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George Haas was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1833. According to the City Directory, He resided at 10th above Spring Garden. He worked with George Meyers as Haas and Meyers in 1830. Haas died in 1844.Biography…
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Alexander Hale was a master builder and an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book of architecture published in America. Elected to The Carpenters' Company in…
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James Hall was a house carpenter elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1814. In the 1820 City Directory he is listed as residing at 126 Pine street. He died in 1846.Biography from thePhiladelphia Architects and Buildingssite. A project of…
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John Hall was a master builder, a founder of the Friendship Carpenters Company (1769) and an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture pubished in…
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Israel Hallowell was a master builder, a founder of the Friendship Carpenters Company, and an "encourager" of the Philadelphia edition of Abraham Swan's The British Architect (R. Bell for J. Norman, 1775), the first book on architecture published in…
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Hammerman's Guild framed photographic print of original emblem. "Carved front from Hammerman's loft, Old St. Nicholas Kirk, Dalkieth, Midlothian. Original now in Royal Museum, Edinburgh." Written on small engraved plate on frame. Gift to the…
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William C. Hancock was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1831. He served as Warden of the Company in 1836 and on the Managing Committee in 1839. In 1820 he was listed in the City Directory as an owner of a…
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Hand-forged butteris, 19th century. Unusual in that blade angle may be adjusted by screw mechanism. steel stock and blade, brass ferrule. Wooden handle.