_George Wells—shoemaker_ (_1738-1753_). George Wells came to Virginia in 1738 at the age of 21 as an indentured servant. He was engaged to work for seven years. In 1751 he advertised lodgings for rent in Williamsburg, where he worked at the trade of a shoemaker. He died in 1753 and left a fairly large estate. _William Wilcox—shoemaker_ (_1748-1757_). William Wilcox is first mentioned in 1748. He may have been in business with James Taylor by 1751. Wilcox died in 1757 and left a large estate. _George Wilson—shoemaker_ (_1773-1774_). George Wilson was probably a brother of John Wilson, shoemaker of Norfolk. After John Wilson’s death in 1771, George carried on his shoemaking business in Norfolk until he moved to Williamsburg in 1773. George Wilson operated a shoemaking business in Williamsburg until his own death in 1774. _The Leatherworker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg_ was first published in 1967 and was reprinted in 1973. Written by Thomas K. Ford, editor of Colonial Williamsburg publications until 1976, it is based largely on unpublished studies by Harold B. Gill, Jr., and Raymond Townsend of the Department of Research. Transcriber’s Notes —Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication. —Silently corrected a few palpable typos. —Marked one lacuna in the printed text with an ellipsis in brackets: {...} —In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Leatherworker in Eighteenth-Century W, by Thomas K. Ford