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R Humphrey

Single candidate:

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  • Richard Humphrey Jr., Boston, MA, housewright, 

       (1776-1836)​​

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R Humphrey

Single candidate

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Richard Humphrey, Boston, MA, housewright

(1776-1836)

(The name is spelled Humphrey, Humphreys and Humphries in period documents.)

m Catherine  Hatch in 1799

b in 1776 in Scituate, MA to Richard Sr. and Lydia Collamore

Richard Sr. a housewright in Scituate and Littleton, MA -1767 - 1805-  (Richard Sr. (1744-1825) is believed to be too early for the recorded plane.)

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Richard Jr. a housewright in; 1) the Boston Directory (Russel St.) starting in 1800, 2) 1805, 1809, 1813 court documents and 3) a 1815 deed.

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​A compassed smoother in beech is the plane reported in GAWP5.

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Richard Humphreys, 1800 Boston Directory, housewright.

8 inch long beech compassed smoother with 1/2" flat chamfers. Replaced single iron. The plane noted in GAWP5.

(The presentation of visually based elements (scale imprints, scale drawings, etc.) is a challenge, especially when moving from the printed page to the realm of an electronic medium. For reference, the original GAWP 5, CAWP, BARS and SOJ publications had pages which were 8-1/2" in width.)

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