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At Dr. Farish's request, I am sending herewith the report on "Purdie's Dwelling."

Purdie's Dwelling
Block 9-1, Colonial Lot No. 24

The earliest grant--that of the trustees to Lot #24--is not available in the records of this department. This may be due to the fact that it was recorded in some court, such as that of James City County or the General Court, the records of which have beer. lost. However, at a date prior to May 12, 1707, a house had been built on the lot as the grant from James Shields, tailor, to William Bird Droves:

Shields, James - Taylor
to May 12, 1707
Bird, William
Consideration: 120 Pounds.

One half acre of land lying and being in the City of Williamsburg, designed in the plat of the said city by the figure 24, together with one good dwelling house thereon built. [York County Records - Deeds, Bonds - Vol. II, p. 234]

After this grant, a long gap of over forty years in the records on this lot finds it. in the possession of a Scotch merchant company. On February 26, 1749, James Crosby, merchant, deeds the property as follows:

Crosby, James - merchant of Glasgow
to
Andrew Archd Buchanan's & Company
Merchants in Glasgow
Consideration: not mentioned.

Three Lots of hand containing half an Acre in each Lot (upon one of which Lots there is built a Dwelling House & Kitchen upon the Middle Lott is a Storehouse and upon the other Lot there is a Warehouse & Stable all lying Contiguous in the City of Williamsburgh on the South side of the Main Street opposite to the Rawley Tavern which said Lots are marked in the Plan of the said City by the Nos not given] which formerly belonged to the late Colonell William Bird of Charles City County) To have and to hold the said lots . . .

[Ibid. - Deeds - Book V, p. 393]

2 See the report on "The Sign of the King's Arms" for an explanation of the theory that these were colonial lots Nos. 22, 23, and 24.

John Hyndman, merchant, and Hugh Blackburn became the attorneys of Andrew, Archibald Buchanan & Co. [Ibid. - Land Causes - August, 1757, p. 100, quoted on page ] As a result, Hyndman on July 3, 1752, offered the property for sale as follows:

To be Let, and entered on immediately,
The Houses and Lots opposite to the Raleigh Tavern, lately possessed by the Subscriber, from whom the Terms may be known. [Virginia Gazette, William Hunter]

All the evidence presented in the following pages indicates that Dr. Kenneth McKenzie bought Lot #24. In his will dated February 8, 1755, Dr. McKenzie gave to his son, William, the lot and house where he [Dr. McKenzie] lived at that time, on condition that William pay his sister, Ann, one hundred pounds when he reached the age of twenty-one. If William failed to meet these conditions, then the house and lot were to be sold by the executors--among which was Dr. James Carter--and one-third given to Ann. Dr. McKenzie asked that his wife have the use of the house and lot during her widowhood. [York County Records - Wills, Inventories - Book XX, p. 353]

Dr. McKenzie's inventory seems to indicate that part of his personal property was kept in his house and part in his shop. The doctor's certain shop was probably in the house since there was no/indication of a separate store on the lot.

August 18, 1755.

1 small feather bed, bolster, 2 blankets, 1 pr. sheets, bedstead	3/10/0
2 leather chairs, 1 backgammon table complete	1/3/0
1 small walnut table	0/15/0
3
1 oak Marlborough bedstead, a bed, mattress, 1 blanket, counterpane, 1 set callico curtains and pillows and bolster	8/0/0
1 oak Marlborough bedstead, bed bolster, blanket, counterpane set of curtains	6/0/0
1 Field bed and curtains	2/10/0
2 potracks, 1 pr. kitchen hand irons and racks	1/17/6
1 jack, jack pulley and weight, 1 small iron grate & hand irons	2/10%
6 gallons linseed oyl, 50 lbs. white lead ground in oyl	3/1/0
30 lbs. Spanish brown	0/7/6
1 coffee mill, 1 corn binn, 1 large brass kettle	2/14./0
1 fish kettle, copper pot, stew pan and plaister pan	2/4/0
1 iron pot and iron kettle, 1 dutch oven	1/2/6
1 pr. flat irons, a spits, 1 frying pan	0/1L,./0
1 meat hook, 1 garden pot	0/5/6
1 bell metal skillet and tea kettle, 1 dripping pan	1/8/0
2 butter pots, 1 pickle pot, 1 case of 6 bottles	0/13/6
5 brass candlesticks, 1 small spice mortar	0/17/6
1 two quart pewter pot, funnel and turene	0/10/0
1 copper coffee pot, chocolate pot, and tin coffee pot	0/7/6
1 garden rake and hoe, 2 doz. new plates	1/13/9
16 old plates, 8 new dishes, 7 old dishes	2/8/0
1 kitchen table, 1 writing desk 7/6	0/15/0
The Shop
1 injecting syringe pipes	2/10/0
1 sett of amputating instruments, 1 sett of tre-paning instruments, 1 sett of instruments for lythotomy	8/0/0
Coopers Anatomy £4,, Baileys Dictionary 15/	4/15/0
Hoadley on Respiration 3/, Ranby on gun shot wounds 2/	0/4/6
Medicina Statica 2/6, London Dispensatory 4/	0/6/6
Jewish Spy 5 vols. 15/, Keils Anatomy 1/3	0/16/3
Robinson on Diseases 2/6, Hippocrates Aphorisms 2/	0/4/6
Prasaguim Medicum 1/, Biographia Brittanica 10/	0/11/0
Virginia Lass 26/, Anatomical figures No. 11 with Explanations	3/6/0
A survey of the Microcosm 5/9, Douglas's Midwifry 1/6	0/7/3
Boerhaves Chymistry 26/, Winslows Anatomy 15/	2/1/0
Hiesters Surgery 15/, Douglas Lythotomy 2/	0/17/0
Hiesters Compendrium 5/, Astruc on women Vol. 5 18/	1/3/0
James Shaws Dispensatorys each 2/, Friends History on Physic 5/9	0/9/9
Gordons Grammer 4./, Garengeols Surgery 3/	0/7/0
Meads Precepts 5/, Chapmans Midwifry 3/9	0/5/9
4
Harvey D Motri Cordis 2/6, Present State of England 3/9	0/6/3
Bradley on Gardening 4/, Gays tables 2 vols. 5/	0/9/0
Chyne on Health 2/, do. on Gout 1/6	0/3/6
Pryors Poems 2/6, Gays Poems 2 vols. 4/	0/6/6
Cheseldon on the Stone 2/, do. on anatomy 5/	0/7/0
Wilson Chymistry 2/6, Praxis Medica 2/	0/4/6
Gazetteer 2/, Nudibrass 3/, Monroes Anatomy 1/6	0/6/6
Mead on Poisons 5/, State of Midwifery 1/6	0/6/6
Ledrams Operations 2 vols. 10/, Saviards Observations 5/	0/15/0
Sharps Critical Enquiry 3/, St. Ives on the Eyes	0/8/0
Sharps Surgery 5/, Medical Essays 10/10	0/15/10
Medical Essays Edenb'g 10/10, Thompson on Desecting 3/	0/13/10
Sturlock on Dentition 4/, Petit on the Bones 4/	0/8/0
Mauriceas Midwifery 5/, Daventrys do., 4/, Van sweeten 8 vols 40/	2/9/0
Hillery on the small pox and Robinson on decays	0/7/6
Sydenhams Works 4/, Bagtivi and Pitcarn 9/	0/13/0
Bellini 4/, Lomius on Fevers 5/, Mead on Smallpox 2/6	0/11/6
Modern Practice of Physic 2 vols. 8/, Wainwright on nonnaturals 4/	0/12/0
Friend on Fevers 5/, Friends Emanalogia 3/	0/8/0
Shaws Practice of Physics 2 vols. 7/6, Arbuthnot on Air 3/	0/10/6
Turner 4/, Vol 15/, Sundry Books 5/6, Sandys Ovid 5/9	1/6/3
1 mahogany desk and book case £10, 1 large looking glass £3-10	13/10/0
1 corner cupboard 21/6, 1 round mahogany table 26/	2/7/6
1 oval walnut table 20/, 1 square walnut table 21/6	2/1/6
2 carved mahogany chairs 40/, 6 mahogany chairs £3-12	5/12/0
6 walnut chairs £3, 2 elbow walnut chairs 30/	4/10/0
1 lolling mahogany chair £3-10, 1 two arm black leather chair	7/10/0
1 wash bason and mahogany stand 15/, 1 silver punch ladle 21/6	1/16/6
2 hand irons, fire shovel and tongs	0/15/0
35 oz. silver at 7/6	13/2/6
2 doz. china plates 50/, 3 china bowls 7/6	2/17/6
2 china butter boats 7/6, old crockery were 7/6	0/15/0
8 oz. G. vila - vinagar crewit with glasses	0/4/0
1 tea table with white china cups and saucers	2/0/0
Anatomical Pictures 21/6, blue painted buffett Z4	5/1/6
1 fiddle, fiddle bow and strings 21/6, 1 looking glass 40/	3/1/6
5
1 pr. hand bellows, 2/6, 3 large maps 10/	0/12/6
1 pr. squeesers 1/3, 5 small maps 20/	1/1/3
1 painted floor cloth 20/, 1 chimney glass £5	6/0/0
12 fruit pieces £5, 1 walnut dressing table 20/	6/0/0
1 small dressing glass	1/0/0
1 mahogany close stool chair and pan	2/3/0
12 old pictures 12/, 1 large hair trunk 26/	1/18/0
To the medicines and shop utensils	105/9/11

[York County Records - Wills, Inventories - Book XX, p. 364]

After Dr. McKenzie's death, suits to recover debts made by him reveal many facts about the history of the house and lot under discussion.

Scott et al
vs
McKenzie

June 20, 1757

To the Worship full Justice of York County sitting in Chancery. Humbly complaining--show unto your Worships your Orator Peter Scott Thoms Dawson Clerk Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Thomas Wharton decd and John Pearson Webb that one Kenneth McKenzie formerly of the City of Williamsburg Surgeon being indebted to your Orator Peter Scott by specialty in the sum of one hundred and five pounds thirteen shilling current money of Virginia besides Interest and being also indebted to the said Thomas Wharton by Specialty in the sum of one hundred pounds of Like Money exclusive of Interest and being also Jointly and Severally Bound with your Orator John Pearson Webb as Securities for one Andrew Anderson late of the City of Williamsburg deceased unto John Blair Junr Gent in a Bond dated the third day of July 1750 for the payment of £56.5s with Lawfull Interest thereon from the said July 3rd 'til payment unto the said John Blair [Kenneth McKenzie] departed this life having first made His Last Will and Testament in writing whereby amongst other things he did will and desire that. his whole personal Estate should be sold so soon as conveniently it might be after his death except such part thereof as he should particularly mention, . . . he also gave as Devised to his Son William his house and Lot where he then Lived on this Condition that he should pay to his Sister Ann £100 on his attaining the age of 21 years but if he failed to pay the same in eighteen months after he attained to that age then it was his express will & desire that the said House and Lott should be sold by his executors . . . and of his said will he did appoint Thomas Everard James Carter George Riddell and his Cousin Kenneth McKenzie Executors of whom James Carter and George Riddell only proved the said will and took upon themselves the Execution thereof . . . . .

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Your Orators further show unto your Worships that the said Kenneth McKenzie some short tune before iris death having purchased the House & Lott in his Will mentioned of Hugh Blackburn and John Hyndman Attornies in Fact for Andrew. Archibald Buchanan and Company Merchants in Glasgow for the Consideration of--did together with one-his security enter into a Bond for the payment of the said Sum of money and did at the same time receive of the said Hugh Blackburn and John Hyndman a certain writing Obligatory with a Condition thereunder .writ ten that they should when required execute such Deed or Deeds as should be thought sufficient to give the said Kenneth McKenzie a good title to the said Lot and House. But the said Kenneth departed this life before the said Deeds were executed Your Orators Peter and Thomas further shew unto your Worships that they have applied to the Executors of the said K. M.¹ and desired them to discharge the Judgments above mentioned and your Orator John Pearson Webb sheweth that he hath also applied to the said Executor and desired them to repay him a moiety of the moneys by him paid to the said John Blair in discharge of the Bond aforesaid in answer to which they have assured your Orators that the whole personal Estate of the said² hath been exhausted in paying as 'ell the Consideration of the said Lot and House as other Bona Debts so that your Orators have no prospect of receiving their Money unless by the sale of the said House and Lott which they are advised is reasonable more especially as great part of the personal Estate was applied towards paying for the same. Your Orators further chew unto your Worships that they have frequently applied to the said Executors Joanna McKenzie widow of the said Testator Kenneth and to the said Hugh Blackburn and John Hyndman who as Attornies for the said Andrew Archibald Buchanan and Company Merchants in Glasgow have always declared themselves willing and ready to execute Deeds for the said Lott and Houses & have desired them to fall upon some method for selling the said Lott and houses towards satisfying your Orators demand which they have declined doing giving for reason that the said William and Ann McKenzie who are interested being Infants of tender Years cannot legally do any Act which will be obligatory upon them . . . Your Orators demand that the said James Carter and George Riddell may set up and expose to publick sale the said House and Lot and that the Money arising from such Sale may be applied to the remainder of your Orators demand unsatisfied & that the said Hugh Blackburn & John Hyndman may be compelled to make a good & sufficient Deeds for conveying the said House & Lots to such Person or persons as shall purchase the same . . .

[York County Records - Land Causes - pp. 969-97]

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Joanna McKenzie, at a court on the 15th day of August, 1757, declared:

[Abstract] that the said Kenneth a considerable time before his death purchased the Lot in the Bill mentioned and made considerable improvements thereon and lived on the same at his death . . . that Hugh Blackburn and John Hyndman of whom the lot eras purchased . . . had agreed to convey the Legal Estate of the said Lott to the said Kenneth McKenzie and his Heirs on or before the April Court next following the said Purchase and this Deft Conceives and is advised that she is entitled to her Dower in the same.[Ibid., pp. 98-99]

The York County Court on January 16, 1758, ordered the sheriff to advertise the, property in the Virginia Gazette for three successive weeks, to make the purchaser give security, and to report the results of the sale to the Court. The sheriff, on May 15, 1758, reported that the lot had been sold to the highest bidder, Joanna McKenzie, for £260 current money of Virginia. [Ibid., pp. 99-106]

Perhaps this purchase of the lot by Joanna McKenzie was responsible for the next deed. In 1760, in order to borrow £216 from George Washington, James Carter bound himself with Joanna McKenzie to repay the loan. Carter took as security a mortgage on Joanna McKenzie's lot and houses. It is only the chain of evidence that piles up in later records that justifies the conclusion that this was Lot #24. The deed is as follows:

June, 1760

McKenzie, Joanna - widow
Williamsburg
to
Carter, James - Surgeon

Consideration: 216 pounds secured to Geo. Washington, Esq. (James Carter bound with said Joanna)

All that Lott or half Acre of Land lying and being in the City of Williamsburg on the South Side of Duke of Gloucester Street bounded on. the North by the said. Street on the West by the Lott of Mr. John Carter on the South by Francis Street and on the East by a 8 Lott of Mr. James Sheilds^* and all houses Buildings Yards Gardens Privileges Profits Commodities Hereditaments and Appurtenances whatsoever. . .

[York County Records - Deeds - Book VI, p. 301]

Joanna died some time before January 19, 1767, the date of the probation of her will. Her will reads:

It is my will and desire that my whole estate both real and personal be sold as soon after my death as conveniently may be for the payment of my just debts, excepting 6 silver table spoons, 10 silver tea spoons and all my ribbon and cap wire and the other things belonging to my Milenary--------which things above excepted I do give and bequeath to my------- [Ibid. - Wills, Inventories - Book XXI, p. 294]

Her inventory was very brief, due no doubt to the fact that Dr. McKenzie had ordered all of his personal estate, excepting his slaves, to be sold.

Jan. 28, 1767.

8 blue and white china plates	0/10/0
12 tea cups and 5 saucers	0/5/0
6 tart pans 3/9, 1 sugar dish 1/3, 7 bowls 7/	0/12/0
A parcel of earthern and glass ware	0/15/0
1 stone jug 1/3, 12 stone pots 15/	0/16/3
1 brown stone bottle jug 2/6, 1 chocolate and coffee pot 3/9	0/6/3
1 bed, boulster and 2 pillows	3/10/0
1 rug 12/6, 1 pair blankets 6/, 1 bedstead 10/	1/8/6
1 white bed quilt 5/, 1 counter Paine 15/	1/0/0
1 coloured bed quilt 20/	1/0/0
1 bed, boulster and pillow	2/10/0
1 bedstead 10/	0/10/0
4 pair sheets 50/, 2 table cloths 30/	4/0/0
9
3 breadfast cloths 10/, 10 towels 6/3	0/16/3
4 pillow cases	0/5/0
1 large looking glass 90/, 1 dressing glass l5/	5/5/0
1 desk 50/, 1 easy chair 50/	5/0/0
chairs 80/, 2 low chairs 5/	4/5/0
1 small table 12/6, 1 round tea table 15/,	1/7/6
1 oval table 26/, 1 table with a draw 12/6	1/13/6
1 chest of drawers 15/, 1 corner cupboard 10/	1/5/0
1 tea board and waiter	0/9/6
1 old trunk	0/7/6
9 tin cannisters --------	0/6/3
1 old brass kettle --------	2/15/0
1 frying pan, grid iron, spit and trivit	0/10/0
1 tea kettle 10/, 1 trivit for do. 2/6	0/12/6
2 flat irons 3/9, 1 old lanthorn 1/3	0/5/0
2 candlesticks 5/, old knives and forks 2/6	0/7/6
1 old pair scales 5/, 1 old. skillet 5/	0/10/0
1 bell 2/6, 1 brush and ax 5/	0/7/6
1 tub, 2 pails, and. tray	0/2/6
3 doz. wine	2/5/0

[York County Records - Wills, Inventories - Book XXI, p. 333]

It will be recalled that James Carter had a mortgage on Joanna McKenzie's lot. He was not only the executor of Dr. McKenzie's will but also administrator of Joanna McKenzie's as the following notice in the Virginia Gazette indicates:

February 16, 1767

ALL persons indebted to the estate of Mrs. JOANNA McKENZIE, deceased, are desired to make immediate payment; and those that have any demands against the said estate will be pleased to make them known to
JAMES CARTER, Executor.

[Purdie & Dixon, eds.]

The sale of the house and lot seems to have been a private one, as nowhere in the Virginia Gazette could an announcement of it be found. The property, however, passed to Alexander Purdie in the following deed:

Carter, James - Executor
Joanna McKenzie, m widow, dec' d.
to February 20, 1767
Purdie, Alexander - Printer

Consideration: 300 Pounds. Current Money.

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All that messuage tenement and lot of ground lying and being on the south side of the Duke of Gloucester Street. in the city of Williamsburg and numbered 24.

Being the same land which ,gas purchased by the said Joanna 'McKenzie under a decree in a suit-brought by the creditors of her late husband Kenneth McKenzie, deceased, and by her last Till and. testament ordered to be sold at public auction.

[York County Records - Deeds - Book VII, p. 309]

Then Purdie sold or leased a part of the lot with its appurtenances to James Miller. This seems to be implied in the following deed:

Purdie, Alexander
Purdie, Mary, his wife
to July 20, 1767
Tiller, James

Consideration: 5 shillings.

One lot of ground with the appurts. situate on the Main Street of 'Williamsburg whereon the said Alexander now lives and purchased of Dr. James Carter, executor pursuant to the last rill and testament of Joanna McKenzie, deceased.

[Ibid., p. 305]

The deed to Miller is puzzling. The part of the lot and the house or houses rented to Miller cannot be ascertained. No where else could there be found any mention in the records of the connect ion of Miller and this property. William Goodson, owner or leasee of Lot #25 or part of it, locates Alexander Purdie as having a lot on his left on August 27, 1770. [Ibid., Book VIII, p. 76] Purdie advertised goods for sale on July 9, 1772:

NOW selling off, at little more than prime Cost, for ready Money off, by Mr. John Ferguson, at my House, a choice and well assorted Cargo of MILLINERY and other GOODS, lately imported from London. [Virginia Gazette, Purdie & Dixon]

Failing to sell as quickly as he wished, Purdie advertised again on Aug. 13, 1772:

I HAVE remaining on Hand, at my house, for Sale, the following Articles, which. will be sold very cheap, for Cash; and if any One should incline to purchase the Whole, they may have a Bargain of them, and a reasonable Credit.--Plain and flowered white Satins. Black Paduasoy. White, Pink, Lemon, and Changeable Lustrings. White, Blue, and Green Persians. White Silk Cardinals and Has. White Silk Shades and trimmed Bonnets. White, Black, and Gray- Silk and Silk Cardinals with Bonnets. Scarlet Cardinals, trimmed with Ermine and otherwise. Riband Stomachers. Plain Satin and Black Silk trimmed Bonnets. Black Silk Hats. Blond Lace, of various Prices. 11 Black Hood Lace, Do. Chip Fiats, Do. Parisnet. Cyprus Gauze. Black and White Snail. Floss, and other Trimmings. Double white Handkerchiefs. Coloured Pocket Do. Black Love Do. Black and coloured Balladine Silk. White and Coloured Threads. Calicoes. Fans and Cases. Fashionable Caps. French Wax Necklaces. Paste Do. and Earrings. Paste Combs, and Hair Pins Black Silk Breeches Patterns. Mens fine White, and Black, Worsted Stockings. Thread and Cotton Do. Boys black Satin Caps and Feathers, &c. &c.

[Ibid.]

It seems that Purdie's first wife had died some time during the years 1767-1772, for the following announcement appeared in the Virginia Gazette (William Rind, editor):

December 31, 1772

This evening was married Mr. ALEXANDER PURDIE, of this City, printer to Miss PEACHY DAVENPORT; a Lady amiable in her person, and of an accomplished understanding.

During the next year, Purdie continued to be a merchant as well as a printer as the following notice proves:

June 24, 1773

L E F T With me for. Sale, a Parcel of well bought IRISH LINENS, OSNABRUGS, SILK, COTTON, and THREAD STOCKINGS, with a Variety of other GOODS; which any Person may have a Bargain of, and a reasonable Time allowed for Payment.

Also a very elegant London made PHAETON, with Harness for a Pair of Horses, which has been little used.

[Ibid., Purdie & Dixon]

During the years 1773-1774, the partnership of Purdie and Dixon expired, [Virginia Gazette, Purdie & Dixon, June 17, 1773; June 2, 1774 ] and Purdie announced that he was in the printing business for himself:

December 1, 1774

Immediately after Christmas, I shall begin doing Business for myself, and intend to print a GAZETTE as 12 soon as I am furnished with a moderate number of Customers; for which Purpose I have sent Subscription Papers into all publick Places of the Country, and hope to have them soon returned, that I may be enabled to go to Work and serve the Publick in my Profession. Such as live convenient will please to favour me with. their Commands by Letter, and those in this City who incline becoming Subscribers will be kind enough to leave their Names at my Office, which is the House formerly occupied by Mess. Tarpley, Thompson, & Co. on the main Street, and adjoins Mr. Robert Anderson's Tavern.

…

Meanwhile, I have opened a large and valuable Collection of NEW BOOKS, amongst them a great Variety for the Use of Schools; which, together with a well chosen Parcel of MUSICK, for the Harpsichord, Violin, &c. and a Number of STATIONARY ARTICLES, will be disposed of on the easiest and very best Terms. I shall be exceedingly obliged to the Publick for their Favours, and intend presenting them with a Catalogue of all my Books, &c. as soon as I possibly can.

…

I am the Publick's much obliged and obedient Servant,
ALEXANDER PURDIE.

[Ibid.]

All the evidence seems to point to Purdie's use of Tarpley's store as his printing office, and to Lot 1#24 as a place where he lived and ran a store. It must be said, however, that the advertisement of Purdie's property after his death does not describe the uses made of the house or the location of his printing office clearly enough to justify any emphatic statement on these points.

As was so often the custom of printers, Purdie ran the post office-probably at the printing office at Tarpley's store. [See Virginia Gazette, Alexander Purdie, October 13, 1775; June 28, 1776; July 18, 1777] Purdie died on or before April 16, 1779, us his obituary notice appeared in the Virginia Gazette on the date:

Mr. ALEXANDER PURDIE, of this city (printer to the commonwealth) who endured a tedious and painful illness 13 with a Christian fortitude. His death is much regretted, as he vas a tender husband, indulgent parent, and a kind master. [Ibid., Dixon and Nicolson]

Purdie's will was a long and interesting one:

April 12, 1779

In the name of God Amen I Alexander Purdie do make and Ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in Manner and Form following, to wit,

I Give and devise to my Nephew John Clarkson one Mourning Ring of the value of Fifteen pounds sterling

I give and bequeath to my Wife Peachy the following Negro Slaves to her and her heirs, to wit, Jack Booker, Betty, Alice and her Child Billy

I give and devise to my Executors herein after named all the rest and residue of my Estate both real a personal to be sold by them or the Survivor of them for the purposes herein after mentioned either for ready Money or on Credit as they shall think fit and do hereby authorise my said Executors or the Survivor of them to convey the same to the Purchasers thereof and their Heirs

I give and bequeath to my said Wife Peachey and to her Heirs one forth part of all the Money which may arise from the sales of my Estate aforesaid except that part of the same which shall arise from the Sales of the Slaves

I do hereby appoint my Friends John Minson Galt and Robert Anderson Executors of this my Will and also Guardians to my Children, James, Hugh and Alexander and to each of my said Executors I give and bequeath one Mourning Ring of the value of fifteen Pounds Sterling each

I give and bequeath to my said Sons, James, Hugh and Alexander all the rest and Residue of the Money arising by the Sales of my Estate to be equally divided between them and their respective Parts to be paid them when they shall arrive at the Age of twenty one Years And. in Case any of them shall die before they Arrive at that Age then. his or their Part to go to the Survivor or the Survivors jointly

It is my desire that my Wife and Children remain in my dwelling House during the Term of six Months at the expense of my Estate and that the Servants or a sufficient number of them be kept there during that Term to attend my said 14 Children. But in case my said Executors shall think proper to dispose of my said Children otherwise during that Term they are to have power to do And in that case they may proceed to the Sale of the Slaves as is before directed, but my said Wife shall have the use of the dwelling, outhouses and Lotts during the said 'term clear of any Rent

I direct that all my sons be bound out to Trades at the Discretion of their gain Guardians, the said James immediately and the others whenever they shall be of a proper Age and duly qualified and in the mean time I direct that they shall be educated and maintained at the expence of my state and also that my said Executors give with every of them [sic] whatever Apprentice Fee they shall think proper.

I further direct that after discharging my Debts and the Legacies to my said Wife, Nephew and Executors all the rest of the Money arising by the Sales of my said Estate be put to Interest for the use of my said Sons to be paid them in Manner before mentioned

It is my Will that the Legacies and Devises to my said Wife herein before mentioned shall go in Lieu of her Dower --

The will had one codicil:

April the twelfth 1779 It is my further Will and desire that all my ready Money and outstanding Debts be divided in the same tanner and the rest of my personal Estate that is to say one fourth Part thereof to be allotted to my said Children under the same Limitations as before is Mentioned . . .

[York County Records - Wills, Inventories Book XXII, pp. 419-421]

Purdie's inventory includes not only his household goods but also the equipment of his printing office:

April 28, 1779.

List of stock
List of farming implements.
86 ounces of plate	261/10/0
2 soup ladles E20, 15 tea spoons £15	35/0/0
1 doz. silver tablespoons	80/0/0
2 punch ladles £12, 1 milk bucket £20	32/0/0
15
4 open work salts £50, 1 pr. tongs £7	57/0/0
3 chins bowls	40/0/0
6 fruit bowls with saucers	20/0/0
4 china dishes	7/0/0
4 china mugs	8/0/0
2 china butter boats	6/0/0
5 china tart moulds & 4 plates	7/0/0
9 cups and saucers, 6 custard cups	11/16/0
4 plates, 2 mugs, a tea pot	6/8/0
1 lot of Queens china	17/4/0
1 lot of earthern ware	11/2/0
15 cloak pins	3/0/0
1 lot of glass ware	25/16/0
2 pint porter glasses, 6 square bottles	13/12/0
1 plate warmer £4, 1 large tin-canister 40/	6/0/0
4 sugar canisters 80/, 3 small jugs 20/,	5/0/0
2 water jugs 30/, 1 bread grater 12/	2/2/0
1 key swivel and nut cracker	0/12/0
6 pr. candlesticks £35, 6 pr. snuffers 56/	37/16/0
1 mahogany voider 50/, 1 japan tea board 120/	8/10/0
1 japan waiter 30/, 1 tea chest £6	7/10/0
1 large elegant pier glass	100/0/0
1 screen. £10, 6 hearth brooms £3	13/0/0
1 pr. tongs. shovel, poker and fender	6/0/0
11 prints £11-2, 1 oval table £20,	31/2/0
1 small mahogany table	6/0/0
1 square and 1 Pembroke table	12/0/0
1 childs mahogany chair	3/0/0
1 mahogany desk and book case	100/0/0
12 mahogany chairs £50, 1 clothes tress £40,	90/0/0
1 mahogany chest of drawers	30/0/0
1 dressing glass 212, 4 brushes 72/	15/7.2/0
2 table bells 36/,
1 sun dial £3,	3/0/0
1 doz. draw rings, screw driver, & gimlet	1/4/0
81 yds. duck £8-10, 1 easy chair and pan £6	14/10/0
1 doz. walnut chairs £30, 1 easy armed chair £20	50/0/0
1 mahogany run case with 2 doz. double flint bottles	60/0/0
4 pr. tongs, 4 pokers, 3 fenders and 1 blower	9/0/0
1 small looking glass and 1 print	2/0/0
1 mahogany desk £20, 1 candlestand 40/	22/0/0
1 Windsor chair 20/, 1 wilton carpet E10	71/0/0
1 mahogany bedstead with sacking bottom	6/0/0
1 passage Oil cloth 40/, 1 mahogany desk 3.10	12/0/0
1 pine table 15/, 1 walnut chair 20/	1/15/0
12 table mats 24/, 1 footman, 1 bread basket,	2/16/0
1 mahogany tea board 40/, 2 waiters, 2 sliders	3/12/0
1 large looking glass	30/0/0
1 mahogany corner cupboard	12/0/0
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1 mahogany side board £3, 1 mahogany table £12	15/0/0
1 square walnut table £3 1 doz. walnut, chairs £30	33/0/0
1 pr. tongs, 1 shovel, ? fenders, 1 pokesr 1 blower	5/0/0
9 china figures £4-10, 1 floor cloth £10	14/10/0
1 cruet stand, silver mounted	6/0/0
3 glass salts and 4 tea cups	1/10/0
1 Aeolian Harp, 20/, 1 clothes binn £6	7/0/0
1 Scotch carpet £10, 1 square walnut table f,3	13/0/0
2 bedsteads £.3, 1 hair mattrass f.12	15/0/0
4 beds, 6 bolsters, 5 pillows	150/0 0
11 blankets £30, 1 pine table 20/	31/0/0
1 quilting frame 20/, 2 window blinds 24/	2/4/0
1 suit of blue and white bed curtains	50/0/0
11 counterpanes and bed quilt's	187/0/0
25 pr. sheets	405/0/0
15 pillow cases £30, 8 pr. do. coarse £5	35/0/0
23 table cloths	1/9/0/0
52 napkins and towels	59/0/0
1 bedstead 30/, 1 pr. blankets £6, 1 mattrass £12	19/10/0
3 beds, 3 bolsters, 1 pillow and 2 blankets	53/0/0
2 quilts &. 2 blankets £8, 6 store Jugs £4	12/0/0
13 butter pots £9, 2 stone jars £4	13/0/0
1 stone water jugg 18/, 17 doz. bottles £17	17/18/0
1 iron bound hogshead £3, 2 casks 30/	4/10/0
18 candle moulds L. stand	12/0 0
1 brass cock & 2 gimlets 40/, 1 safe 60/	5/0/0
1 grindstone £5, 1 stone trough £,8	13/0/0
3 bell mettle skillets	10/0/0
13 pewter basons	15/0/0
6 oval hard metal dishes	9/0/0
2 odd do. 40/, l-2 doz. pewter plates £30	32/0/0
9 deep pewter plates £4-10, 1 tureen £3	7/10/0
1 fish strainer and skimmer	2/0/0
5 deep pewter dishes, 1 large oval dish	4/10/0
9 do. £15, 2 brass chaffing dishes 24/	16/4/0
1 lanthorn 10/, 1 fish kettle £10	10/10/0
1 tea kettle £3, 1 spice mortar 40/	5/0/0
8 patty pans, 1 pr. scales and weights (lead)	2/0/0
1 plate basket, 1 churn, 3 funnels	2/0/0
1 spinning wheel and 2 pr. cards	3/12/0
2 baskets, 1 wooden porter and ladle	1/10/0
2 walnut knife boxes 40/, carving, knife etc. 60/	5/0/0
5 doz. knives and forks £32, 1 search 12/	32/12/0
8 trays, 2 wheelbarrows and 3 riddles	6/10/0
1 pr. garden shears	2/0/0
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2 hatchets, 2 axes, 2 grubbing hoes	3/0/0
2 measures, 1. tea chest 20/, 3 bags 40/	3/12/0
1 copper coal skuttle	3/0/0
1 copper kettle £15	15/0/0
1 jack and furniture	20/0/0
4 frying pans £12, 3 grid irons 72/	15/12/0
2 tormenters, 1 ladle and 1 skimmer	3/0/0
1 chaffing dish, 1 iron spoon	2/0/0
2 chopping knives 20/, 8 iron posts £40	41/0/0
1 copper tea kettle 30/, 1 pr. tongs and 1 pr. dogs	4/10/0
1 pr. spit racks 60/, 3 pr. pot racks 60/	6/0/0
2 trivets 20/, 1 iron Dutch oven £6	7/0/0
1 gridle 30/, 5 tubs, 8 pails, 1 bucket 90/	6/0/0
1 kitchen press, 1 pine table	3/0/0
1 drudging box etc. 10/, 1 bread toaster 12/	1/2/0
1 coffee mill 60/, 2 horses for clothes £4	7/0/0
3 pr. smoothing irons	6/0/0
1 double writing desk	20/0/0
1 grate, fender, blower and table	6/0/0
22 sheets parchment £13-4, 1 table 40/	15/4/0
1 odd windsor chair, 1 wash bench	1/4/0
1 midnight modern conversation	0/6/0
1 pine table, 1 stool, 1 -r. steps	2/0/0
1 lot books £15, 1 do. £2-18	18/13/0
1 lot of books £4-10, Woods Institutes £5	9/10/0
4 large Church Prayer Books	12/0/0
10 years Gazzetes	10/0/0
A lot of music 25, pr. scales and weights f:4-10	9/10/0
2 ink stands and box	1/10/0
1 mattrass and bedstead	10/0/0
40 lbs. lamp black £80, 2 trunks 40/	82/0/0
2 press stones £10, 4 stools 24/	11/4/0
2 presses compleat £150, 500 lbs.? types £12-10	162/10/0
g walnut cases and 4 frames	20/0/0
6 cases & 4 composing sticks	18/0/0
1 pr. bellows, 1 pr. shears, 1 doz. gallies	7/4/0
1 imposing stone and frame	7/10/0
1 pr. dogs, 1 pr. tongs, 1 axe, 1 trunk	4/12/0
2 water jugs, 2 ink pots	1/10/0
1 screw press compleat	12/0/0
2 casks with linseed oil	24/0/0
1 pine table	1/10/0
1 lye trough and water box	3/0/0
1 iron stab and 1 pine table	3/10/0
3 blankets, 1 counterpane	15/0/0
1 bolster, 1 pillow, 1 bed quilt	6/0/0
2 whips 40/, 2 stools 40/.	4/0/0
2 coffee pots, 1 chocolate pot	9/0/0
List of negroes

[York County Records - Wills, Inventories - Book XXII, p. 437]

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In accordance with the will, Purdie's executor; announced his property for sale in the following notices:

May 8, 1779

To be SOLD to the highest bidder, for ready monk on Tuesday the 18th instant (May) at the late dwellinghouse of Mr. Alexander Purdie, deceased,

ALL his personal estate, consisting of a great variety of exceeding good household and kitchen furniture, 130 ounces of plate, tyro horses and saddles, a neat Italian riding chair and harness, and nine slaves, amongst them a carpenter, gardener, and cook. Also his printing materials and a few books. Likewise his dwellinghouse and lots, and printing office, together with the unexpired lease of the adjoining houses, used as a composing and press room. Possession of the dwellinghouse will be first of October, and the office immediately.

RO. ANDERSON,
J. M. GALT,
Executors.

… All persons who are indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment; and those who have any demands against the same are desired to make them known.

[Virginia Gazette, Dixon and Nicolson]

May 29, 1779

THE sale of Mr. Alexander Purdie's estate (which was postponed) will commence on Tuesday the 8th of June, at 10 o'Clock in the forenoon, at his late dwellinghouse.
THE EXECUTORS.

[Ibid.]

Thomas Cartwright was the purchaser and had the following deed recorded in York County Court:

Galt, John Minson - (Executors

Anderson, Robert )Alexander Purdie, dec'd.
Williamsburg, Va.
to February 21, 1780
Cartwright, Thomas
Same Place.

Consideration: 5225 Pounds

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All that lot or parcel of land in the city of Williamsburg on the South side of the Duke of Gloucester Street, whereon the said Alexander Purdie in his lifetime resided and bounded on the East by the tot of William Goodson, on the North by the Duke of Gloucester St., on the Test by the lot. of Jane Vobe and on the South by Francis Street, denoted in the plan of the said city by the figures 24. Which above property belonged to Alexander Purdie and was by his last will and testament ordered to be sold to the highest bidder at public auction.

And all houses, etc.

[York County Records - Deeds - Book VI, p. 92]

The only facts connecting, Cartwright with Williamsburg were his membership in the Masonic Lodge, 1775-1751, [William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. I (1), p. 20] and his ownership of a lot in 1753 which was listed in the name of his estate. [Ibid., Vol. XI (1), p. 114] In the information that follows, the explanation of his location in Nova Scotia could not be found in the records. If Cartwright was a loyalist, it is difficult to explain his freedom to dispose of his property. Cartwright in Nova Scotia, or his son named Thomas Cartwright, empowered Allen Jones, his attorney, to sell his property. This power of attorney was the basis for Jones' advertisements in the columns of the Virginia Gazette:

October 15, 1753

BETWEEN the hours of two and three o'clock in the afternoon, on the second Monday in January next, before the Raleigh-Tavern door (if not before that time disposed of at private sale) by virtue of a power of attorney from Thomas Cartwright to the subscriber, the said Cartwright's L 0 T and H 0 U S E S in Williamsburg, viz. a large commodious dwelling-house, with four rooms on a floor, a kitchen, stable, and other convenient outhouses, situate on the main street, between Mrs. Vobe's and the capitol. One half the purchase money to be paid at the sale, when a title will be made; the other half at the ends of six months, on giving bond with approved security to
ALLEN JONES.
York-Town, October 1753.

[Virginia Gazette to or the American Advertiser, James Hayes]

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The purchaser was Sheldon Moss according to a deed:

Cartwright, Thomas
Colony of Nova Scotia December 1, 1783
to
Moss, Sheldon
County of Elizabeth City

Consideration: 400 pounds

Whereas Allen Jones of the County of Warwick pursuant to a letter of attorney from Thomas Carter fight in the County of York the ------ day of October, 1783, hath publickly advertised and Sold the Houses, Tenements and lot of land lying and being in the city of Williamsburg, and belonging to the said Cartwright . . . . denoted in the plan of the said city by the figures 24, bounded as follows: On the East by the lot of William Goodson, deed, on the North by the Duke of Gloucester Street, on the West by the lot of Jane Vobe and on the South by Francis Street, which said house and lot were sold and conveyed unto the said Thomas Cartwright by the executors of Alexander Purdie, dec' d, as will fully appear by a deed proved and recorded in York County Court . . .

[York County Records - Deeds - Book VI, p. 330]

The recording of the deed was completed on April 10, 1784. [Ibid., p. 248] Sheldon Moss was either a brother or first cousin of Lucy Moss, Allen Jones' wife. [Tyler's Quarterly, Vol. VI, pp. 51-52]

This property on the Frenchman's map shows the dwellings and outhouses located on the lot as illustrated below: [This drawing has been slightly enlarged.]

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In 1756, Allen Jones and Sheldon Moss end their wives, deeded the houses and lot to James Davis:

Jones, Allen,
Lucy, his wife. February 17, 1756
Moss, Sheldon,
Mary, his wife
to
Davis, James,
Williamsburg.

Consideration: 400 Pounds.

All that piece parcel or Lott of Ground situate lying and being in the City of Williamsburg on the south side of Duke of Gloucester Street, and bounded as follows, on the East by the Lott belonging to the Estate of William Goodson, deceased, On the North by the Duke of Gloucester Street on the West by the Lotts of Jane Vobe, and on the South by Francis Street, which said Piece, Parcel or Lot t of Ground .vas sold and conveyed by the said Allen Jones to the said Sheldon !doss by Deed proved and recorded in the worshipful court, pursuant to a power of Attorney, given and granted to the said Allen Jones by Thomas Cartwright,

And all houses, etc.

[York County Records - Deeds - Book VI, p. 301]

James Davis vas a merchant and tailor and perhaps because of his main craft, tailoring, he specialized on the sale of one product--piece goods.

June 4, 1785

The Subscriber Begs leave to inform the Public in General, and his customers in -particular, that he has just received from LONDON, by the VIRGINIA HERO,

A general Assortment of Superfine and Second CLOTHS, and other MERCHANDISE, Which he dill sell reasonably for Cash or Tobacco: They consist of the following articles, viz. SUPERFINE blue, brown, light, drab, skyblue, Boutilies, and white Broadcloth, Second ditto, Superfine white and. buff Cashmeres, Nankeens, Silks and Twists of all sorts, White and brown Buckrams, Superfine blue, white, and buff Shalloons, A 22 large assortment of the most elegant and fashionable Buttons, Cambricks, write persians, White and brown thread Stockings, Silk ditto, Coarse and fine Irish Linens, Muslin, Demity, Light and ground Handkerchiefs, Copperplate ditto, Jeans and Fustians, Printed Linens, Chintzes and Calicoes, 5 quarter Balloon Chintz.

He proposes carrying on his Business as usual; and will give good encouragement to two JOURNEYMEN TAILORS, who understand their business. Gentlemen who purchases a plain suit of clothes out of his shop, may have them made for Four Dollars, and may rely on having their work done in the neatest manner, and as expeditiously as possible. LADIES RIDING HABITS made in the newest Taste.

[Virginia Gazette or American Advertiser, James Hayes]

Although this advertisement of his goods precedes the deed given above, it is quite possible that Davis already occupied the "Purdie Dwelling." This theory is bused on several facts. Neither Allen Jones nor Sheldon Moss was listed as a head of family in Williamsburg in 1782-85 f whereas James Davis was. [Census of 1790, Virginia State Library] Secondly, as is clear from the experience of Joanna McKenzie described above and those of Alexander Purdie and Samuel Beall, [See report on Tarpley's Store] deeds were not always promptly recorded. Finally, in the advertisements for the sale of his house, at which time Davis also advertised his goods, he fails to state where the latter could be bought.

In 1787 and again. in 1789, Davis advertised his houses and outhouses for sale:

February 22, 1787

FOR SALE,
THE SUBSCRIBER'S HOUSES & LOT,
In the City of Williamsburg,

Formerly the property of Mr. THOMAS CARTRIGHT. The dwelling house is s. commodious building, having six rooms below stairs, with fire. places and closets, and three rooms above stairs, with fire places also, good dry cellars, and all convenient out houses, With a stable and carriage house, all in good repair, a large garden, newly inclosed, and a well of excellent water in the yard. Any 23 person purchasing the house, may if agreeable, have the furniture at a reasonable rate,

ALSO FOR, SALE,
A neat single CHAIR & HARNESS, and a NEGRO FELLOW,
Who is a very good tailor, For terms apply to
JAMES DAVIS.

I HAVE A FEW BROADCLOTHS,
AND OTHER DRY GOODS,
Which I will sell cheap for
CASH or TOBACCO.
J. D.

[Virginia Gazette and Weekly Advertiser, Thomas Nicholson]

November 25, 1789

FOR SALE,
My HOUSES & LOT
In the city of Williamsburg, on the main street.

It is a commodious house, in good repair, has six rooms below stairs, and three above, with five fireplaces, and all convenient out houses, such as kitchen, laundry, dairy, smoke-house, carriage houses, fine dry cellars; an excellent well of eater in the yard,* and a large garden enclosed; also some good HOUSE HOLD FURNITURE, which I would sell with the house. Any person inclinable to purchase, may know the terms by applying to the subscriber in Williamsburg. if not sold, would rent it, and give possession at Christmas. ^{-Kitchen, Laundry, Dairy, Smoke. . .[illegible], Carriage. .. [illegible], Well, Garden]}

James DAVIS

. . .I have about £300 sterling worth of GOODS, which I will sell at a low advance for CASH or TOBACCO.

[Virginia Independent Chronicle, and General Advertiser, Augustine Davis]

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Apparently ^Davis was no more successful in finding a purchaser than was James Cram. [See report on the Sign of the Golden Ball] One of the factors, it may be well imagined, vas the decline in the demand for Williamsburg property due to the removal of the capital to Richmond and the migration there of many Williamsburg craftsmen and citizens.

Humphrey Harwood had one account wish Alexander Purdie (printer) and four with James Davis. These accounts are not available at present.

The Unknown Draftsman' s map (apparently made in the early nineteenth century--see explanation in the report on the Sign of the Golden Ball) shows a Moody in Lot #24 with a Goodson in Lot #25 as is illustrated below: [This drawing has been enlarged.]

The appraisers of property for the Mutual Assurance Society on November 16, 1809, declared that they had viewed and a-, praised the buildings heretofore declared for assurance by James Davis (in declaration and policy No. 119); they also certified that the buildings were now owned by John Coke and occupied by Samuel Shield Jr. and that they were situated south of the 25 Main street east of Moody's lot, west of Powell's lot, and north of Francis Street. The Dwelling A was insured at $1666 2/3; the Kitchen B at $300, and the Stable C at $133 ?. The total amount was $2,100.

[Insurance Book, Policy No. 968, p. 21. This illustration is slightly smaller than that on the insurance policy.]

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From the early nineteenth century until the time of the Civil War when, according to Mr. Charles, a house on this lot belonged to Mr. Bucktrout,* its history is so shadowy as to preclude any satisfactory statement on the subject.

In 1834, Richard Bucktrout came into possession of one lot through Robert McCandlish, commissioner, heretofore charged to the former's mother, Mary Bucktrout, wife of Benjamin Bucktrout. Apparently this property had a house on it in 1835 valued at $600. In the same year, however, Bucktrout had two other lots; the only one purchased from John D. Travis and a house worth $400. on it, and the one bought from Moses Sweeney had a house of $100. value on it. Between 1850 and 1854, Richard Bucktrout built a house worth $3000. on one of his lots. The one other lot which he possessed at that date had a house standing on it valued at $1200. In view of the fact that both Mr. Charles and Miss Estelle Smith refer to a very large house on the lot under discussion, it seems reasonable to suggest that it was this house which Mr. Bucktrout valued at $3000. as late as 1861.

Mr. Charles described it as

The big dwelling known then as the Bucktrout house, now called the Macon house, was just as it is on the exterier today, but the front porch was a little differently constructed.["Recollections," Charles, Lee, Vandegrift, p. 52]

Miss Estelle Smith said the house had a brick cellar entirely above the street. This cellar was sometimes used as a store.

Lot 24 Purdie's Dwelling

1707-	Shields, James to Bird, Wm. Lot 24 with "one good dwelling house thereon build."
1752-	Hyndman &c adv. For sale. Kenneth McKenzie may have purchased it (d. 1755)
	His will mentions having purchased a short time before his death house and lot of Hugh Blackburn and John Hyndman-house ordered for public sale to satisfy demands. Lot purchased by Joanna McKenzie for £260 [in 1758].
1760-	Joanna McKenzie to James carter, surgeon. 216 pounds secured to Geo. Washington. Bounded on West by lot of John Carter, & on East by Lot of James Shields. Joanna died ca. 1767.
1767-	Carter, James ex. Of Joanna McKenzie to Alex. Purdie-lot no 24, being same pur. by Joanna McKenzie suit brought by creditors of her husband &c.
1767-	Lot of ground with app[]tances "whereon the said Alexander Purdie now lives," pur. of Dr. James Carter ex. Of Joanna McKenzie to James Miller. 5 shillings. Deed puzzling, probably not completed on lot [1767-1779] and prop. Sold by his executors in 1780 to Thos. Cartwright, (lot 24) for 5225£ question [illegible]
1783-	Cartwright's attourney advertised the property for sale, as "large commodius dwelling-house with four rooms on a floor, a kitchem stablee, and other convenient outhouses," between "Mrs. Vobes & the capitol."
1786:	Moss, Sheldon & Mary & Jones, Allen, to James Davis/taylor Con. 400£ [crossed out] bounded on W. by Jane Vobe and E. by Wm. Goodson est.
1787:	James Davis advertised "dwelling house. . .having six rooms below stairs. . . and three more above. . .convenient outhouses, stable, carriage house, large garden -
1789-	Adv. Again by James Davis as having "six rooms below stairs and three above. . .kichen, laundry, dairy, smoke-houses, carriage houses. . ."
1796	[illegible]
1809-	Owned by John Coke, occ. By Samuel Shield, Jr., formerly declared for ins. By James Davis in pol. 119-Moody's lot on W. and Powell's and J. Coke's offi lot and office on E.
1834	& in Charles Recol. Bucktrout??

[me
7/16/48]

Plan of P. Moody's Lot