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Early wooden drill bit stock with brass button chuck
Description:
wooden and brass. old repairs to cracked sweep. drill bit
Date:
c. 1875-1900
Item type:
drill
East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania
Description:
Despite the handwritten date of 1740, this prospect was engraved in 1761 for the London Magazine, based on an original drawing made by George Heap in 1752 and published by Nicholas Scull in 1754 with the backing of William Penn. The largest and most…
Date:
1761
Edge, Andrew
Description:
Andrew Edge was a master builder who erected several speculative houses on Fifth and Sixth Streets in the 1760s and 1770s. On the recommendation of Benjamin Loxley, he was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1770 but rarely attended meetings.…
Member number:
82*
Birth date:
8/10/1736
Date elected:
1/1/1770