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escutheon; has 7 small holes, 1 large hole, a keyhole and an opening shaped like a rectangle with all four sides curved inward between the two connected metal parts. black plastic printed label saying, "Carpenters' Hall Escutheon taken 1857 off front…
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Elisha Thomas was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1796; that same year he appears in the Philadelphia city directory as a house carpenter living at 58 Vine Street. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project…