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Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel.
Date: 1872

Description: Richard Mosley was a master builder who served his apprenticeship with Benjamin Worrell, gaining his freedom in 1774. Shortly thereafter he joined the Friendship Carpenters' Company; and when that company joined with The Carpenters' Company in 1786,…
Member number: 132*
Date elected: 1/1/1786

Author: Wood, Thomas
Date: 1831

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Description: Long thin mortising chisel with top that resembles head of a nail.
Item type: mortising chisel

Date: c. 1790-1939 2 to 12 1992

Date: 1935-38 2 to 12 1992

Date: 1934-37 2 to 12 1992

Date: 1931-38 2 to 12 1992

Date: 01/01/1830 c.

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Date: 1975-10-08

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Date: 1946-01-01

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Date: 1932-01-01

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Date: 1979-06-04

Author: Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Date: 1886

Description: Joseph Morris was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1792, serving as Warden (1794-97) and Vice-President (1821-23). He was a director of the Philadelphia Contributionship (1809-1817) and first President of the Columbia Fire…
Member number: 164*
Birth date: 1/1/1770
Date elected: 1/1/1792

Description: Oak armchair, with adjustable and cushioned back, upholstered arm rests terminating in ball-shaped hand grips, squared and tapered front legs. 2 of 2 chairs. Right stretcher snapped in two, webbing is very bad, springs badly misformed.

Repaired…
Date: c. 1910
Item type: armchair

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Description: oak armchair, with adjustable and cushioned back, upholstered arm rests terminating in ball-shaped hand grips, squared and tapered front legs. 1 of 2 chairs. Right stretcher is broken (piece missing), webbing sags badly.

Repaired Summer 1988. Tom…
Date: c. 1910
Item type: armchair

Description: Robert Morrell was a master builder who joined the Friendship Carpenters' Company c.1773; and when that company merged with The Carpenters' Company in 1786, he signed the articles. In 1805, a carpenter named Robert Morrell is listed as residing at…
Member number: 131*
Birth date: 1/1/1752
Date elected: 1/16/1786

Author: De Amicis, Edmundo
Date: 1882

Author: Parker, H. F.
Date: 1854

Author: Brewster, Sir David
Date: 1854

Author: Winslow, Hubbard.
Date: 1873

Author: Hotz, H.
Date: 1856

Description: William Moore, an unfortunately common name in late eighteenth-century Philadelphia, was elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1784 and by 1790 marked in The Company records as excluded, probably for failure to pay dues. In 1770 he witnessed the will…
Member number: 111*
Date elected: 1/3/1784

Description: Joseph Moore was a master builder in Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1834. In 1835, he was listed as a carpenter at 12th below Spruce street. Later City Directories have three Joseph Moores listed as carpenters. Moore served the…
Member number: 318*
Date elected: 1/1/1834

Member number: 381
Date elected: 1/15/1855

Description: Bethuel A. Moore was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company in Philadelphia in 1829. He resided at Carlton Square below 12th street. Bethuel Moore died in 1851.Biography from thePhiladelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of…
Member number: 300*
Date elected: 1/1/1829

Author: Collins, Wilkie.
Date: 1873

Author: Alcott, Louisa M.
Date: 1864

Date: 1841

Date: 1957-12-27

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Author: Forwood, W. Stump, M.D.
Date: 1870

Author: Besant, Walter and James Rice.

Author: Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand
Date: 1887

Author: Cooper, J. Fenimore.
Date: 1864

Author: Keenan, H. F.
Date: 1885

Author: Optic, Oliver (pseud. W. T. Adams)
Date: 1874

Date: 1976-02-18

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Author: Swan, Charles H., Jr.
Date: 1897

Author: Sainte-Beuve, C. A.
Date: 1877

Author: Dewees, F. P.
Date: 1877

Author: Duchess, The. (M. Argles Hundergford.)
Date: 1882

Author: Herms, Mary
Date: 1892

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Description: many knicks and a few deep scratches in the wood. small metal piece is bent over the top wooden part extending from the base. by Frederich Dallicker in Montgomery County, PA. lignum vitae boxing. molding plane
Date: c. 1840-1850
Item type: molding plane

Description: Molding plane; tongue plane; Beech wood. Made by H. Chapin.
Date: 1828-60
Item type: tongue plane

Description: Molding plane; tongue and groove combination; beech wood. Made by D. Colton and B.Sheneman, Phila. wedge and blade missing. Drilled for pulling stick. J.O. Neil, owner.
Date: 1846-52
Item type: molding plane
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