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Author: Adams, Davenport W.H.
Date: 1892

Description: John Warner became a member of the Carpenters’ Company in 1809. He was listed as a carpenter living at 177 Pine in the 1810 City Directory. In 1814, he was listed at 28 Christian street. By 1820, he was listed at Carpenter below 3rd street,…
Member number: 241*
Date elected: 1/1/1809

Description: Master builder Edward Warner may have been apprenticed as a house carpenter to James Porteus whose heir he was in 1736/37. Warner was admitted as a freeman of Philadelphia by the Common Council in 1717, and by the 1720s he was selling by lottery a…
Member number: 12*
Birth date: 1/1/1690

Author: Mac Donald, George
Date: 1881

Description: Richard Ware was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1810. He also opened a shop as an ironmonger. He resided at 67 Locust street. Unfortunately for Ware, his business ventures took a turn for the worse and he ended up in debtors'…
Member number: 245*
Date elected: 1/1/1810

Date: 1919-80 2 to 12 1992

Date: 1847-81 2 to 12 1992

Date: 1831-47 2 to 12 1992

Date: 1813-31 2 to 12 1992

Date: 1881-1919 2 to 12 1992

Author: King, Charles, Capt.
Date: 1888

Author: Jones, J. B.
Date: 1872

Author: Ripley, R. S.
Date: 1849

Author: Ripley, R. S.
Date: 1849

Author: Forbes
Date: 1877

Author: Hare, Augustus J.C.
Date: 1873

Author: Gautier, Theophile
Date: 1853

Author: Waterton, Charles
Date: 1891

Date: 1878

Author: Wood, Wm. Maxwell, M.D. Surgeon U.S. Navy
Date: 1849

Author: Sue, Eugene
Date: 1845

Author: Ouida
Date: 1883

Author: Wanamaker, John
Date: 1926

Author: Brockett, L. P.
Date: 1872

Member number: 448
Date elected: 7/16/1878

Date: 1976-10-05

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Description: The master builder Samuel Wallis signed the Articles of The Carpenters' Company on 16 July 1770. Never regular in his attendance at Company meetings, he may have been out of Pennsylvania much of the time. (There was a Samuel Wallis in Harford County,…
Member number: 84*
Date elected: 1/1/1770

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Description: Tin wall sconce with mirrored reflectors and a single scrolled arm candle holder.
Date: late 18th C.
Item type: sconce

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Description: Tin wall sconce with mirrored reflectors and a single scrolled arm candle holder.
Date: late 18th C.
Item type: sconce

Author: Hare, Augustus J.C.
Date: 1872

Author: Hare, Augustus J.C.
Date: 1878

Author: Horner, Susan and Joanna
Date: 1873

Author: Horner, Susan and Joanna
Date: 1873

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Date: 1878

Author: Burroughs, John
Date: 1887

Description: William Wagner was elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1809. Wagner served on the Managing Committee and the Book Prices Committee for multiple terms. He also served as Treasurer, Vice-President, and finally President. Wagner moved multiple times…
Member number: 237*
Date elected: 1/1/1809

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Date: 1986-07-10

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Date: 1950-01-01

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Author: Nordenskiold, A. E.
Date: 1882

Author: De Long, George
Date: 1884

Author: De Long, George
Date: 1884

Date: 1843-97 2 to 12 1992

Date: 1827-44 2 to 12 1992

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Description: From inventory description: Carpenters Company, Committee of Prices, Minutes, 23 Oct 1786 to 5 Feb 1791.
Date: 1786-1791

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Date: 1827-43 2 to 12 1992

Author: Lockyer,
Date: 1869

Author: Barlow, Warren Sumner
Date: 1874

Author: Seiss, Joseph A.
Date: 1879
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