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Description: painted over stained wood done by hand
Item type: painted plaque

Author: Hamerton, Philip Gilbert

Author: Hardy, Thomas.
Date: 1874

Description: Metal Calipers. They're held together by a circular hinge. The jaws of the calipers have inward facing prongs.
Item type: Calipers

Author: Optic, Oliver (pseud. W. T. Adams)
Date: 1873

Author: Bradley, Mary Hastings.
Date: 1914

Description: William Palmer was a master builder elected to The Carpenters' Company in 1800. One William Palmer was also noted by Scharf & Westcott as an original member of the King George III Fire Company, founded in 1761; however, it is not known if this is…
Member number: 213*
Date elected: 1/1/1800

Description: William Palmer was a carpenter elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1839. In 1845, his business address was Shippen street above 8th street and his house was 161 Queen street. He died in 1847 and his widow was placed on widows'…
Member number: 345
Date elected: 1/1/1839

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Description: Joshua Pancoast was a master builder who briefly appears on the rolls of The Carpenters' Company in 1770, after his death at the age of 32 the previous year. The earliest record of him in Philadelphia was the announcement of his intention to marry…
Member number: 63*
Birth date: 4/2//1737
Date elected: 1/7/1763

Description: Samuel Pancoast was a master builder who became a member of the Friendship Carpenters' Company in 1769 and signed the Articles of The Carpenters' Company in 1786 when the two organizations joined. He served on several Company committees and is…
Member number: 128*
Birth date: 12/29/17??
Date elected: 1/1/1786

Description: Panel Raiser Plane; made of beech wood. There's a handle missing and the fence worn. Likewise, there is a thin crack at nose and toe, wedge worn. E.W. Pennell, Phila.
Date: 1839-1859
Item type: raiser plane

Author: Smith, James.
Date: 1824

Author: Smith, James.
Date: 1824

Author: Whitney, Adeline D.T.
Date: 1879

Description: Carpenters' Company membership certificate dated 1800, to William Palmer. Engraving of standing Liberty on pedestal with Company coat of arms.
Date: c. 1800
Item type: membership certificate

Description: certificate of membership in Carpenters' Company dated 1796, to Wiliam Govett. Engraving of Standing Liberty on pedestal with Company coat of arms.
Date: late 18th C.
Item type: Membership certificate

Author: Hall, Rev. John
Date: 1874

Description: John Parham was elected to membership in the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1812. He is most notable for the letter to Nelson Barksdale, Proctor of the University of Virginia, preserved in the Thomas Jefferson Papers, University of Virginia:…
Member number: 257*
Date elected: 1/1/1812

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Description: paring chisel: 1) pushed to smooth a rough cut made by the forming chisel. used as a finishing tool. 2) side view: flat and thin 3) some decoloration 4) incision goes from top of blade along back of the chisel for a few inches 5) sharp blade There is…
Item type: paring chisel

Description: paring chisels: see individual entries
Item type: paring chisels

Author: Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Date: 1875
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