Pocket Books, Purses, Wallets - Leather Pocket Books
Pocket Books, Purses, Wallets - Leather Pocket Books
Pocket Books, Purses, Wallets - Leather Pocket Books
Leather Pocket Book Recovered from the Body of North Carolina General William Lee Davidson
Contains His Papers and Recovered from His Body by the British after He was Killed at the Battle of Cowan's Ford, January 31 1781
(Guilford Courthouse National Military Park)
Leather Pocket Book Marked “H. Fenner’s Pocket Book”
18th Century
(Private Collection)
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English Leather Pocket Book Recovered from the Wreck of the General Carleton
1785
(Polish Maritime Museum)
American Leather Pocket Book
Property of Benjamin Franklin
(The Collection of Robert W. Sillivan IV)
Leather Pocketbook Reportedly Found on Major John André at the Time of His Capture
c. 1780
(Fort Ticonderoga)
Leather
Pocket Books
With Strings
American Leather Pocket Book from New York
Belonged to a Member of the Du Bois Family c. 1770 - 1776
(New York Historical Society)
Leather
Pocket Books
With Clasps
Ottoman Gilt Stamped Leather Pocket Book Marked “FISHER MOUNT / TOWER HILL 1714”
1714
(Christies)
Leather Pocket Book
Mid 18th Century
(George C. Neuman Collection, Valley Forge National Historic Park)
English Leather Pocket Book Owned by George Dudley of the East India Company
1749
(Ruby Lane - Trinity Antiques)
English Leather Pocket Book Owned by George Dudley of the East India Company
1749
(Ruby Lane - Trinity Antiques)
English Leather Pocket Book Owned by George Dudley of the East India Company
1749
(Ruby Lane - Trinity Antiques)
Dutch Leather Pocket Books Owned by Akton & Evert Scheer, Distillers
1754
(E & A Scheer DistillersArchives)
English Leather Pocket Book Owned by R. Lawler
1758
(Museum of Leathercraft, Northampton)
Leather Pocket Book Owned by William Brogdon of Virginia
1766
(Private Collection)
Leather Pocket Book Owned by David Kronig
1772
(Meg Andrews)
Leather Pocket Book Owned by David Kronig
1772
(Meg Andrews)
Leather Pocket Book Owned by David Kronig
1772
(Meg Andrews)
Leather Pocket Book Owned by David Kronig
1772
(Meg Andrews)
American Leather Pocket Book with Brass Clasp Owned by Lieutenant Jabez Pritchard of Derby, Connecticut
Papers of Cooking Supplies c. 1775
(National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
American Leather Pocket Book Owned by Dominicas Libby
”Dominicus Libby / his book October 28 / th 1776”
(Maine Historical Society)
American Leather Pocket Book Owned by by Benjamin Darling of Pembroke, Massachusetts
Purchased in Boston on March 18, 1776, the Day after the British Evacuation
(Skinner - Photograph Courtesy Joel Bohy)
American Leather Pocket Book Owned by by Benjamin Darling of Pembroke, Massachusetts
Purchased in Boston on March 18, 1776, the Day after the British Evacuation
(Skinner - Photograph Courtesy Joel Bohy)
American Leather Pocket Book Owned by by Benjamin Darling of Pembroke, Massachusetts
Purchased in Boston on March 18, 1776, the Day after the British Evacuation
(Skinner - Photograph Courtesy Joel Bohy)
American Leather Pocket Book Owned by by Benjamin Darling of Pembroke, Massachusetts
Purchased in Boston on March 18, 1776, the Day after the British Evacuation
(Skinner - Photograph Courtesy Joel Bohy)
American Leather Pocket Book Owned by by Benjamin Darling of Pembroke, Massachusetts
Purchased in Boston on March 18, 1776, the Day after the British Evacuation
(Skinner - Photograph Courtesy Joel Bohy)
French Moroccan Leather Wallet of King Louis XVI of France
18th Century
(Versailles)
Leather
Coin Purses
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