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Author: Foster, J. W.
Date: 1873

Author: Read, Collinson Esq.
Date: 1801

Author: Cooper, J. Fenimore.
Date: 1865

Author: Baldwin, John D.
Date: 1869

Author: Lester, A. Hoyle
Date: 1875

Author: Cooper, J. Fenimore.
Date: 1865

Author: Marcy, Captain, U.S. Army

Author: Langstroth, L. L.
Date: 1865

Author: Freedly, E. T.
Date: 1853

Author: Byrne, Oliver
Date: 1852

Author: Byrne, Oliver
Date: 1851

Author: Pain, William
Date: 1797

Author: Pain, William
Date: 1797

Author: Pain, William
Date: 1794

Author: Pain, William
Date: 1794

Author: Pain, William
Date: 1794

Author: Pain, William
Date: 1793

Author: Darwin, Charles
Date: 1881

Description: The master builder William Powell, son of Thomas Powell (yeoman), became an apprentice to Joseph Watkins, carpenter, in 1745 for seven years. What relationship he may have been to the William Powell who was admitted a free carpenter of Philadelphia…
Member number: 172*
Birth date: 1/1/1731
Date elected: 1/1/1793

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Description: Samuel Powell came to Philadelphia as a child in 1685 and was probably apprenticed to his uncle John Parsons, carpenter from Somersetshire. Powell's marriage in 1700/1 to the prosperous orphan Abigail Wilcox was witnessed by William Penn, Edward…
Member number: 3*
Birth date: 1/11673

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Description: The master builder Samuel Powel has commonly been mistaken for the wealthy and socially prominent Mayor of Philadelphia, Samuel Powel (1738-1793), grandson of Samuel Powell. The date of this Powel's election to The Carpenters' Company is unknown; he…
Member number: 68*
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