hi! not discouraging more contributions on the origins and eventual disuse of long s, but you can get started on a few earlier posts..

• What is the cause of some words using an 'f' in place of where we would use an 's' today (such as fuftained/sustained) in this document?

• Primary sources from England often use the letter "f" in words that today we would use "s". Did they pronounce the "f"-i.e. increased would actually be pronounced increafed- in speech, or was it just different spelling?

• Why is it that, in English language printed writing from the 18th to the early 19th centuries, do some "S's" look different, like a lowercase "f" without the cross?

• Why did 'f's and 's's look so much alike and when did they start looking different?

• When did the long 's' begin to go out of ſtyle? Were there any particular reasons for this?