Walter Baker & Company
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Baker (Walter) & Co., limited
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Chocolate manufacturer. Firm established in Dorchester, Mass., in 1780 by James Baker (1739-1825) and continued by his son Edmund Baker (1770-1846) and grandson Walter Baker (1792-1852). Henry L. Pierce (1825-1896) controlled the firm for 42 years and expanded it from a local business to the leading chocolate firm in the country. In 1927 it became part of General Foods.
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Chocolate
Chocolate industry
Cocoa
Food industry and trade
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Wool industry
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Massachusetts--Boston
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Massachusetts--Milton
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Massachusetts
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