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Author: Forwood, W. Stump, M.D.
Date: 1870

Author: Alcott, Louisa M.
Date: 1864

Author: Collins, Wilkie.
Date: 1873

Description: Bethuel A. Moore was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company in Philadelphia in 1829. He resided at Carlton Square below 12th street. Bethuel Moore died in 1851.Biography from thePhiladelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of…
Member number: 300*
Date elected: 1/1/1829

Member number: 381
Date elected: 1/15/1855

Description: Joseph Moore was a master builder in Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1834. In 1835, he was listed as a carpenter at 12th below Spruce street. Later City Directories have three Joseph Moores listed as carpenters. Moore served the…
Member number: 318*
Date elected: 1/1/1834

Description: William Moore, an unfortunately common name in late eighteenth-century Philadelphia, was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1784 and by 1790 marked in The Company records as excluded, probably for failure to pay dues. In 1770 he witnessed the will…
Member number: 111*
Date elected: 1/3/1784

Author: Hotz, H.
Date: 1856

Author: Winslow, Hubbard.
Date: 1873

Author: Parker, H. F.
Date: 1854

Author: De Amicis, Edmundo
Date: 1882

Description: Robert Morrell was a master builder who joined the Friendship Carpenters' Company c.1773; and when that company merged with The Carpenters' Company in 1786, he signed the articles. In 1805, a carpenter named Robert Morrell is listed as residing at…
Member number: 131*
Birth date: 1/1/1752
Date elected: 1/16/1786

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Description: oak armchair, with adjustable and cushioned back, upholstered arm rests terminating in ball-shaped hand grips, squared and tapered front legs. 1 of 2 chairs. Right stretcher is broken (piece missing), webbing sags badly.

Repaired Summer 1988. Tom…
Date: c. 1910
Item type: armchair

Description: Oak armchair, with adjustable and cushioned back, upholstered arm rests terminating in ball-shaped hand grips, squared and tapered front legs. 2 of 2 chairs. Right stretcher snapped in two, webbing is very bad, springs badly misformed.

Repaired…
Date: c. 1910
Item type: armchair

Description: Joseph Morris was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1792, serving as Warden (1794-97) and Vice-President (1821-23). He was a director of the Philadelphia Contributionship (1809-1817) and first President of the Columbia Fire…
Member number: 164*
Birth date: 1/1/1770
Date elected: 1/1/1792

Author: Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Date: 1886

Date: 01/01/1830 c.

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Date: c. 1790-1939 2 to 12 1992

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Description: Long thin mortising chisel with top that resembles head of a nail.
Item type: mortising chisel

Author: Wood, Thomas
Date: 1831

Description: Richard Mosley was a master builder who served his apprenticeship with Benjamin Worrell, gaining his freedom in 1774. Shortly thereafter he joined the Friendship Carpenters' Company; and when that company joined with The Carpenters' Company in 1786,…
Member number: 132*
Date elected: 1/1/1786

Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel.
Date: 1872

Author: Aguilar, Grace.
Date: 1873

Author: Fonssagrives, J. B.
Date: 1872

Author: Jackson, R.M.S.
Date: 1860

Description: Fillister plane; Beechwood. Slitter missing, some chipping from body. Manufactured by H. Chapin, Union Factory. Nicely boxed.
Date: 1828-1860
Item type: filletster plane

Author: Scudder
Date: 1881

Author: Crawford, F. Marion.
Date: 1883

Author: Marryat, Capt.
Date: 1884

Author: Campbell, Helen.
Date: 1887

Member number: 404
Date elected: 1/23/1867

Description: Edward Mulock was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1795. The following year he was paid for 218-1/2 days work at Congress Hall. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Builders, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia.…
Member number: 177*
Date elected: 1/1/1794

Author: Tourgee, Albion W.
Date: 1889 & 1890
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