house-carpenter

His father was a notary; but, being in poor circumstances, he apprenticed his son, in his eleventh year, to a relative, who followed the conjoined business of a builder and house-carpenter.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

Two days after leaving his father's roof, he found employment with a house-carpenter, in Taunton,

Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men Maurice [Unknown role] Joblin

One is an engineer, and has been engaged in sawing lumber, a second, a good house-carpenter, a third a blacksmith, and the fourth a farm hand.

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. William Still

From house-carpenter to Chief Justice is a long way.

Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Elizabeth Ware [Editor] Pearson

He is accustomed to be of use in this way to his neighbours, who reward him in the same manner with cattle and with venison, till at last he finds it his interest to dedicate himself entirely to this employment, and to become a sort of house-carpenter.

II. Book I. Of the Principle Which Gives Occasion to the Division of Labour 1909

He was taught the trade of a house-carpenter and worked at it generally until his later days.

The First Colored Baptist Church in North America Constituted at Savannah, Georgia, January 20, A.D. 1788. With Biographical Sketches of the Pastors. James Meriles 1888

For that undertaking, you will have to deal with a very intelligent class of skilled labour; for the Japanese house-carpenter may be ranked with the artist almost as much as with the artizan.

Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation Lafcadio Hearn 1877

Being, as he was then considered, the best house-carpenter in or near the town, he was not put to field-work, although the privilege of working out, and paying his owner monthly, which he once enjoyed, was now denied him.

A True Tale of Slavery. From The Leisure Hour: A Family Journal of Instruction and Recreation, February 7, 14, 21, 28, 1861 1861

Hayter, who 'had been house-carpenter to the Company for six years, at

Canada and the States 1860

According to the calculation of a house-carpenter, in a place where the average price of lumber is $4 a hundred, and carpenter work $3 a day, such a house can be built for $1600.

American Woman's Home Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853