Tobacco

Tobacconist David Allen (1734-1792) and his wife Sarah Craig (1738-1794)

Settlers in colonial America adopted the use of tobacco after it was introduced to them by native peoples in the 1600s. Tobacco plantations proliferated as the demand for tobacco grew. After tobacco was harvested, it had to be cured.

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Snuff and the family of Robert Hamill Sr. of Hopewell Township

Snuff was once a luxury item among upper classes which was also prescribed by doctors before its’ less desirable potential side effects were known. As a luxury item it was taxable in the first US Federal tax of 1794. Snuff mills, were less common than fulling and other mills.

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