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Author: Gospill's (Sons), James
Date: 1907

Author: Ballantyne, R. M.

Author: Corroyer, Edouard. Edited by W. Armstrong
Date: 1893

Author: Pugin, Augustus
Date: 1844

Author: Cocker, W.J.
Date: 1889

Description: Grandson of Joseph Govett and son of William Govett, Joseph Govett, II joined the Carpenters' Company in 1833. Biography from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings site, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Sandra L. Tatman.
Member number: 310*
Date elected: 1/1/1833

Description: Joseph Govett was a master builder proposed for membership in The Carpenters' Company several times (1765, 1771, 1772) but was blocked from admission until 1772 because of his membership in the Journeymen Carpenters' Company. He was an "encourager"…
Member number: 96*
Birth date: 12/13/1739
Date elected: 1/1/1772

Description: Robert Annesley Govett was a master builder in Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1833. He served as a Company Warden from 1838-1840 and on the Managing Committee from 1841-1843. In 1835, Govett lived at 9 Bonsall…
Member number: 309*
Date elected: 1/1/1833

Description: Son of master builder Joseph Govett, William Govett was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1796. He appears in the Philadelphia city directories as a carpenter from 1835 through 1840. Govett was clearly following his trade at the…
Member number: 201*
Date elected: 1/1/1796

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Description: James Graisbury was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to 1769, but no Company records prior to the 1760s survive to confirm the date of his memebership. Written by Roger W. Moss, from thePhiladelphia Architects and…
Member number: 71*
Birth date: 1/1/1724

Description: Grand Federal Edifice built by the Company in 1987/88 by, as closely as possible, the specifications from the original built by the Company in 1788. The float designed by Charles Willson Peale was part of the parade after the ratification of the…
Date: 1987
Item type: Grand Federal Edifice

Author: Cable, George W.
Date: 1884

Author: Finley, Martha.
Date: 1882

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Description: Handwritten and water-colored "Grant of Arms to the Worshipful Company of Carpenters of London by William Hawkslowe Clarineaux, King of Arms in 1466 and confirmed by Thomas Benhalt in 1530." Framed with seal pendant.
Item type: Grant of Arms

Description: David Gray was elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1801 after being proposed for membership by Alexander Steel. In the 1805 city directory he was listed at 162 N. 5th street and in 1814 he was listed at 137 N. 5th street. In 1799, Gray was paid a…
Member number: 215*
Date elected: 1/1/1801

Author: Eggleston, Edward.
Date: 1888

Author: White, Ellen G.
Date: 1911

Author: Collier, Wm. Frances
Date: 1872

Author: Arnold, Howard P.
Date: 1868

Author: Dickens, Charles.
Date: 1861

Author: Champney, Elizabeth
Date: 1888

Author: Frost, J.
Date: 1854

Author: Leifchild, John R.
Date: 1872

Author: Smyth, Piazzi
Date: 1877

Author: Gilmore, Parker

Author: Middleton, J.J.
Date: 1812

Author: Finlay, George
Date: 1854

Author: Felton, C. C.
Date: 1867

Author: Felton, C. C.
Date: 1867

Author: Neaves, Lord
Date: 1874

Author: Tuckerman, Charles K.
Date: 1872

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Author: Black, William.
Date: 1892

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Description: James R. Greeves was a master builder and lumber merchant in Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company of the same city in 1824. He served as a Warden of the Company from 1830-32. Greeves was a prominent lumber merchant in Philadelphia. In…
Member number: 289*
Date elected: 1/1/1824

Author: Grenville, Charles C. F.; Richard A. Stoddard, Editor.
Date: 1875

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Description: Joseph Gridley was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company prior to 1767, but no Company records prior to the 1760s survive to confirm the date of his membership. Inactive in Philadelphia after 1771 and marked as dead in Company records…
Member number: 69*

Description: Isaac Griffith was master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1816. According to the directory, Griffith changed residences fairly frequently, multiple times he was listed on Kunckle street and N. 3rd street. He was the carpenter…
Member number: 269*
Date elected: 1/1/1816

Description: William Griffiths was a master builder who had been apprenticed in 1767 to William Roberts and assigned to the carpenter Thomas Hale, 1771-1772. He was proposed for membership in The Carpenters Company in 1783 and elected in 1785. By 1790 he was…
Member number: 148*
Date elected: 1/1/1786

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Description: Samuel Griscom was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company before 1766 although no records prior to the 1760s survive to confirm the date of his membership. His daughter was Elizabeth Ross (Betsy Ross, 1752-1836). Biography…
Member number: 37*
Birth date: 1/1/1717

Description: Tobias Griscom was a master builder and an early member of The Carpenters' Company, although no Company records prior to the 1760s survive to provide an exact date. In 1736 he became a shareholder of the Library Company and transferred the share to…
Member number: 17*
Birth date: 1/1/1713

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Description: Three 1" rusty screws, two small cut nails, one 2.125" hand wrought nail, one bent piece of metal with white paint chipping off it.
Item type: screws and nails

Date: circa 1784-1794

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Member number: 436
Date elected: 8/4/1875

Author: Kaplan, A. D. H.
Date: 1947

Author: Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Date: 1887
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