Download or read book Reminiscences of Carpenters' Hall, in the City of Philadelphia, and Extracts from the Ancient Minutes of the Proceedings of the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia (Classic Reprint) written by Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reminiscences of Carpenters' Hall, in the City of Philadelphia, and Extracts From the Ancient Minutes of the Proceedings of the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia On the occasion of taking formal possession of the Hall, on the 5th of September, 1857, the Managing Committee, in reporting their proceedings to the Company, took occasion to accompany their report with various extracts from the minutes of the Company, and with the names of the officers of the Company from its date to the present time, as far as practicable. The Company having directed that such portions of this report should be printed for the use of the members as might be deemed proper by the Managing Committee, the present brief summary of the History of the Association and its Hall, has been prepared in obedience thereto. It was as early as 1724, about 40 years after Wm. Penn first landed on these shores, that the Master Carpenters of the City and and County of Philadelphia organized an Association called the Carpenters' Company. The object of this Association, as expressed in the subsequent act of incorporation, was to obtain instruction in the Science of Architecture, and to assist such of their members as should by accident be in need of support, and of the widows and minor children of such members. Among the first results of this association, was the fixing of a uniform scale of prices upon their work, so that the workman should receive a fair compensation for his labor, and the employer obtain a fair value for his money. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.