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Date: 1975

Date: 1977

Date: 1976

Author: Hudson, Frederic.
Date: 1873

Author: Agassiz, Louis, Professor and Mrs.
Date: 1868

Date: 1866

Author: Taylor, Bayard
Date: 1854

Author: Harman, Henry M.
Date: 1873

Author: Black, William.
Date: 1893

Author: Harland, Marion.
Date: 1883

Author: Needell, J. H.
Date: 1882

Author: Furness, W. H.
Date: 1856

Description: Phillip Justus was born in 1769 and was elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1801 after being proposed by Jacob Lybrand. From 1794 to 1800 Justus was listed as a carpenter residing at 115 N. 5th street. His most famous contribution to Philadelphia’s…
Member number: 216*
Birth date: 11/26/1769
Date elected: 1/1/1801

Author: Walford, Edward
Date: 1872

Author: Mayo, W. S., M. D.
Date: 1872

Author: Hale, Edward E.
Date: 1854

Author: Whyte-Melville, G. I.
Date: 1875

Author: Vance, Susan S.
Date: 1885

Date: 1979-81 2 to 12 1992

Date: 1983-89 2 to 12 1992

Date: 1973-83 2 to 12 1992

Date: 1957-83 2 to 12 1992

Date: 1952-78 2 to 12 1992

Date: 1980-12-02

Author: Revere, Joseph
Date: 1872

Birth date: 8/6/ 1752
Date elected: 1/1/1785

Description: ohn Keen, eldest son of Matthias and Mary (Swift) Keen, was born in Philadelphia and apprenticed to Robert Smith. He became a member of The Carpenters' Company in 1772 and rapidly joined the inner circle of master builders; he served The Company as a…
Member number: 93
Birth date: 3/29/1747
Date elected: 1/4/1772

Description: Matthias Valentine Keen was a master builder who became a member of the Friendship Carpenters' Company in 1769 and a member of The Carpenters' Company when those two organizations joined in 1786. Nothing is known of Keen's architectural work, but he…
Member number: 129*
Date elected: 1/1/1786

Member number: 409
Date elected: 11/6/1867

Description: Edward Kelley was a master builder of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1848. Kelley served as a Warden of the Carpenters' Company from 1860-1862 and on the Library Committee from 1870-1872. He also served on the Managing Committee…
Member number: 357
Date elected: 1/1/1848

Description: Philip Kellinger was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1792. He died the following year. Biography from thePhiladelphia Architects and Builders, a project of theAthenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss.
Member number: 168*
Birth date: 2/1/1769
Date elected: 1/1/1792

Member number: 445
Date elected: 4/25/1878

Description: Jacob Kenderdine was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1818. Kenderdine first appears in the directory in 1814 residing at Tammany above 3rd street. By 1820, he had moved to a location on Kunckle below Green.…
Member number: 276*
Date elected: 1/1/1818

Author: Brock, Sallie A.
Date: 1873

Member number: 398
Date elected: 10/16/1865

Description: John Ketcham was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1846. He served as a Company Warden from 1859-1861 as well as on the Managing Committee from 1862-64 and again in 1867. The 1850 City Directory lists Ketcham as a…
Member number: 354
Date elected: 1/1/1846

Member number: 447
Date elected: 4/26/1878

Author: Blunt, J.H.
Date: 1869

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Description: Diagram, identifying figures within the picture. Black on white. Framed. Key to 1st Prayer
Item type: key to 1st Prayer

Author: De Leon, Edwin
Date: 1878

Member number: 370
Date elected: 1/17/1853

Author: Black, William.
Date: 1892

Author: Mulock, D. M. C.

Description: The master builder John King became a paying student of Thomas Nevell in 1766. Nevell recorded in his account book on 12 March 1766, that King paid him two pounds "to Instructions in the Art of Drawing Sundry Propositions in Architecture." King next…
Member number: 109*
Date elected: 1/2/1784

Author: Marryat, Capt.
Date: 1884

Author: Abbott, John S.C.
Date: 1855

Description: Frazer (Frazier, Frasier) Kinsley was a master builder appointed by the Committee of Safety in 1776, along with Thomas Nevell and others to collect lead clock and sash weights to be used for ammunition. An "encourager" to the Philadelphia edition of…
Member number: 109*
Date elected: 1/4/1782

Author: Fletcher, J. C.
Date: 1876

Author: Blackmore, R. D.
Date: 1890

Author: King, Charles, Capt.
Date: 1884
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