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A great demand for wood ashes existed during the first half of the 19th century and the Town of Hallowell was ready to meet it. A settler could either collect and sell the plain wood ash, or he could blanch it in a large vat and boil it down to produce pot-ash (potash).
If that residue was baked in an oven, the carbon in the residue would cook off, leaving a product called pearl-ash. Both pot-ash and pearl-ash were worth more than any other product a farmer could produce, and large quantities were shipped from Hallowell.
About This Item
- Title: SEE NOTES Save Your Ashes advertisement, Hallowell, 1819
- Creation Date: 1819-02-06
- Subject Date: 1819-02-06
- Location: Hallowell, Kennebec County, ME
- Media: Newspaper
- Local Code: CP001019
- Object Type: Text
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