Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia Records, 1683-1983

Mss.974.811.C22.a

Date: 1683-1983 | Size: 18 Linear feet, 102 vols.; 18 lin. ft.

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Abstract

The papers include: minutes, 1794, 1802-1942; minutes of the Managing Committee and Committee of Seven, 1791-1950; rough minutes of the Managing Committee, 1819-1857; minutes of the Wardens, 1769-1919 (with some gaps); roll of members, 1841-1875; price books, 1786, ca. 1804, 1827, 1852; Price Book Committee minutes, 1786-1791, 1827-1897; price book of the Second Carpenters' Company, 1784; cash books, 1889-1952; treasurer's account, 1874-1907; ledgers, 1801-1896; record of certificates granted to measurers of carpenters' work, 1827-1889; account book, 1763-1834; minutes of the Building Committee, 1810 11; minutes of the Committee on fitting up the Old Hall, 1857; minutes of the Committees of Accounts and Rents, 1780-1784; minutes of the Library Committee, 1853-1889; receipts for books and library record of borrowers, 1846-1890; by-laws and rules and regulations and standing resolutions, ca. 1866-1869; minutes of the Friendship Carpenters' Company, 1770-1775; account of the Friendship Carpenters' Company, 1769-1799; rules and regulations of the Friendship Carpenters' Company and specifications for building, 1769; relief given to 12 widows, 1818; scrapbook, 1887-1892; Antiques, Curiosities, and Memorabilia, 1683-1855; autographs, pictures, etc., relating to the Centennial Anniversary, 1874; Trustees' minute book, 1895 1941; book of "Dementtions" of carpenter's work by Samuel Jones, 1784; real estate record, 1905-1918; receipt books, 1795-1918; and other materials. The whole collection has been filmed by APS. Recent deposits include: Miscellaneous bills, and bills and receipts relating to widows relief (1800-1854), Managing Committee minutes (1857, 1859, 1860), library bills (1795-1854). There are also more contemporary records on deposit (1952-1980s), relating to all aspects of the Company's activities (with restrictions on the use of some of this material).

Background note

The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia is the oldest builders' organization in the United States and the oldest of all trade bodies in Philadelphia. It was organized along the lines of the companies of England in 1724. The Friendship Carpenters' Company was formed in 1769 and united with the Carpenters' Company in 1786.

Scope and content

Recent deposits include: Miscellaneous bills, and bills and receipts relating to widows relief (1800-1854), Managing Committee minutes (1857, 1859, 1860), library bills (1795-1854). There are also more contemporary records on deposit (1952-1980s), relating to all aspects of the Company's activities (with restrictions on the use of some of this material).

Added to the records in 2010 were the following: Ledgers, 1968-1995; Managing Committte minutes, 1979 Dec.-1986; 250th anniversary records; rules/regulalations/bylaws; cash book 1964-1973; financial records 1917-1974; original cataloging sheets for the records; photographs and negatives; original deeds; publications 1874-present; account books for Marriner&Buckingham, 1846-1889.

Digital objects note

This collection contains digital materials that are available in the APS Digital Library. Links to these materials are provided with context in the inventory of this finding aid. A general listing of digital objects may also be found here.

Collection Information

Physical description

102 volumes, 18 linear ft.

Restrictions

Restrictions on Use:

Permission to publish material from the collection must be obtained from the Carpenters' Company.

Restrictions on Access:

Researchers MUST use the microfilm for the parts of the collection that have been filmed. Researchers may use the originals of the parts of the collection that have not been filmed.

Provenance

Deposited by Carpenters' Company from 1964-2010; see in-house list for deposits and dates.

Alternate formats available

Much of the collection has been filmed by the APS (Film 1190).

Early American History Note

The Carpenter's Company Collection is a potentially rich source for those interested in Philadelphia history and early trade unions. The Carpenters' Company was one of the most prominent trade associations in colonial Philadelphia and the early national period. The collection includes official minutes of the Carpenter's Company for nearly all of early America. These volumes capture the inner workings of one of the most prominent business institutions in the city. The minute books capture a wide range of company business, including establishing prices for the public, member procedures, and public relations. The collection also includes the minutes of the Friendship Company from its founding in 1769 – 1775 and their accounts from 1769-1799.

The collection has many editions of the company's price books for work to be done in the city. The price books contain numerous architectural drawings along with prices for the performance of carpentry work for the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Also included in the material is a printed copy of the Baltimore Carpenter Company's founding constitution, miscellaneous letters and receipts, and a variety of historic memorabilia from commemorations in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Noteworthy Minute Books 1769-1784 The Minute Book of the Carpenter's Company offers an account of an important institution in Philadelphia during the American Revolution. The Minute Book includes a variety of information on the internal workings of the Carpenter's Company with particular emphasis on the construction and management of Carpenter's Hall. Because the use of the Hall is often discussed, there are records of how the space was used as a meeting and staging area during the imperial crisis and Revolution.

The minute book not only discusses how the Hall was used, but also includes the details on the decision to build Carpenter's Hall itself. In fact, the minute book begins with a meeting in which joining with the Library Company to erect a shared building is discussed and much of the following meetings revolve around the question of whether and how to fund such a place.

The Friendship Company's Minute Book for the same period offers an interesting contrast to the Carpenter's Company. Formed by carpenters upset with new fees at the Carpenters' Company, the minute book is more detailed and includes letters between the Carpenter's Company and Friendship Company in which both seek to establish amicable relationships, although there are clear undertones of competitive tension between the two in the correspondence.

Nineteenth Century Minute Books The collection includes minute books for a variety of committees during the nineteenth century. Of particular note may be the minute book following the panic of 1827, in which the Company established new procedures to set prices after the Company's reputation was besmirched.

Miscellany Collection The Miscellany Collection contains an assortment of documents, most of which relate to the Carpenter's Company but not all. There are contracts between individuals, loan receipts, and stock receipts from various Philadelphia institutions, such as the Asylum Corporation, and letters to the Company touching on a variety of subjects.

Indexing Terms

Genre(s)

Account books.
Autographs.
Broadsides.
Business Records and Accounts
Bylaws.
Cashbooks.
Institutional Records
Ledgers.
Minutes.
Miscellaneous
Photoprints.
Receipt books.
Receipts.
Regulations
Rolls.
Scrapbooks.
Specifications.

Geographic Name(s)

Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History.

Subject(s)

Business and Skilled Trades
Carpenters -- Labor unions -- United States.
Guilds -- United States.
Philadelphia History

Detailed Inventory


Series 1: Company Minutes			Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series
Item 28a Carpenters' Company Minutes	1769-1781	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: Volume: Company Minutes, 1769-81 [sm; on spine: "THE / CARPENTERS / COMPANY / WARDENS / BOOK / FEB. 1, 1769 / TO / JULY 16, 1781"] Carpenters' Company minutes of quarterly, annual, and special meetings, 1 Feb 1769 to 15 Oct 1781 [with Warden's list of attendance and arrearages; receipts at rear; there is a gap in the minutes from 26 Apr 1776 to 23 Oct 1778] Also contains: Receipts, 30 Jan 1770 to 24 Jan 1780. fragile pages; needs conservation. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:147827
Item 39 Carpenters' Company Minutes	1782-1788	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: Carpenters' Company minutes of quarterly, annual, and special meetings, 21 Jan. 1782 to 21 April 1788. With Warden's list of attendance and arrearages; receipts at rear. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:158344
Item 28b Carpenters' Company Minutes	1788-1791	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: [sm; on cover: "THE CARPENTERS COMPANY / WARDEN'S BOOK / JULY 21, 1788 / TO / JANUARY 31, 1791"] Carpenters' Company, minutes of quarterly, annual, and special meetings, 21 July 1788 to 31 Jan 1791 [with Warden's list of attendance and arrearages] Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:157932
Item 28c Carpenters' Company Minutes	1791-1794	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: [sm; on cover: "THE CARPENTERS COMPANY / WARDEN'S BOOK / APRIL 18, 1791 /TO/ JANUARY 20, 1794"] Carpenters' Company, minutes of quarterly, annual, and special meetings, 18 Apr 1791 to 20 Jan 1794 [with Warden's list of attendance and arrearages; receipts at rear]. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:158033
Item 28d Carpenters' Company Minutes	1794-1798	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: [sm; on cover: "THE CARPENTERS COMPANY / WARDEN'S BOOK / APRIL 21, 1794 /TO/ JANUARY 15, 1798"] Carpenters' Company, minutes of quarterly, annual, and special meetings, 21 Apr 1794 to 15 Jan 1798 [with Warden's list of attendance and arrearages; receipts at rear for fines, entry fees, quarterages, arrearages, price books]. pencil sketch of building plan, prob row house, near front; p.79, speaking rules; p. 114, rules for using archtl library Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:158535
Item 28e Carpenters' Company Minutes	1798-1802	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: [sm; on spine: "THE / CARPENTERS / COMPANY / WARDEN'S / BOOK / 1798-1802"] Carpenters' Company, minutes of quarterly, annual, and special meetings, 16 Apr 1798 to 18 Jan 1802 [with Warden's list of attendance and arrearages; receipts at rear]. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:158052

Series 2: Managing Committee and Trustees' Minutes			Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series
Item 5a Carpenters' Company, Managing Committee, Minutes	1791-1792	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: [on spine: "THE / CARPENTERS / COMPANY / MEETINGS / OF / MANAGING / COMMITTEE / JAN. 22, 1812 / JAN. 15, 1823"] Carpenters' Company, Managing Committee, Fair Minutes, 22 Jan 1812 to 15 Jan 1823 Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:157680
Item 5b Carpenters' Company, Managing Committee, Minutes	1792-1795	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: MINUTES / JANUARY 16, 1792 / TO / JUNE 24, 1795"] Carpenters' Company, [Managing] Committee, Minutes, 16 Jan 1792 to 24 June 1795 [note: the minutes of a few meetings in item 4 duplicate some of these these in more finished form; these in 5b are rougher in form, and are perhaps "rough minutes"]. Also contains: List of Members receiving certificate or laws, c. 1794-95. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:158777
Item 5c Carpenters' Company, Managing Committee, Minutes	1795-1800	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: [on spine: "THE/ CARPENTERS/ COMPANY/ MINUTES/ COMMITTEE/ OF/ SEVEN/ JULY 1, 1795 / TO / JAN. 14, 1801"] Carpenters' Company, [Managing] Committee, Minutes, 1 Jul 1795 to 14 Jan 1801 Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:157745
Item 5e Carpenters' Company, Managing Committee, Minutes	1806-1812	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: [on spine: "THE / CARPENTERS / COMPANY / MINUTES / OF THE / MANAGEING [sic] / COMMITTEE / JAN. 22, 1806 / TO / JAN. 17, 1812"] Carpenters' Company, Managing Committee, Minutes, 22 Jan 1806 to 17 Jan 1812 Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:179042
Item 5f Carpenters' Company, Managing Committee, Minutes	1812-1823	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: [on spine: "THE / CARPENTERS / COMPANY / MEETINGS / OF / MANAGING / COMMITTEE / JAN. 22, 1812 / JAN. 15, 1823"] Carpenters' Company, Managing Committee, Fair Minutes, 22 Jan 1812 to 15 Jan 1823 Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:179606
Item 93 Carpenters' Company, Managing Committee, Minutes	1838-1852	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: Carpenters' Company, Managing Committee, Minutes, 17 Jan 1838 to 29 Dec 1852. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:180873

Series 3: Membership Records and Rules			Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series

Series 4: Price Books and Measuring			Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series
Items 1e-1g Price Book	1805	3 volume(s) 3 volumes bound into one.	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: [sm; no cover or spine inscription; in case.] Carpenters' Company, Articles of the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia; and their Rules for Measuring and Valuing House-Carpenters Work, as Revised and Agreed on in the year 1805 (Philadelphia, April 13, 1805). [1 copy of Ebenezer Ferguson, 1 inscribed Jacob Reinhard, Louisville, 1 of Richard Chamberlin] new plates, e.g. fanlights, by Owen Biddle, del., Tiebout, sc. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:148374
Item 1d Manuscript Price Book	1827	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Item 2a Price Book Committee, Minutes	1786-1791		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From inventory description: Carpenters Company, Committee of Prices, Minutes, 23 Oct 1786 to 5 Feb 1791. Often just lists attendees. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:178720
Item 2b Price Book Committee, Minutes	1827-1844		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: [hz; nothing on spine or cover] Carpenters Company, Committee on Book of Prices, Minutes, 27 Apr 1827 to 6 Mar 1844. 1c, 1d are probably identifiable by mention here: whereas diversity of opinion on pricing, keep them in ms. book; committee created 12 Mar 1827 Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:228623
Item 2c Price Book Committee, Minutes	1843-1897	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From inventory description: [hz; on spine: MINUTES/ OF / COMMITTEE / BOOK / OF / PRICES"; wrapped] Carpenters Company, Committee of Prices, Minutes, 24 Oct 1843 23 June 1897. [some loose 1880s papers concerning prices and arbitration inserted; book of prices still maintained in 1897, but tasks mentioned are arbitration, estimation, day-wages specified]. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:231879
Item 10a Measurers' Certificates	1827-1843	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: [hz; nothing on spine or cover) Carpenters' Company, Record of Certificates granted Measurers of Carpenters' work, 20 July 1827 to 26 Aug 1843 [printed and filled in; also measurer's affadavit, Jan 1889, inserted] Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:232374
Item 26 Samuel Jones Valuation Accounts	1784-1785	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: [sm; on cover: "THE CARPENTERS COMPANY / SAMUEL JONES / BOOK OF DEMENTTIONS / OF CARPENTERS WORK / NO.2 / 1784"] Samuel Jones, Itemized Valuations--under Carpenters' Company rules-- for various Buildings, Jan 1784 to 26 Mar 1785. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:182033
Item 31 #22 Committee of Fifteen, Minutes on Book of Prices	1803-1804		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Item 36 Printed Price Book, annotated	1852	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: Carpenters' Company, Rules and Regulations for Measuring and Valuing Carpenters' Work, As revised and Adopted by the Company (Philadelphia, 1852), printed, with inscribed prices, additional items, ink sketches; volume of R. K. Betts, with inserted notes on new members, death dates of members to 1877, chronology 1736-1857, early subscribers, officers, fees; Paste-ins of parquet floors; loose printed valuation certificate, manuscript index, tables. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:177131
Item 10A Measurers' Certificates, 1827-1843	1827-1843	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Item 10 B Measurers' Certificates, 1843-1880	1843-1880	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Item 10C Measurers' Certificates	1889	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Item 1C Manuscript Price Book, 1827	1824	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Item 1a Price Book	1786	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: Sm; no cover or spine inscription; in case. Carpenters' Company, Rules for Measuring and Valuing House-Carpenters Work [Philadelphia, 1786]. Printed, with manuscript prices, frontispiece indicates copy of John How. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:148093

Series 5: Library Records			Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series

Series 6: Financial Records			Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series
Item 14 - Committee of Rents	1780-1784		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Item 4 Rental Ledger	1807-1839	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: Carpenters' Company, Account Book, Ledger for Rental Receipts from other Societies, 15 Jan 1807 to 14 Jan 1839; Also contains: [Managing] Committee, Fair Minutes 24 Jan to 5 Feb 1794; Treasurer's Journal, 24 Jan to 5 Feb 1794, Jan to 4 Dec 1806. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:177162
Item 11 Carpenter's Company Account Book	1763-1834	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Item 21 - Ledger, Relief for Widows			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Item 9 - Ledger			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Item 94 - Treasurer's Journal			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Item 22- Committee of Fifteen, Minutes ... on book of prices			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Item 39- Managing Committee, Minutes			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Item 44- Reminiscences			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Photocopy of plat of Benjamin Loxley's lots			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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"Mrs.Hirons private copy" of the contents of ·the Library of Carpenters' Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Series 7: Buildings			Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series

Series 8: Carpenters' Company Miscellany			Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series
Oath of Allegiance in Pennsylvania, 1754			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Minutes, 1769-1803			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Minutes, 1791, 1795, & 1799			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Nevell, Thomas to the Carpenters' Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Asylum Company, Certificate of shares to James Cramond			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Contract between A.E. Van Braam and Thomas Smith			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Pearson, James, et al, certification of measurement for carpenters work			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Jonathan Meredith's bill			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Ulster County Gazette, Vol. II, no. 88			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Newspaper sheet, July 1800			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Craig, Elizabeth to the Carpenters' Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Fox, Sam[uel] M. to the Carpenters' Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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The Port Folio, Vol. I, no. 19			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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The Philadelphia Academy to the Carpenters' Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Sam[uel] M. Fox to James Potter			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Thornhill, Dorothea Petition for firewood			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Request for funds for education of children of Mrs.Clark			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Muhlenberg, P. to W[illia]m Linnard, 23 May 1803			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Scott, Robert to the Carpenters' Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Smith, John to Carpenters' Company, 8 Jan 1804			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Wardens accounts of refreshments			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Allison, Robert to the Carpenters' Company, 1804			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Allison, Robert to the Carpenters' Company, undated			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Carpenters' Company accounts with Jonathan Robert			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Allison, Robert to the Carpenters' Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Indenture between James Steward and John Warner			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Perseverance Carpenters' Company to the Carpenters' Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Wardens minutes			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Allison,Robert to the Carpenters' Company [1805]			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Ogelby, Joshua Bill to the Carpenters' Company for binding			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Poulson's American Daily Advertiser			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Minutes, Managing Committee			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Washington Fire Company to the Southwark Fire Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Southwark Fire Company to the Washington Fire Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Jefferson, Thomas to R. C. Weightman			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Reminiscences, 1857			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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The Original House the Declaration was written			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Lynch, Aug. T. to the Carpenters' Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Centennial Celebration...to the Carpenters' Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Wilson, J. Sims to Jacob Jones			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Bills and receipts			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Whitty, W. H. to the Carpenters' Company 12 Jan 1881			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Reports of Committees ...			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Committee appointed to examine qualifications of candidates			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Report of committee on renovation			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Employers Liability Assurance Corporation to the Carpenters' Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Henry A. Dreer, Inc. to the Carpenters' Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science to George Watson			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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N. W. Ayer & Son to the Carpenters' Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Carpenters' Company to N. W. Ayer			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Hetzell, Isaac D. to Harry Gill, Jr.			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Celebration of the 200th Anniversary			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania to the Carpenters' Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Correspondence with Harold Ickes in re ''Curtis Mall"			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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The Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks to Mr. English			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Reimer, Edward F. to the Carpenters' Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Keebler Clock Company to the Carpenters' Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Plan and work for development of the "Curtis Mall"			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Labels for exhibiting items			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Muhlenberg, P., Petition to rent Carpenters' Hall			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Paper money, from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Certificate of membership for Edward Garrigues to the Pennsylvania Society for Promotig the Abolition of Slavery			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Indenture for Hiram Miller to Jacob B. Peterson			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Initiation receipts for the Firemen's Charitable Association			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Listing of officers and committee members of the Carpenters' Company			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Centennial Jubilee, Lyrics			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Carpenters' Hall and its Historic Memories'			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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List of window screens at Carpenters' Hall			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Betts, Richard K., "Carpenters Hall and its Historic Memories," 1882			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Documentation of a meeting that took place on the Ship Charlotte			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Letter informing Carpenters' Hall of 115th anniversary of Bunker Hill			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Muckle, M. Richards to Carpenters' company of Philadelphia			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Betts, Richard K., "Carpenters' Hall and its Historic Memories" revised edition			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Downing, Charles H. to Thomas H. Marshall			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Item 19 Friendship Carpenters' Company Minutes	1770-1775	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
From Descriptive Inventory: hz; on spine, in manuscript: "Minutes/ of the / Friendship / Carpenters / Company / 1769" Friendship Carpenters' Company, Company Minutes, 29 Jan 1770 to 30 Nov 1775; Also contains Carpenters' Company, Accounts with various Members and others, Ledger, 22 Feb 1769 to 16 Jan 1823. Note: mainly paid in the form of work on Carpenters' Hall or rents; only a handful of entries after 1800; Earliest accts at rear are with Benj Randolph, Jas Pearson, Thos Felton, John Goodwin, Jos Rakestraw, 1769-70, mainly in connection with new hall; none of them were signers of 1769 Friendship articles at start of book, therefore this is Carpenters' Company. Binding in poor shape. Access digital object: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/text:148546
Item 18 Act of Incorporation and By-Laws and Miscellany	1763-1983	1 volume(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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Procter, Thomas to John Cadwallader			Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
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