Candles and Candle-making in Early New England

Candles were a notable local manufacture in many early New England towns (as well as in many individual households). Important candle factories existed in the early nineteenth century in Massachusetts, in particular, at the following localities:

Candle Manufacturing in Massachusetts

• Canton, Massachusetts
• Charlestown, Massachusetts
• Danvers, Massachusetts
• Nantucket, Massachusetts
• New Bedford, Massachusetts
• Newburyport, Massachusetts
• Newton, Massachusetts
• Watertown, Massachusetts