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accuracy, as thej- are made under the oaths or affirmations of the sufferers ; but 

 they do not embrace a full list of those who did suffer, nor the whole amount 

 taken, as a number of the Friends or Quakers refused to make any return. The 

 returns were carefully recorded, and may be seen in the Commissioner's office at 

 West Chester. A few individual returns will be given, in full or in part, to show 

 the inhumanity of the wretches concerned in these outrages, in stripi)ing families 

 of every article of household goods they possessed, even such as could be of no 

 possible use to themselves. Following these will be an abstract of the losses 

 sustained in most of the townships now constituting the County oi Delaware. 



' An account of Damage, waste, spoil and destruction, which was done and com- 

 mitted by the army of the king of Great Britain under the immediate command 

 of General Howe, at the battle of Brandy wine, from September II th to the IGth, 

 1777, to the property real and personal belonymg to Gkokge Buinton,* of 

 the township of Birmingham, viz : 



4] tons tons haj-, (u) £3 per ton, 



•jOo bushels wheat, 7s. 6rf. per bushel 



33 " corn (maize,) 3*. 6d. ' 



30 " rye, 5s., 



15 " buckwheat, 4s. 



5 acres grass fit for scythe, Q 20s. per acre 

 10 bushels barley, at 5s. 



1 likely young mare, 

 3 horses'(recJ £24, by order of Sir W"" Erskine,) 



2 bullocks, at £7 10s. each, 

 7 cows, at £6 each, 



3 yearling heifers, at 40s. each, 

 2 spring calves, at 20s. each, 

 25 sheep, at 15s. each, 

 (j large swine, at 45s. each, 

 9 smaller do. at 20s. each, . 



1 young mare, taken away and damaged 



2 falling axes, 10s. each, 

 1 broad axe, 7s. 6d., and 1 augur, 4s., 



1 pair compasses, 



2 chisels, 2s. 6d., 



1 shovel, 8s., and 1 hand-saw, 15s., 

 1 pair steelyards, 



1 gun, 1 sword, and 1 pistol, 



2 pairs sheep-shears, 3s. 9(/. each, . 

 1 hundred weight of cheese, 8d. per lb., 



1 lb. blue linen yarn, 

 T handkerchiefs, 3s. each, . 



2 lb. sugar, and 1 of coffee, 7s., 1 pr. flat-irons, 12s. 

 1 new great coat, 



7 coats, at £3 10s., and 10 waistcoat, 20s. 



8 pairs breeches, at 20s., and 3 hats, 20»., 

 1 fur cap, 22s. Gd., and 1 pair boots, 45«., 



1 pair spatterdashers, 



2 feather beds, bolsters and pillows, £8 each 



9 coverlets of dWerent sorts, 50s. each, 



6 pairs blankets, 40s., and G prs. sheets, 25s., 



Amount carried forward, 



415 13 8 



* Geoboe Bristos resided on a farm a short distance south of Dilworth's Town— the same 

 upon which the immigrant William Brinton settled, and in the house built by his s^n William 

 in 17<H, who was the grandfather of George Brinton. The house is still standing and is a com- 

 fortoble dwelling. 



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