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Description: George Forepaugh was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1774 and served as Warden from 1780. According to Hazard's Register, he was the master carpenter for the Senate gallery of Congress Hall, 1795. When Forepaugh died in 1817,…
Member number: 101*
Birth date: 10/19/1743
Date elected: 1/1/1774

Description: Frederick Forepaugh was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1800. He was also an original member of the Humane Fire Company, founded in 1794. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of…
Member number: 209*
Birth date: 8/13/1761
Date elected: 1/1/1800

Description: fore plane; beech wood, closed handle, cutter and wedge missing, toe of body worn, manufacturer: Sandusky Tool Company
Item type: fore plane

Description: Fore plane made of beech wood. Handle broken and missing. Cutter missing. Toe of body badly worn. Leather backing piece in throat.
Item type: fore plane

Description: Fore plane; beech wood. 1.5" chip from handle. Stain at heel. Manufactured by Ogontz Tool Co. Wedge missing.
Item type: fore plane

Author: Winslow, Charles F.
Date: 1869

Author: Oppert, Ernest
Date: 1880

Author: Carey, Rosa Nouchette.
Date: 1886

Author: Alexander, Mrs.
Date: 1892

Author: Besant, Walter.
Date: 1889

Author: Edgar, John G
Date: 1872

Author: Tourgee, Albion W.
Date: 1879 & 1880

Author: Smith, Edward
Date: 1873

Author: Custer, Elizabeth B.
Date: 1890

Author: Douglas, Amanda M.
Date: 1887

Author: Du Cane, Florence; painted by Ella Du Cane
Date: 1909

Date: 1952-10-21

Author: Hare, Augustus J.C.
Date: 1896

Date: 1974-09-25

Date: 1987-02-19

Author: Verne, Jules
Date: 1875

Description: David Henry Flickwir was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1824. His father, David Flickwir had also been a member of the Company until his death in 1813. David H. Flickwir served nearly every office the Company…
Member number: 290
Birth date: 1/1/1798
Date elected: 1/1/1824

Description: David Flickwir was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1796. Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia.Written by Roger W. Moss.
Member number: 199*
Date elected: 1/1/1796

Description: Sky blue background, with three gold fleurs-de-lis
Item type: flag, Fleur-de-lis
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