Item 1. Report of Proceedings at the Annual Dinner at the Hide and Leather Trade of the City of New York at the Metropolitan Hotel on Thursday, Feb. 10, 1859. Dexter & Co., Publishers of the Shoe and Leather Reporter, New York, Boston and Philadelphia, 1859. 36 pp.

Item 2. Prattsville Advocate, March 20, 1847: “A Card”. Pratt thanks the citizens of Prattsville for saving his tannery from the fire that destroyed the adjacent carpentry shop. Notice: Partnership between Pratt and subscribers dissolved, Oct. 12, 1846. Handwritten scrap. Daily Columbia Fountain, undated: Pratt is a friend of the District of Columbia and beautified the city. Notice: Co-partnership between Zadoc(sic) Pratt and John Watson is dissolved, Prattsville, Oct. 12, 1846. Signed by John Watson.

Item 3. Notice of dissolution of partnership between D.C. Scudder, Charles Vermilyea and Edward W. Hagerman, Prattsville, Nov. 16, 1848, with refutation by D.C. Scudder, dated Feb. 5, 1849, saying two dissolutions took place on Aug. 24, and Nov. 10, 1846.

Item 4. Letter to John Watson from Pratt, July 30, 1857 – Pratt says Watson owes him over $20,000.

Item 5. The Tanning Interests of the State of New York: A speech delivered by Hon. Zadock Pratt of Prattsville at the Annual Dinner of the New York Hide and Leather Trade at the Metropolitan Hotel on Thursday, Feb. 10, 1859. Dexter & Co.: Office of the “Shoe and Leather Reporter”, New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, 1859. 15 pp.

Item 6. Journal of Commerce, Aug. 31, 1846: Export of Tanned Leather from the U.S. to England. Journal of Commerce, July 10, 1835: The New York Insurance Co. vs. the Bowery Insurance Co. New York – Auction Sales, Oct. 3. By Thomas Franklin and Son. Leather, undated. “Discovery of an Interesting Relic”, undated, unattributed. A gold watch inscribed “Presented to James Wetherell by his friend, George Washington, May 3. 1755”. Found in the ruins of an old French fort (Fort Duquesne, near Pittsburgh) “The Whale Fishery”, undated, unattributed. Notice: , April 1, 1835. Partnership formed by Frederick Tyler, Henry Edward and Alfred Edward “in the business of Tanning Hides and Skins”. Each partner contributed $7500. Windham Turnpike, undated, unattributed: Pratt “of Schoharie Kill drew from Catskill to his leather factory, a load of 211 Hides, weighing 4480 pounds”. “Hides 3000 Cartaghena, and 2200 Marahams both at 11 ½ cents 6 mos. are the only transactions of the week”. Notice given to Legislature (NY) of action to incorporate Tanners’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Jan. 10, 1831. “Destruction at Durhamsville, NY”. Tannery of Henry Sanford, Oneida County was totally destroyed along with adjoining boarding house, Utica, May 16, 1855. “Limited Partnership” with Jonathan Thorne and Thomas Fraser for hide and leather business, New York, Jan. 4, 1847.

Item 7. Engraved plan of the Prattsville Tannery, undated. “A Table of Labor and Produce and Estimate of Bark, Used at the Prattsville Tannery from 1836 to 1840, inclusive”.

Item 8. Hand drawn plan: Prattsville Tannery Second Story. Hand drawn plan: Yard and Leeches, signed Geo. W. Pratt, London, May 21, 1848.

Item 9. “The Prattsville Tannery, at which a million sides of Sole leather were tanned in twenty years by Zadock Pratt”. Two copies of engraving, undated. Plan and elevation.

Item 10. The Shoe and Leather Reporter, Feb. 11, 1859: Annual Dinner of the Hide and Leather Trade if New York. Splendid Entertainment. Appropriate and Valuable Speeches. Interesting Reminiscences. Results of the Experience of the Trader”. Copy of obit of Julius T. Alden, Feb. 18, 1821-Dec. 27, 1868. Formed a partnership with his brother and Pratt in 1849. The Shoe and Leather Reporter, New York, Boston and Philadelphia, Aug. 10, 1868: Introduction of Hemlock Sole Leather to the English Market. Biographical Sketches of Shoemakers, Tanners, Leather Dealer, & c. Original and Selected No. XXIV Jacob Lorillard. Jacob Lorillard Part II, undated. Meeting of the Hide and Leather Trade: Death of C.M. Leupp, Esq. Biography of Col. William Edward, read by his son, Wm. W. Edward, Esq.

Item 11. “Col. Pratt’s Contribution to the World’s Fair”, undated, unattributed. New York Herald, undated. Residents of Prattsville presented a petition to Congress “praying for a compromise between the North and South”. “Premium. The Tanners’ Friendly Association offers the following premiums”, undated. The Atlas & Argus, July 21, 1858: Artificial Leather”.

Item 12. Sample of leather stamped “Samson Tannery Z. Pratt & H. A. Samson”. Pratt gave his son George half ownership of this tannery and $50,000. upon coming of age.

Item 13. The Prattsville Advocate, Sept. 15, 1855: A Mammoth Hemlock”. A tree felled at the Samsonville Tannery measured eight feet diameter fifteen feet from butt. Length of Bark peeled 180 feet.

Item 14. Engraving, “Dairy Farm of Hon. Z. Pratt, 365 Acres, Prattsville, Greene County, N.Y., 1857.

Item 15. Transcription of letter to Pratt from Thomas Cornell, May 26, 1863 naming his business in honor of George Pratt

Item 16. Unattributed, undated: From “the Spirit of the Times”: The Hemlock Tree, poem dedicated to Col. Zadoc (sic) Pratt. Two copies. New York Illustrated News, undated: The Tanner and the Hemlock by Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. The Mountaineer, June 17, 1854: The Hemlock Tree. Two copies. Advocate, June 15, 1854: The Hemlock Tree.

Item 17. Letter to Pratt (original and copy) from James Fires, Manchester, England, dated July 3, 1846 thanking him for his recommendation on his behalf. He received 500 sides of Pratt’s leather, has “challenged the tannery in my country to produce an article that would outwear the Prattsville dried hide…”

Item 18. Unattributed, undated: The Tanner.

Item 19. Monroe Democrat, Stroudsburg, PA, Aug. 30, 1860: “Gouldsboro Again”. Dispute between Jay Gould and Mr. D.W. Lee settled, Gould becomes the sole owner of the tannery.

Item 20. Unattributed, May 20, 1831: R. L. and S. More’s tannery in , Delaware City., has been in operation 16 most. and their patented process, from William Brow’s improvements, produce leather at a 75% savings from ordinary way of tanning”. Israel Corse and Son, New York provided hides “for some times past” and sold the leather made from them. Unattributed, Moresville, NY, May 1, 1831: My leather process improvements produce a 50% increase in profit, signed William Brown.

Item 21. Unattributed, Catskill, Nov. 16, 1833: “To the Tanner’s of Greene County”. Is financial need pushing unfinished leather to market? Signed “Aristides”. Unattributed, undated: Tannery of George Bridgman on Yamaka River, Canada destroyed by fire, 9000 sides of leather destroyed.

Item 22. Windham Journal, undated: “The Hemlock Tree” Lines dedicated to Hon. Z. Pratt by J. Lorton. Different from poem of same name in Item 16.

Item 23. Prattsville Advocate, Sept. 4, 1847: Col. Pratt and the Prattsville Tannery. Opinions of the Press”. Comments on articles on Pratt in four NY newspapers. New-York Tribune, undated: “Tanning by Hon. Zadoc (sic) Pratt”. Synopsis of Pratt’s lecture to the Mechanics’ Institute. Shoe and Leather Reporter, March 3, 1859: Letter from Pratt expressing regret at not being able to attend the opening of the Boston Shoe and :eater Exchange. The Windham Journal, Aug. 6, 1857: “Leather” Pratt still visits six tanneries in NY ands PA he still has a financial interest in. They mostly import hides from Cuba and Mexico. The Democrat, Honesdale, PA, Oct. 10, 1855: Messrs. Ingersoll and Alden erected a gristmill below their tannery in Aldenville. Unattributed, undated: Tannery of messes. Pratt and Alden in Aldenville is capable of turning out 60,000 sides of leather per year. Unattributed, Oct. 1, 1857: Limited copartnership, George and L.A. Robertson, George F. Putnam, Jonathan Thorne and John Watson. The Democrat, Honesdale, PA, Sept. 12, 1855: Partnership of Pratt and Alden dissolved, new copartnership of Colin Ingersoll, J.T. and Levi H. Alden established, which purchased Pratt’s interest in Aldenville tannery.

Item 24. Unattributed, Feb. 14, 1833: New and improved bark mill in Manheim, Herkimer Cty. NY can grind 2 1/2 cords of bark a day with hose power, with gearing 4-5 cords, with water power 1-2 cords.

Item 25. Letter to Pratt from J.L. Schultz, New York, Dec. 20, 1838. The hide and leather trade of NY will have a dinner on Feb. 10 and :Pratt will be asked to speak “in behalf of the Tanning Interest.” Printed letter , dated Jan. 20, 1851 and signed by several “parties interested in the Manufacturing of Leather, residing in the City of New York” (not Pratt) believe insurance rates for tanneries are too high.

Item 26. Two pencil drawings of Prattsville Tannery, one dated 1840. Both signed by “Aug. P. Gregory”.

Item 27. Unattributed, undated: “The Prattsville Tannery” unsigned poem.

Item 28. Faded, unintelligible letter to Pratt fromThomas Cornell, dated May 26, 1863.

Item 29. Unsigned ink and wash drawing of Prattsville Tannery labeled “1000000 sides of Sole-Leather Tanned with Hemlock-Bark in 20 years by Z. Pratt. A.D. 1845.

Item 30. Lithograph signed “Avery. SC” “Aqueduct constructed near Tanners Falls, Prattsville, by Hon. Z. Pratt, Prattsville, N.Y. 1861.