Snowden, George

Snowden, George

The master builder George Snowden was proposed for membership in The Carpenters' Company on 19 January 19 1789 by Joseph Ogilby and elected on 20 July 1789, although he did not sign the articles of The Company until 1791, having "paid...admission in Carpenters work" on Carpenters' Hall after the Library Company moved to their own nearby building. His copy of The Carpenters' Company price book was returned in 1803, suggesting he may have left town. He was excluded from The Company in 1815 from the non-payment of dues.


Biography from, Philadelphia Architects and Builders, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss.

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Snowden

George

1/1/1815

1/1/1791

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13 N. 5th St. (1791, 1800) (Prime)

Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 744. Was proposed for membership in The Company on January 19, 1789, by Joseph Ogilby (q.v.) and elected on July 20, 1789, although he did not sign the articles of The Company until 1791, having "paid . . . admission in Carpenters work" on Carpenters' Hall after the Library Company moved to their own nearby building. His copy of The Company's Price Book was returned in 1803, suggesting he may have left town. He was excluded from The Company in 1815 for the non-payment of dues. (Incorrect - see below for reason.) See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects. --------------- City Directory - 1805 - George, carpenter, 11th above Filbert City Directory - 1830 - Widow Rebecca, gentlewoman, 106 S. 5th St. (Daughter named Rebecca; possibly this is her mother.) --------------- Managing Committee Minutes-1788-4-18, 43 Joseph Ogilby proposed George Snowden; George Snowden elected. Managing Committee Minutes-1806-15-24, 44, 45 The President is requested to draw an order on the treasurer in favor of William Griffith for $5.62 for the tuition of the children of G. Snowden. Wife of G. Snowden in want of wood and other necessaries. $7.79 for cord of wood for George Snowden's wife. Managing Committee Minutes-1807-15-57 $5.25 for schooling Rebecca and Thomas Snowden. Managing Committee Minutes-1809-15-169, 184, 196 John How is appointed a committee to call on Mrs. Snowden respecting putting her daughter to a trade Company agree to pay for Mrs. Snowden's daughter to learn a trade. $4.77 for schooling of the Snowdens. Managing Committee Minutes-1812 George Snowden and Samuel Johnson "are in habits of drunkenness and have abandoned their family to want and moreover inhumanly beat and abused them" - to be expelled. Signed, William Garrigues, George Summers, John Smith. Managing Committee Minutes-1819-17-13 $12.50 for relief of widow Snowden. Managing Committee Minutes-1821-18-45, 56, 67 $10 quarterly allowance of widow Snowden. $10 quarterly allowance of widow Snowden. $10 quarterly allowance of widow Snowden. Managing Committee Minutes-1822-18-80 $10 widow Snowden's quarterly allowance. Managing Committee Minutes-1824-18-169 $10 quarterly allowance of widow Snowden. Managing Committee Minutes-1825-18-210, 219, 227 $10 quarterly allowance of widow Snowden. $10 quarterly allowance of widow Snowden. M. Baker produced the bond and mortgage given by Rachel Snowden for $600, and handed the same to the Treasurer. Managing Committee Minutes-1826-18-256 $10 quarterly allowance of widow Snowden. Managing Committee Minutes-1827-18-276, 293 G. Linck reported: that he received $18 interest from widow Snowden up to 10th April 1827. $5.86 for widow Snowden. Managing Committee Minutes-1830-18-368, 385 $10 quarterly allowance of widow Snowden. $15 quarterly allowance of widow Snowden. Managing Committee Minutes-1832-18-425 $9.32 for wood for widow Snowden. Managing Committee Minutes-1834-18-500 $15 quarterly allowance of widow Snowden.

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