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Author: Felton, C. C.
Date: 1867

Author: Felton, C. C.
Date: 1867

Author: Finlay, George
Date: 1854

Author: Middleton, J.J.
Date: 1812

Author: Gilmore, Parker

Author: Smyth, Piazzi
Date: 1877

Author: Leifchild, John R.
Date: 1872

Author: Frost, J.
Date: 1854

Author: Champney, Elizabeth
Date: 1888

Author: Dickens, Charles.
Date: 1861

Author: Arnold, Howard P.
Date: 1868

Author: Collier, Wm. Frances
Date: 1872

Author: White, Ellen G.
Date: 1911

Author: Eggleston, Edward.
Date: 1888

Description: David Gray was elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1801 after being proposed for membership by Alexander Steel. In the 1805 city directory he was listed at 162 N. 5th street and in 1814 he was listed at 137 N. 5th street. In 1799, Gray was paid a…
Member number: 215*
Date elected: 1/1/1801

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Description: Handwritten and water-colored "Grant of Arms to the Worshipful Company of Carpenters of London by William Hawkslowe Clarineaux, King of Arms in 1466 and confirmed by Thomas Benhalt in 1530." Framed with seal pendant.
Item type: Grant of Arms

Author: Finley, Martha.
Date: 1882

Author: Cable, George W.
Date: 1884

Description: Grand Federal Edifice built by the Company in 1987/88 by, as closely as possible, the specifications from the original built by the Company in 1788. The float designed by Charles Willson Peale was part of the parade after the ratification of the…
Date: 1987
Item type: Grand Federal Edifice

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Description: James Graisbury was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to 1769, but no Company records prior to the 1760s survive to confirm the date of his memebership. Written by Roger W. Moss, from thePhiladelphia Architects and…
Member number: 71*
Birth date: 1/1/1724

Description: Son of master builder Joseph Govett, William Govett was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1796. He appears in the Philadelphia city directories as a carpenter from 1835 through 1840. Govett was clearly following his trade at the…
Member number: 201*
Date elected: 1/1/1796

Description: Robert Annesley Govett was a master builder in Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1833. He served as a Company Warden from 1838-1840 and on the Managing Committee from 1841-1843. In 1835, Govett lived at 9 Bonsall…
Member number: 309*
Date elected: 1/1/1833

Description: Joseph Govett was a master builder proposed for membership in The Carpenters' Company several times (1765, 1771, 1772) but was blocked from admission until 1772 because of his membership in the Journeymen Carpenters' Company. He was an "encourager"…
Member number: 96*
Birth date: 12/13/1739
Date elected: 1/1/1772

Description: Grandson of Joseph Govett and son of William Govett, Joseph Govett, II joined the Carpenters' Company in 1833. Biography from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings site, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Sandra L. Tatman.
Member number: 310*
Date elected: 1/1/1833

Author: Cocker, W.J.
Date: 1889

Author: Pugin, Augustus
Date: 1844

Author: Corroyer, Edouard. Edited by W. Armstrong
Date: 1893

Author: Ballantyne, R. M.

Author: Gospill's (Sons), James
Date: 1907

Author: Gospill's (Sons), James
Date: 1906

Author: Gospill's (Sons), James
Date: 1905

Author: Gospill's (Sons), James
Date: 1904

Author: Gospill's (Sons), James
Date: 1903

Author: Gospill's (Sons), James
Date: 1902

Author: Gospill's (Sons), James
Date: 1901

Author: Gospill's (Sons), James
Date: 1900

Author: Gospill's (Sons), James
Date: 1899

Author: Gospill's (Sons), James
Date: 1898

Author: Gospill's (Sons), James
Date: 1897

Author: Gospill's (Sons), James
Date: 1896

Author: Gospill's (Sons), James
Date: 1895

Author: Gopsill, James, publisher
Date: 1894

Author: Gopsill, James, publisher
Date: 1893

Author: Gopsill, James, publisher
Date: 1892

Author: Gopsill, James, publisher
Date: 1891

Author: Gopsill, James, publisher
Date: 1890

Author: Gopsill, James, publisher
Date: 1889

Author: Gopsill, James, publisher
Date: 1888
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