On the Chocolate Trail

Estate Inventories – Jewish


Estate Inventories – Jewish

Date

Name

Quantity

Comment

Source

Page

8-0ct-1705

Joseph Nunes, New York

small parcel cocoa

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories of Early American Jews (1682-1763)” American Jewish History, 90, n. 3 (September, 2002)

283

10-Nov-1708

Joseph Bueno de Mesquita, New York

1 chocolate stone; 1 bag cacao

 

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories”

Joseph Bueno

bag cocoa

a bag of cocoa formerly sold to m Levy

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories”

Joseph Bueno

25 Baggs Cocoa weight 37 lbs. worth  £ 185

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories”

Joseph Bueno

25 bags cocoa

he unloaded a cargo of cocoa destined for London

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories” 

300

Joseph Bueno 

25 baggs 37 lb

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories” 

301

Joseph Bueno 

1 Chocolate Stone

sold to Justus Bass

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories” 

307

Joseph Bueno

1 Chocolate Stone and Router

sold to Giles Shelly

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories” 

308

Joseph Bueno

1 bag cocoa 1.2.21  

Ab De Lucena 5 lb [missing]

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories” 

 

Joseph Bueno

1 Bag cocoa1.3.9; do 4 lb 16

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories” 

 

Joseph Bueno

1 Bag cocoa 1.2.3  29 lbs

sold to Moses Levy but was returned

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories” 

308

Joseph Bueno

22 bags cocoa 18.2.27

Ab De Lucena 5 lb

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories” 

308

Joseph Bueno

10 bags cocoa 15.3.6 Do 3 lb 19

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories” 

 

22-Feb-1709

Isaac Pinheiro, New York

6 lb chocolate;

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories”

Isaac Pinheiro

1/2 barrel of cacoa wt 24 lb

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories” 

318

Isaac Pinheiro

10 chocolate cups; 1 Copper Chocolate Pot

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories” 

318

Isaac Pinheiro

1 pr. Money scales and about 6 lb chocolate

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories” 

319

22-Sept-1725

Abraham De Lucena, New York

1 Copper Chocolet Pott

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories of Early American Jews (1682-1763) (Concluded)” American Jewish History, 90, n.4 (December, 2002)

409

18-Sept-1745

Isaac Levy, New York

1 Duss Shokelate knifes @ 7/6d

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories (Concluded)” 

419

Isaac Levy

4 1/2 lbs of Shokelate @2/

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories (Concluded)” 

425

17-Sept-1750

Moses Louzada, Middlesex County

4 Burnt China Chocolate Cuppe

Moses Louzada, Inventory of Estate, 17 September 1750, Small Collections 7498, AJA, Cincinnati, Ohio

12-Nov-1750

Mordecai Gomez

Chocolate pot

“Mordecai Gomez was no ordinary citizen. The first pages enumerate silver and gold jewelry, money…”

Hershkowitz, “Original Inventories (Concluded)” 

440

Mordecai Gomez

2 boxes Chocolate – 50 lbs. Each

441

Mordecai Gomez

16 Chocolate Cupps, broken & whole

441

Mordecai Gomez

6 Surunis (srunes) Coco [from Surinam]

442

1783

Aaron Lopez, Leicester

50 lbs chocolate

Aaron Lopez Estate Inventory, Death Notices, 1783, MS #231/1/4, AJA, Cincinnati, Ohio

20

Aaron Lopez, Leicester

8 brown china chocolate bowls

 

15

Aaron Lopez, Leicester

11 turtle shell chocolate bowls

 

15

Aaron Lopez, Leicester

4 1/2 dozen chocolate & cake pans

 

18

Dec 13, 1813

Michael Gratz

1 chocolate pot

Michael Gratz Estate Inventory, 13 December 1813, Special Collections 4261, AJA, Cincinnati, Ohio


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