In a past blog I brought up the idea of leather trousers as are mentioned in a number of fur trade journals. Since then, I have been digging around for yet more information on these. Other than a few mentions here and there and a pair of original leather pantaloons from the Stephen Long Expedition (1819) that were more likely undergarments, most of what I am finding is later in period. In spite of this, there seems to be...
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