The Colonial Slade Mill Starts a Spice Empire in Revere
In 1775 the mill provided a footnote to the American Revolution One of the earliest naval engagements of the war took place near the mill and its gates prevented the British from sailing up Mill Creek and coming within firing range of Chelsea Henry Slade had bought into the mill in 1827 and the innovation introduced in his time was the grinding of tobacco into snuff to supplement
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