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Inventories of the Orphan Chamber
of the Cape of Good Hope


Example of a MOOC inventory

The following example of a simple inventory in English contains numbers in brackets, which are explained in the following discussion regarding the structure of an inventory:

(1) MOOC8/39.15 (1)

(2a) 25 November 1823 (2a)

(3a) White, William (3a)
(3b) William White (3b)

(4) Inventory of things belonging to William White deceased and late in the service of Mr Damant of Cradocks Town, Uitenhage (4)

(6) three bullocks
three cows
four calves
one mare and foal
one silver watch
one pair of shoes
two pair new stockings
one hat
three pair trousers
three waistcoats
two jackets
one shirt
one handkerchief
two books
one razor and shaving box
one chest (6)

(7) one hundred and eighteen rixdollars and seven schellings (including the balance due for wages, etc. (7)

(8) Cradocks Town (8)
(2a) 25 November 1823 (2a)
(9b) John Damant, John Parker (9b)

(10) Rec:d rd:s42:4 from John Matthews at Graaf Reinet, Uitenhage
(2b) 22 April 1824 (2b)
(9b) C: Stadel (9b) (10)

 

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