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Author: Miller, Mrs F. Fenwick
Date: 1885

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Description: The master builder John Harrison II was the son of John I and Mary Harrison and the brother of Joseph and Daniel Harrison. According to Paster Eric Bjork, John II and Joseph helped their father complete Holy Trinity Church, Wilmington, DE in 1698,…
Member number: 8*
Birth date: 7/4/1685

Description: The master builder John Harrison (III), whose relationship to the other Harrisons is unclear, was living in Mulberry Ward at the time of the 1774 tax. Two years later (January 26, 1776), John Thornhill reported "that John Harrison is Desirous of…
Member number: 121*
Date elected: 1/6/1785

Member number: 157*
Date elected: 1/1/1788

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Description: The master builder Joseph Harrison was the son of John I and Mary Harrison and the brother of John II and Daniel Harrison. According to Pastor Eric Bjork, Joseph and John II helped their father complete Holy Trinity Church, Wilmington, DE in 1698,…
Member number: 6*
Birth date: 10/3/1681

Author: Optic, Oliver (pseud. W. T. Adams)
Date: 1869

Description: William Hause was a house carpenter elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1811. He served the Company as Warden and also on the Managing Committee. Written by Tom Stokes. Biography from thePhiladelphia Architects and Buildings, a project of…
Member number: 252*
Date elected: 1/1/1811

Member number: 460
Date elected: 8/11/1883

Author: Denise Scott Brown
Date: 2009

Author: Burnett, Frances Hodgson.
Date: 1879

Description: Robert Hays was a master builder of Philadelphia during the mid 1800s and was elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1851. There is scant information on Hays in the Company records besides that his wife was named Mary. Hays first lived…
Member number: 365
Date elected: 1/1/1851

Author: Buck, Charles Neville.
Date: 1932

Author: Whittier, John Greenleaf
Date: 1875

Author: Mulock, D. M. C.
Date: 1871

Description: Pictured, unidentified group of men. Framed.
Date: late 19th c. [?]
Item type: framed photograph

Author: Greenwood, Grace
Date: 1875

Author: Cooper, J. Fenimore.
Date: 1864

Author: Kingsley, Charles
Date: 1874

Author: Bardwell, William

Author: Schweinfurth, Dr. Georg
Date: 1874

Author: Schweinfurth, Dr. Georg
Date: 1874
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