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Monday, September 16, 2013

John Porter

chamber pot
The inventory of the estate of John Porter of Henrico County in 1689 listed one wooden and our pewter dishes, six alchemy spoons, six pewter plages, three pewter porringers, three iron pots and pot-plates, a frying pan and meal-shifter, among other items. Source: Records of Henrico County Records, vol. 1688-1697, p. 64

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