Published Biographical References

• Hall, Louise. "Artificer to Architect in America." Ph.D. Dissertation, (Radcliffe College), Harvard University, 1954.
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• Hinshaw, William W. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969-1977. , v. 2, p. 408
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• Roach, Hannah Benner (1907-1976). Bibliographical card file, ca. 1718-1795. ca. 9000 cards. (American Philosophical Society Manuscript Collection), p. 50
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• Moss, Roger W. "Master Builders: A History of the Colonial Philadelphia Building Trades." Ph.D Dissertation, University of Delaware, 1972.
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• Morton, Thomas E. The History of the Pennsylvania Hospital, 1751-1895. Philadelphia: Times Printing House, 1895., p. 393
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• Peterson, Charles E. "Carpenters' Hall," Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 43 (1953): 96-128., p. 97
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• Scharf, John Thomas & Thompson Westcott. History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884. Philadelphia: L. H. Everts & Co., 1884., v. 1, p. 187-188, 1710
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• Minutes of The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. (Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society), p. 79, 7/22/1712
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• Pennsylvania Archives. Philadelphia: J. Severns & Co., 1852-1856; Harrisburg: 1874-1919., v. 9, p. 731-732, 10/1/1717
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• Journal of the Proceedings of the Commissioners for the County of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: 1718-1766, 1771-1776, 1797-1801, 1837-1841. (Philadelphia City Archives), v. 1, p. 39, 3/17/1718
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• Minutes of the Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia, 1704 to 1776. Philadelphia: 1847., p. 79, 161, 12/29/1718
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• Journal of the Proceedings of the Commissioners for the County of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: 1718-1766, 1771-1776, 1797-1801, 1837-1841. (Philadelphia City Archives), 1/31/1721
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• Minutes of The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. (Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society), p. 189, 4/21/1721
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• Journal of the Proceedings of the Commissioners for the County of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: 1718-1766, 1771-1776, 1797-1801, 1837-1841. (Philadelphia City Archives), 12/1/1721
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• Journal of the Proceedings of the Commissioners for the County of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: 1718-1766, 1771-1776, 1797-1801, 1837-1841. (Philadelphia City Archives), 4/19/1723
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• Journal of the Proceedings of the Commissioners for the County of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: 1718-1766, 1771-1776, 1797-1801, 1837-1841. (Philadelphia City Archives), 4/25/1723
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• Journal of the Proceedings of the Commissioners for the County of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: 1718-1766, 1771-1776, 1797-1801, 1837-1841. (Philadelphia City Archives), 4/26/1723
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• Minutes of The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. (Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society), p. 307-308, 1/4/1730
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• Pennsylvania Archives. Philadelphia: J. Severns & Co., 1852-1856; Harrisburg: 1874-1919., v. 4, p. 732, 10/6/1730
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• Minutes of The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. (Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society), p. 422, 2/14/1742
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• Pennsylvania Archives. Philadelphia: J. Severns & Co., 1852-1856; Harrisburg: 1874-1919., v. 4, p. 735, 10/4/1743
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• Minutes of The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. (Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society), p. 428, 10/31/1743
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• Minutes of The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. (Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society), p. 452, 11/11/1745
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• Minutes of The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. (Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society), p. 494-496, 2/24/1747
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• Minutes of The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. (Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society), 10/23/1769
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• Minutes of The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. (Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society), 1/15/1770
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• Minutes of The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. (Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society), 1/21/1771
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• Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Philadelphia: 1877-, v. 10, p. 76-77, 1886
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• Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Philadelphia: 1877-, v. 12, p. 487-488, 1888
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• Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Philadelphia: 1877-, v. 55, p. 364, 1932
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• Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Philadelphia: 1877-, v. 58, p. 261-262, 267, 1934
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• Bridenbaugh, Carl. Rebels and Gentleman. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, c.1942, p.199, 207-212.
   
• Bronner, Edwin B. "Quaker Landmarks in Early Philadelphia," In Historic Philadelphia. Philadelphia: American Philososphical Society, 1953, p. 212.
   
• Gilchrist, Agnes Addison. "Market Houses in High Street," In Historic Philadelphia. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1953, p. 309.
   
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania. "Checklist of Correspondents," In Guide to Microfilm of the Papers of William Penn. Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1975, p. 39 ff.
   
• Jackson, Joseph. Early Philadelphia Architects and Engineers. Philadelphia: 1923, p. 40-41.
   
• Philadelphia Wills and Records. 1756:274.
   
• Tatum, George B. Philadelphia Georgian: The City House of Samuel Powel and Some of Its Eighteenth-century Neighbors. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1976, p. 7-8, 146-148.
   
• Tolles, Frederick Barnes. Meeting House and Counting House. Chapel Hill: Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press, 1948, p.94, 115-116.
   
• Watson, John F. Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, In the Olden Time. I, Philadelphia: E.S. Stuart, 1881, p. 101-102, 483, 559.
   

Biographical Drawings, Photos, Papers, etc.

• American Philosophical Society Archives. American Soicety "Minutes". (1766).
   
• Isaac Zane, Sr. Account Book. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. (1756), p. 120.
   
• Powel, Samuel. "Letterbooks, 1724-1747," In Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: The Society, 1991, #524 (AM 1236).
   

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