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Author: Viollet-le-Doc. Translated by George M. Towle
Date: 1874

Author: Howe, E. W.
Date: 1884

Author: Healy, Mary
Date: 1877

Author: Du Chaillu, Paul
Date: 1870

Author: Verne, Jules
Date: 1874

Author: Church, Rev. Alfred J., M. A.
Date: 1878

Author: Hack, Maria
Date: 1872

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Author: Barker, Lady
Date: 1871

Author: Smith, Charles A.
Date: 1877

Author: Various Practical Writers.
Date: 1891

Description: Levi B. Stokes was a master builder of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company of the same city in 1851. He resided at 497 Vine Street in 1850. Written by Tom Stokes.Biography from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings site, a project of…
Member number: 362
Date elected: 1/1/1851

Date: 1949-01-01

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Author: Van Antwerp, W.C.
Date: 1913

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Description: James Stewart was a builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1833. Stewart had served an apprenticeship with John Warner, an earlier master builder and member of the Carpenters' Company. Stewart resided at 17 Plum street. In…
Member number: 311*
Birth date: 1/1/1787
Date elected: 1/1/1833

Description: The Dock Ward master builder James Stewart was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1794. He was a subscriber to Owen Biddle, The Young Carpenters' Assistant (Philadelphia, 1805), one of the earliest American architecture books. Biography…
Member number: 183*
Date elected: 1/1/1794

Description: The master builder William Stevenson, Sr., was elected to the Friendship Carpenters' Company on the eve of the Revolution. He joined The Carpenters' Company when the two organizations of master carpenters united in 1786. In 1789 he inventoried the…
Member number: 130*
Date elected: 1/1/1786

Member number: 242*
Birth date: 2/20/1779
Date elected: 1/1/1809

Description: George Sterr Sr. was a house carpenter elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1836. Sterr was born in 1784 to German-American parents. In 1824, he lived at 154 N. 8th street and, in addition to being a carpenter, was a shopkeeper.…
Member number: 330
Date elected: 1/1/1836

Date: 1998-06-10

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Date: 1998-05-13

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Date: 1998-03-11

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Date: 1998-01-14

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Member number: 493*
Birth date: 2/5/1865
Date elected: 8/3/1893

Member number: 456
Date elected: 6/7/1882

Member number: 361
Date elected: 1/1/1850

Description: The Southwark district master builder Alexander Steel was elected to The Carpenter's Company in 1791 and is recorded as having served on the Governing Committee in 1801. He was a subscriber to Owen Biddle, The Young Carpenter's Assistant…
Member number: 162*
Date elected: 1/1/1791

Description: all steel saw set. manufactured by Henry Disston & Sons, Philadelphia. patented October, 1899.
Item type: saw set

Description: steel. japanned.
Date: late 19th c.
Item type: plumb bob

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Description: initialed- B.W. excellent form external callipers
Date: c. 189
Item type: calipers

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Description: Nesting saw or pit saw bolt with movable hinge on handle. Nesting Saw, with three blades. by Henry Disston & Sons, Philadelphia "W" inscribed on both sides of handle. "HENRY DISSTON & SONS PHILADA EASY-STEEL U.S.A. WARRANTED" on blade.
Date: 20th C.
Item type: nesting saw, pit saw

Description: bit or punch
Item type: bit or punch

Description: Punch, possibly iron. It is octagonal in shape with a slightly curved body. Tapers to 4-sided point.
Item type: steel hammer

Description: Steel and brass compass.Screw adjustment.
Item type: compass

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Description: level or square is painted black. tube of water is green. 12" calibration on rule
Date: 20th C.
Item type: level / square

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Description: Steel center bit with two notches in handle
Item type: center bit

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Description: steel center bit with notch in handle
Item type: center bit

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Description: steel center bit with notch in handle
Item type: center bit

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Description: Steel center bit with notch in handle.
Item type: center bit

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Description: steel center bit
Item type: center bit
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