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a. The history of the business from 1828 to 1845 is involved in obscurity, but the soap business was only a side issue, and was probably carried on in a very crude way. In 1845 Mr. Valentine made an arrangement with Charles L. Jones, who was then operating a small factory in Boston, to take charge of his soap business, and the firm of C. L. Jones & Co. was established, Mr. Valentine still carrying on the beef-packing business under the name of C. Valentine & Co. In 1850, on the death of Mr. Valentine, the packing business was given up, and Mr. C. L. Jones then took entire charge of the soap business, associating with himself two of his brothers. The business at that time had grown to quite large proportions. Besides the manufacture of soap for export, a large business was done with the woolen mills, and in 1854 the manufacture of candles was added. Business kept on increasing, and the buildings were enlarged from time to time. In 1879 Charles L. Jones died, and the business f