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Author: Irving, Washington
Date: 1854

Author: Birkmire, William H.
Date: 1894

Author: Hillard, George Stillman
Date: 1854

Author: Hillard, George Stillman
Date: 1854

Author: Toland, M. B. M.
Date: 1877

Author: Mac Donald, George
Date: 1879

Member number: 490*
Date elected: 5/27/1893

Author: Alger, Horatio, Jr.
Date: 1870

Description: Sameul Sims was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1794. He died the next year. Samuel Simes, or Sims, was a member of the company for around a year. There are multiple listings in the Philadelphia Directory between 1785 and 1794.…
Member number: 176*
Date elected: 1/1/1794

Description: Joseph Simes, or Sims, the carpenter, not to be confused with the well-known Philadelphia merchant Joseph Sims, was a member of the Carpenters' Company elected in 1810. Interestinly, Simes is not listed in the Philadelphia Directory until 1813 when…
Member number: 246*
Date elected: 1/1/1810

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Description: paring chisel: 1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade…
Item type: paring chisel

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Description: 1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade several scratches near…
Item type: paring chisel

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Description: 1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade several scratches are…
Item type: paring chisel

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Description: paring chisel: 1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade
Item type: paring chisel

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Description: paring chisel: 1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade
Item type: paring chisel

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Description: paring chisel: 1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade
Item type: paring chisel

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Description: Gift from Carpenters' Company of London during there visit in May 2009. Inscription: "This silver goblet was made in London in 1874, 100 years after the First American Congress was held in Carpenters' Hall Philadelphia. It was presented to the…
Date: 1874
Item type: Silver Goblet

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Description: silk banner carried by the Carpenters' Company in 1832. cream colored ground with the Arms of the Carpenters' Company. Hand-carved and gilt frame with eagle cresting. carried in parade to commemorate Washington's 100th birthday
Date: 1832
Item type: banner

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Description: silk banner carried by the Carpenters' Company in 1788. cream colored ground with the Arms of the Carpenters' Company. Hand-carved and gilt frame with eagle cresting.
Date: 1788
Item type: banner

Author: Burroughs, John
Date: 1887

Author: Tincker, Mary Agnes
Date: 1883

Author: Finley, Martha.
Date: 1879

Author: Schevill, Ferdinand
Date: 1909

Author: Deland, Margaret.
Date: 1890

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Description: The handle of the sickle has three small, deep gashes. Hand-forged steel blade with wooden handle. Typical of Eastern Pennsylvania.
Date: mid-19th C.
Item type: grain hook sickle

Description: Thomas F. Shuster was a master builder of Philadelphia in the 1800s. Born in 1816, he was elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1849, twelve years after his older brother, Henry Shuster. Little is known of his professional work but he served as an…
Member number: 360
Date elected: 1/1/1850

Member number: 446
Date elected: 4/23/1877

Description: Henry Shuster was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1837. He served as a Company Warden and and six terms on the Managing Committee. Finally, he served as the Treasurer of the Carpenters' Company from 1881-1888.…
Member number: 338
Date elected: 1/1/1837

Description: Isaac Shunk was a master builder in Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1823. It is revealed in Donna J. Rilling's book, Making Houses, Crafting Capitalism: Builders in Philadelphia, 1790-1850, that Isaac Shunk worked for carpenter…
Member number: 286*
Date elected: 1/1/1823

Member number: 443
Date elected: 5/2/1877

Author: Simpson, J.H.
Date: 1869

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Description: Short, blunt-ended, wide-bladed saw blade
Item type: saw blade

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Description: Drill bit; stem has deep incision. circular tip has deep, wide incision which leads to tip. stem is rusty, but tip is still shiny.
Item type: drill bit

Author: Froude, James Anthony
Date: 1873

Author: Froude, James A.
Date: 1873

Author: Green, J. R.
Date: 1878
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