Inventory of Kitchen Utensils at Monticello by James Hemings
Description:
Two-page list of kitchen equipment written out by James Hemings before his departure from Monticello.
Transcript:
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Kitchen funiture, note of by James Hemings
Feb. 20, 1796**
2 Small Copper Baking pans
1 Turkish Bonnet Baking mould
3 Waffle Irons
2 Grid Irons
2 Spits ---- 1 Jack ---- 3 Cleavers ---- 2 holdfasts
3 Copper Laidles ---- 4 Copper spoons ---- 1 Bafing(?) spoon
3 Copper Skimmers ---- 2 Cast Iron Bakers
2 pain Tongs ---- 2 Shovels ---- 1 poker ---- 1 Bake Shovel
2 Large Iron pots ---- 2 Dutch ovens
1 Iron Chaffing Dish, ---- 21 Small Copper Baking moulds
2 Gelly moulds ---- 2 Freising moulds
1 Butter Tin kettle ---- 2 Culinders - 1 tin 1 of pewter
1 Brass Culinder 2 Graters ---- 1 old Copper fish kettle
9 wooden Spoons ---- 3 past cuting moulds
1 Brass pistle & morter ---- 1 marble Ditto
2 wooden paste Rolers ---- 2 Chopping Knives
6 Iron Cruets ---- 3 tin tart moulds -- 5 Kitchen approns(?)
1 old Brass Kettle ---- 1 Iron Candlestick
2 Brass Chaffing Dishes
**Title and date in Jefferson's hand
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Inventory of Kitchen Utinsils
19 Copper Stewpans - 19 Covers
6 Small Sauce pans
3 Copper Baking Moulds
2 Small preserving pans
2 Large - - - - - - - Ditto
2 Copper Fish kettles
2 Copper Brazing Pans
2 Round Large ----- Ditto
2 Iron Stew pans
2 Large Boiling kettles tin'd inside
1 Large Brass ------- Ditto
12 pewter water Dishes
12 ------- ------ plates
3 Tin Coffie pots
8 Tine Dish covers
2 frying pans of Iron & one of Copper
4 Round Baking Copper Sheets tin'd
4 Square Copper Ditto untin'd
1 Copper Boiller
1 Copper tea kettle 1 Iron Ditto