34 COCOA AND CHOCOLATE 
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 ata 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 Whéat 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 Dispatch.’’ 
Crude cocoa was brought to the American market at that time by 
the Massachusetts traders, especially the Gloucester fishermen who 
received it in exchange for the fish and other articles which they 
