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I believe I would consider contacting the folks at Colonial Williamsburg.  They specialize in that era, have leatherworking apprenticeship programs, and are noted for their research on the era.  It's a good bet that if you can get in contact with their research folks there they will be happy to provide any information that they can for you.  I do not know if your setting is more frontier or more East Coast city.  They type of leather work would likely be a bit different for each, but again it's worth a try to contact them.  https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/

-Bill

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Please don't tell my boss what I've been doing this morning, but ...

Published in 1896, and available for free via the Gutenberg project, the Manual of Mending and Repairing has a section on leather:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/61786/61786-h/61786-h.htm#REPAIRING_LEATHER-WORK

 

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Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms.

“I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!

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Many thanks to you all for your responses!
I hope of course that others can use these links as well.

4 hours ago, billybopp said:

I believe I would consider contacting the folks at Colonial Williamsburg.  They specialize in that era, have leatherworking apprenticeship programs, and are noted for their research on the era.  It's a good bet that if you can get in contact with their research folks there they will be happy to provide any information that they can for you.  I do not know if your setting is more frontier or more East Coast city.  They type of leather work would likely be a bit different for each, but again it's worth a try to contact them.  https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/

-Bill

Many thanks Bill, i think I'll drop them a line and see what they can help me with.

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You may find that the UK's British Museum will have the information you require, it basically covers everywhere the empire covered plus more. also the UK regiments often have museum's and locals at the time may well have used discarded military items 

Reference from the UK show

In the 1700s, taxes were being imposed on ads created by the government; however this did not stop businesses from creating adverts and promoting their goods/ services.  In London, for example, an impressive 24% to 75% of newspaper content was actually in the form of adverts. This created a huge amount of income for both the newspapers and the businesses advertising.

Maybe also covered by local newspapers in the US at that time

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On 9/30/2020 at 10:50 AM, chrisash said:

You may find that the UK's British Museum will have the information you require, it basically covers everywhere the empire covered plus more. also the UK regiments often have museum's and locals at the time may well have used discarded military items 

Reference from the UK show

In the 1700s, taxes were being imposed on ads created by the government; however this did not stop businesses from creating adverts and promoting their goods/ services.  In London, for example, an impressive 24% to 75% of newspaper content was actually in the form of adverts. This created a huge amount of income for both the newspapers and the businesses advertising.

Maybe also covered by local newspapers in the US at that time

Thank you Chrisash

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