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