3 2 COCOA AND CHOCOLATE. 



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 Quantity." 



The following from the Essex Gazette, of June 18, 1771, contains 

 the first public notice of the manufacture of chocolate : 



"AMOS TRASK, 

 At his House a little below the Bell-Tavern in 



DANVERS, 



Makes and sells CHOCOLATE, 

 which he will warrant to be good, and takes 

 Cocoa to grind. Those who may please to 

 favour him with their Custom may depend 

 upon being well served, and at a very cheap 

 Rate." 



Two years later the Boston Gazette and Country Journal (April 5, 

 1773) contained the following notice : 



"CHOCOLATE 



TO BE SOLD BY JOSEPH MANN, 

 choice Chocolate made by himself, and 

 Warranted pure, likewise good Cocoa 

 Shells, at his House in Water-Street, next 

 Door to Ebenezer Torrey Baker, at the 

 Sign of the Wheat Sheaff near Oliver's 

 Dock, Boston. Also Cocoa taken in to 

 Grind : Any gentlemen who will please to 

 favour him with their Custom may depend 

 on having it done with Fidelity and Dis- 

 patch." 



