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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Boston province, locals have mastered making strong pot-ash preferred by soap boilers and glass-makers, yielding profits, clearing woods, and improving land. Premiums encourage farmers to produce it; two ships are loading, a third soon ready. Other trade is dull this year.
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"We have at length, in this province acquired the art of making pot-Ash of so strong an Alkali, that it will soon be preferred to the Hungarian ash, by the soap boilers and glass-makers. Besides the profits resulting from its sale, we have two other advantages; for in making it, we clear away our woods and mend our land: The various premiums that have been offered, have so much encouraged this manufacture, that all our farmers are now setting about making pot-Ash. Two ships are at this time actually loading with it, and in six Weeks a third, will be ready. These ashes take up a small compass. All other kind of trade is this year very dull."
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Primary Location
Boston
Event Date
May 9
Outcome
profits from sales; woods cleared and land improved; widespread farmer adoption; two ships loading, third ready in six weeks; other trade dull.
Event Details
Province has acquired art of making strong pot-ash alkali, soon preferred over Hungarian ash by soap boilers and glass-makers. Premiums encourage manufacture; all farmers setting about it. Ships loading for export; ashes compact.