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John J. Briggs (1770-1856), a highly skilled and widely respected Raleigh house carpenter, began work in the capital city during its early days and continued for more than a half-century. Along with accomplishing the fine carpentry work on a number of town and plantation houses, he served as "boss" carpenter at the North Carolina...
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The Bunch family of farmers and house carpenters (fl. 1780s-1860) lived and worked in the plantation communities of Bertie County for at least three generations. The family is notable for its continuity in the trade as well as for the combination of farming and a building trade--a common practice in a rural society. Although...
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John Dewey (ca. 1767-1830) was a New Bern builder, house carpenter, and joiner during the city's era of fine building in the Federal style. In his account of early 19th century New Bern, memoirist Stephen Miller mentioned only two master builders in the city: John Dewey and Martin Stevenson. According to Miller, "Mr. John...
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Robert Hay (ca. 1754-1850), a native of Scotland, was a skilled woodworker--chairmaker, wagonmaker, carriage maker, and briefly a house carpenter--prominent in New Bern in the early 19th century. According to Hay's obituary in the Newbernian of December 10, 1850, he arrived in America at the close of the American Revolution and settled in New...
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John M. Oliver (ca. 1769-1840), was a carpenter and house joiner active in New Bern during the city's Federal period construction boom, from the 1790s into the 1820s. According to his obituary, he was a native of New Jersey who lived for many years in New Bern and then moved to South Carolina, where...
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Thomas Trotter (fl. 1790s-1810s) was a mechanic, millwright, builder and engineer of great versatility who was active in the Albemarle and Pamlico regions of eastern North Carolina in the early 19th century. His background and training remain unknown, but he was obviously a man of many skills and an adaptable character suited to the...
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