The Leather Breeches Maker
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Published 2023-08-15
IMAGE CITATIONS
William Faden and Claude Joseph Sauthier, A map of the inhabited part of Canada from the French surveys, with the frontiers of New York and New England, 1777, Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, Washington, D.C.
Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson, cartographers, 1768, A MAP of the most INHABITED part of VIRGINIA containing the whole PROVINCE of MARYLAND with Part of PENSILVANIA, NEW JERSEY AND NORTH CAROLINA, Line engraving on laid paper with hand color, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, (Object# 1968-11)
Andreas Hoeger, Map of Wachovia, 1754, Wachovia Historical Society Collection at Old Salem Museums & Gardens, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Acc. # P-339)
Charles Willson Peale, Portrait of George Washington, 1780, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Object # 1933-502, A&B)
Unknown, “Advertisement for Samuel Penistone's leather breeches,” in Collectanea: or, A collection of advertisements and paragraphs from the newspapers, relating to various subjects : [Trades, professions, medical cures], collected by Daniel Lysons, 1775, British Library, London.
Unknown, Leather Breeches, 1790-1850, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, (Object # 1954-1043)
All Comments (8)
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My hat is off to all the artisans at Colonial Williamsburg who keep these skills alive and enlighten and teach armchair history lover's ( like me ) about all the different aspects of life in Colonial America . Thank You ! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Well done!!
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Thats one thing been looking at is those Buckskin breeches as alot I do in reenacting. My breeches taken on so many holes easily compared to breeches.
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I want a pair of these so much.
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where does a person buy a pair for reenactor use?
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Lederhosen! Leather hose.
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I’m looking for someone to make me a pair of deer hide leather knee breeches. Can you refer me to anyone?
