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Paper certificate

Description: Carpenters' Company membership certificate dated 1800, to William Palmer. Engraving of standing Liberty on pedestal with Company coat of arms.

Date: c. 1800

Item type: membership certificate

Paper by Virginia Cute on Edmund Woolley and Article in "Contractor" on Edmund Woolley.

Date: 1975-10-01

Tags: "Membership, Publications"

Pansies

Author: Whitney, Adeline D.T.

Date: 1879

Panorama of Science and Art. (2 vols.)

Author: Smith, James.

Date: 1824

Panorama of Science and Art. (2 vols.)

Author: Smith, James.

Date: 1824

Panel raiser plane, 3.5"

Description: Panel Raiser Plane; made of beech wood. There's a handle missing and the fence worn. Likewise, there is a thin crack at nose and toe, wedge worn. E.W. Pennell, Phila.

Date: 1839-1859

Item type: raiser plane

Description: Samuel Pancoast was a master builder who became a member of the Friendship Carpenters' Company in 1769 and signed the Articles of The Carpenters' Company in 1786 when the two organizations joined. He served on several Company committees and is…

Member number: 128*

Birth date: 12/29/17??

Date elected: 1/1/1786

Pancoast, Joshua

Description: Joshua Pancoast was a master builder who briefly appears on the rolls of The Carpenters' Company in 1770, after his death at the age of 32 the previous year. The earliest record of him in Philadelphia was the announcement of his intention to marry…

Member number: 63*

Birth date: 4/2//1737

Date elected: 1/7/1763

Pamphlet: Museum Showcase and Museum Marketplace

Date: 10/09-31/1981

Tags: HIstoyr

Pamphlet: Governor's Heritage Advisory Commission

Date: circa 08/1980

Tags: Committee

Pamphlet Documenting the Proceedings of the Meeting at Yorktown Preparatory to a National Centennial Celebration of the Surrender of Lord Cornwalis

Date: 1879

Palmer, William C.

Description: William Palmer was a carpenter elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1839. In 1845, his business address was Shippen street above 8th street and his house was 161 Queen street. He died in 1847 and his widow was placed on widows'…

Member number: 345

Date elected: 1/1/1839

Palmer, William

Description: William Palmer was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1800. One William Palmer was also noted by Scharf & Westcott as an original member of the King George III Fire Company, founded in 1761; however, it is not known if this is…

Member number: 213*

Date elected: 1/1/1800