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Author: Hazzard, Samuel
Date: 1853

Author: Hazzard, Samuel
Date: 1853

Author: Hazzard, Samuel
Date: 1853

Author: Burns, Deborah Stephens; Webster, Richard J.
Date: 2000

Date: 1878

Author: Peyton, J. E.
Date: 1892

Date: 1957-1961

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Author: Peake, Elizabeth
Date: 1874

Author: Bulwer Lytton, Sir Edward.
Date: 1869

Description: Master builder James Pearson was an early member of The Carpenters' Company, although the actual date of his election is unknown because of the loss of all Company records prior to 1763. In those earliest surviving records, Pearson is mentioned as a…
Member number: 38*
Birth date: 1/1/1735

Author: Edwards, Tryon
Date: 1872

Author: Edwards, Annie.

Author: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Date: 1918

Author: Goldsmith, Christabel.
Date: 1881

Date: 1984-03-26

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Member number: 479
Date elected: 11/1/1888

Description: William Paxson was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1816. He resided at 37 North 3rd street. He was elected Warden in 1821 but died during his term in 1822.Biography from thePhiladelphia Architects and Buildings,…
Member number: 271*
Date elected: 1/1/1816

Description: Samuel Paul was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1794. He was elected after being proposed by Robert Jordan. Paul likely lived outside of the city as he is not listed in any directories. Multiple individuals named Samuel Paul…
Member number: 186*
Date elected: 1/1/1794

Description: David Paul was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1794. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Builders, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss.
Member number: 178*
Date elected: 1/1/1794

Author: Alger, Horatio, Jr.
Date: 1871

Author: Crawford, F. Marion.
Date: 1888

Author: Mac Donald, George
Date: 1881

Author: Barr, Amelia E.
Date: 1887

Description: Thomas Patterson was a carpenter elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1839. The 1845 City Directory listed Patterson as a Carpenter at Marshall street above Brown street and his house at 7th street above Brown street. In the 1854…
Member number: 344
Date elected: 1/1/1839

Author: Milgrim, Shirley Illustrated by Fish, Richard
Date: 1974

Author: Cooper, J. Fenimore.
Date: 1866

Description: Samuel Pastorius was a master builder who joined the Friendship Carpenters' Company c.1775 and The Carpenters' Company in 1786 when the two joined. He was an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan, The British Architect (1775), the…
Member number: 134*
Date elected: 1/1/1786

Author: Hardy, Arthur Sherburne.
Date: 1890

Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Date: 1872

Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Date: 1872

Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Date: 1872

Author: Duanes, Wm.

Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Date: 1873

Description: Benjamin Paschall was a carpenter who joined The Carpenters' Company in 1792 and died in 1801. He should not be confused with an earlier Benjamin Paschall. Biography from thePhiladelphia Architects and Builders, a project of theAthenaeum of…
Member number: 167*
Date elected: 1/1/1792

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Date: 1979-07-07

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Author: Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Date: 1875

Date: 1856

Date: 1889

Author: Thackery, Wm. Makepeace
Date: 1886

Description: paring chisels: see individual entries
Item type: paring chisels

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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 There is…
Item type: paring chisel

Description: John Parham was elected to membership in the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1812. He is most notable for the letter to Nelson Barksdale, Proctor of the University of Virginia, preserved in the Thomas Jefferson Papers, University of Virginia:…
Member number: 257*
Date elected: 1/1/1812

Author: De Chambray, Freart
Date: 1723

Date: 1989-12-31

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Author: Hall, Rev. John
Date: 1874

Description: certificate of membership in Carpenters' Company dated 1796, to Wiliam Govett. Engraving of Standing Liberty on pedestal with Company coat of arms.
Date: late 18th C.
Item type: Membership certificate
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