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The master builder Jacob Reary was elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to the date of earliest surviving records of the 1760s. At The Company meeting of April 15, 1771, Thomas Nevell reported that Reary "Stood in Need of Some Assistance After…
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William Randolph was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1814. In the 1820 City Directory he is listed as a lumber merchant residing at 223 N. Water street. He served as the Company's Secretary in from 1824-26 and…
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According to a 1971 letter fromJohn Harbesonto Robert Ennis:
Joseph Randall, Master Carpenter, was the builder of the Walnut Street Theater from the plans of the architectJohn Haviland. A Quaker, he was elected a member of the Carpenters' Company of…