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[Thomas Worn's Indenture to William Palmer] (1802) William Palmer Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Local ID #: 90.21.38
[Thomas Worn's Indenture to William Palmer]
(1802)
William Palmer Collection, Athenaeum of Philadelphia.
Local ID #: 90.21.38
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Died: 1815

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 the same Palmer (S&W, III, 1886). Copies of indenture papers do exist to indicate that Palmer was apprenticed to Joseph Govett in 1787, and that Palmer himself took on an apprentice beginning in 1802 (Thomas Worn).

Written by Roger W. Moss, and Sandra L. Tatman.

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  • Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia

 

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