Soapmaking in Early New England

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

Soap Making in Massachusetts

• Billerica, Massachusetts
• Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Charlestown, Massachusetts
• Danvers, Massachusetts
• Marblehead, Massachusetts
• New Bedford, Massachusetts
• Newburyport, Massachusetts
• Watertown, Massachusetts