. Cocoa and chocolate; a short history of their production and use. Cocoa; Chocolate. EARLY USE OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE 33 among others Pope, in his " Rape of the Lock," alludes to it; the negligent spirit, fixed like Ixion, — " In fumes of burning chocolate shall glow, And tremble at the sea that froths below.'' Chocolate was first manufactured in this country in 1765, in a mill on the Dorchester side of the Neponset River, at a point long known as Milton Lower Mills. Fifteen years later the plant came into the possession of Dr. James Baker, and the small beginning then made of
. Cocoa and chocolate; a short history of their production and use. Cocoa; Chocolate. EARLY USE OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE 33 among others Pope, in his " Rape of the Lock," alludes to it; the negligent spirit, fixed like Ixion, — " In fumes of burning chocolate shall glow, And tremble at the sea that froths below.'' Chocolate was first manufactured in this country in 1765, in a mill on the Dorchester side of the Neponset River, at a point long known as Milton Lower Mills. Fifteen years later the plant came into the possession of Dr. James Baker, and the small beginning then made of a new industry has developed into the world-famous manufactur- ing establishment known as Walter Baker & Co. Ltd., of which some account is given farther MILTON LOWER MILLS IN 1822 — FROM MODEL. WALTER BAKER & CO.'S MILL ON THE RIGHT The first notice of the sale of cocoa and chocolate in this country appears in the Boston Gazette and Country Journal of March 12, 1770, as follows : — "TO BE SOLD BY JOHN BAKER At his Store in Back Street a- few Bags of the best Cocoa; also choice Chocolate by the Hundred or Smaller ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walter Baker & Company; Bugbee, James M. (James McKellar), 1837-1913. Dorchester, Mass. , Walter Baker & Co. , limited
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