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Author: Morton, Samuel George
Date: 1849

Author: Mayhew, Edward
Date: 1864

Author: Mayhew, Edward
Date: 1865

Author: Schliemann, Dr. Henry
Date: 1880

Author: Homer,
Date: 1853

Author: Cuming, E. D.
Date: 1935

Author: Grand, Sarah
Date: 1895

Author: Lane, Lydia Spencer
Date: 1893

Author: Prime, W. C.
Date: 1874

Author: Kingsley, Charles
Date: 1882

Date: 1981-04-18

Member number: 439
Date elected: 5/3/1876

Description: Thomas Hutchinson was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1829. His father John, and his two brothers James and Joseph were earlier members of the Company. Thomas lived at 2 Orange Street and had another property,…
Member number: 299
Birth date: 7/16/1800
Date elected: 1/1/1829

Description: Joseph Hutchinson was a Philadelphian master builder and was elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1824. Hutchinson was the son of an earlier member, John Hutchinson He served a term as Secretary and Warden of the Company as well as multiple terms on…
Member number: 292
Birth date: 5/7/1796
Date elected: 1/1/1824

Description: John Hutchinson was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1795. He built present day 236 Seventh Street the same year. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Builders, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger…
Member number: 189*
Birth date: 10/27/1758
Date elected: 1/1/1795

Description: James Hutchinson was a master builder of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company of the same city in 1822. He served the Company dutifully, culminating in his placement as president in 1842-44. Additionally Hutchinson held every position…
Member number: 279*
Birth date: 5/11/1794
Date elected: 1/1/1822

Author: Harland, Marion.
Date: 1873

Description: Henry Hurst was a master builder elected to the Carpenters’ Company in 1807. According to the 1813 City Directory, Hurst resided at 300 Sassafras street (race street) and worked as a carpenter. The 1816 Directory listed a Henry Hurst as a grocer…
Member number: 234*
Date elected: 1/1/1807

Author: Reid, Mayne, Capt.
Date: 1873

Author: Paget, John
Date: 1850

Author: Paget, John
Date: 1850

Author: Parton, J.
Date: 1870

Author: Figuier, Louis
Date: 1872

Author: Smiles, Samuel
Date: 1874

Author: Twain, Mark
Date: 1885

Description: Zachariah Howell was a house carpenter of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1835. He resided at 4 Poplar lane. His relation to the other Howells of the Carpenters' Company is unknown. Portraits of Zachariah and his wife, Elizabeth,…
Member number: 329
Date elected: 1/1/1835

Description: Joseph Howell, Jr. was a master builder who joined the Friendship Carpenters' Company in 1772 and served as Clerk in 1775. According to Heitman, during the Revolution he was a Captain of the Pennsylvania Musket Battalion. Taken prisoner at Long…
Member number: 149*
Date elected: 1/1/1786

Description: John Howell was a house carpenter elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1814. His residence was on Stirling Alley, currently Orianna street. In 1822, Howell was stricken with paralytic palsy and the Company helped him financially.…
Member number: 264*
Date elected: 1/1/1814

Member number: 208*
Date elected: 1/1/1800

Author: Heywood, J. C.
Date: 1872

Author: Davies, Thomas A.
Date: 1875

Author: Blaikie, William
Date: 1879

Author: Eggleston, George Cary
Date: 1872

Author: Bellows, Albert
Date: 1869
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