EARLY CSE OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE. 



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Crude cocoa was brought to the American market at that time by the 

 Massachusetts traders, especially the Gloucester fishermen who re- 

 ceived it in exchange for the fish and other articles which they shipped 

 to the West Indies and Central and South America; and the direct 

 connection with the producers, thus early established, was maintained 

 until recent years. 



In giving an account of the manufactures in Boston, in 1794, J. L. 

 Bishop, in his " History of American Manufactures," says : "Choco- 

 late had long been made from the large quantities of cocoa obtained 

 in the West India trade, and had been greatly expedited by recent 

 inventions. The chocolate mill of Mr. Welsh, at the North End, 

 could turn out 2,500 Ibs. daily." 



