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Author: Lyall, Edna
Date: 1890

Description: Daniel Knight was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1789 (signed Articles in 1791) who paid his admission in carpenters work, specifically the trim and balusters of the second floor window at Carpenters' Hall. He served as Warden…
Member number: 159*
Birth date: 9/12/1759
Date elected: 1/1/1791

Description: Daniel Ridgeway Knight was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1829. His father, Daniel Knight, had been a member of the Company since 1789. Daniel completed insurance surveys of the Company's headquarters, Carpenters' Hall, first…
Member number: 298*
Birth date: 1/1/1801
Date elected: 1/1/1829

Description: Robert Tower Knight was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1833. His father and brother, both named Daniel, were members of the Carpenters' Company. Robert and his brother were the contractors for building the Philadelphia…
Member number: 316*
Birth date: 1/1/1807
Date elected: 1/1/1833

Author: Shackleford, H.K.
Date: 1869

Author: DeLagny, G.
Date: 1854

Author: Knight, Charles
Date: 1856

Member number: 420
Date elected: 7/15/1872

Author: Sale, George
Date: 1855

Description: Phillip Kramer was a house carpenter in Philadelphia born in the year 1805. Kramer found enough success as a house carpenter for induction into the Carpenters' Company in 1854. He served the Company dutifully as a Warden from 1864-1866, on the…
Member number: 379
Date elected: 7/26/1854

Description: William Krider was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1789 and signed the Articles in 1791. Said to have worked on Library Hall and paid for his Carpenters' Company admission fees by helping to finish Carpenters' Hall after the Library Company…
Member number: 161*
Date elected: 1/1/1791

Author: Dumas, Alexandre.
Date: 1889

Author: Dumas, Alexandre.
Date: 1889

Author: Metz, Harold W.
Date: 1945

Author: Noyes, Arthur A., Ph. D. and Samuel P. Mulliken, Ph. D.
Date: 1915

Author: Colton, C. C.
Date: 1855

Author: Jamison, C. V.
Date: 1891

Author: Catherwood, Mary Hartwell.
Date: 1891

Author: Howells, W. D.
Date: 1879

Author: Duchess, The. (M. Argles Hundergford.)
Date: 1892

Author: Black, William.
Date: 1892

Author: Wister, A. L.
Date: 1888

Author: Pfeiffer, Ida
Date: 1856

Author: Oliphant, Mrs.
Date: 1872

Author: Optic, Oliver (pseud. W. T. Adams)
Date: 1879

Author: Anderson, C.J. with introduction of J.C. Fremont
Date: 1857

Author: Burton, Richard F.
Date: 1860

Author: Hammond, William A.
Date: 1884

Author: DeLacratelle, Henri
Date: 1880

Author: Cummins, Maria S.

Author: Dickens, Charles.
Date: 1881

Description: John Lancaster was a carpenter and lumber merchant elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1811. In the City Directory of 1820 he was listed at 176 N. 4th Street. In 1830, he lived at the same location but had changed listing from lumber merchant to…
Member number: 250*
Date elected: 1/1/1811

Description: Born into a Quaker family in Bucks Co., PA, Moses Lancaster came to Philadelphia around 1802. He was elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1811 and served as warden and on the Managing Committee. In her groundbreaking study of early Philadelphia…
Member number: 255
Date elected: 1/1/1811

Description: Thomas Lancaster was a master house carpenter elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1794. He was also an original member of the Humane Fire Company founded the same year. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Builders, a project of the Athenaeum…
Member number: 179*
Date elected: 1/1/1794

Author: Mateer, Rev. Samuel
Date: 1870

Author: Buchanan, Robert
Date: 1871

Author: Tristram, H.B.
Date: 1873

Author: DuChailly, Paul B.
Date: 1882

Author: DuChailly, Paul B.
Date: 1882

Author: Vincent, Frank
Date: 1874

Author: Knight, Charles

Author: Knight, Charles

Author: Taylor, Bayard
Date: 1855

Author: Loudon, J. C.
Date: 1840

Author: King, Charles, Capt.
Date: 1892

Date: circa

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Description: Boxlock and key that are very rusty. On front is large knob placed in small rectangle near upper left corner. Four small holes on front, one in each corner.
Item type: boxlock with key

Description: The Philadelphia Bowl. Presented to the Carpenters' Company by Mayor William J. Green. Presentation Plaque inscribed: "Presented to the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia on the occasion of the second restoration of…
Date: 1980?
Item type: bowl

Date: 1905-05-11

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Description: large hand saw with medium saw blade cut; probably 20th century
Item type: large hand saw
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