From inventory description: Minutes of the Friendship Carpenters' Company, 29 Jan 1770 to 30 Nov 1775;
[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, Ledger, Accounts with various Members and others, 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.
From inventory description: [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}.
Price book of the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia; From inventory description: [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.
From inventory description: [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.} binding damaged
