Events / Arlington Historical Society (Smith Museum / Jason Russell House)

Fessenden's Spice Mill: A Pioneer in Boston's Victorian Botanical Medicine Renown

Thursday, May 27, 2027 at 7:30 PM to 9 PM

Where

Arlington Historical Society (Smith Museum / Jason Russell House), Arlington Historical Society, 7 Jason Street
7 Jason St, Arlington, MA 02476 (Arlington)

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talkscience

This colorful, illustrated lecture on the Fessenden water-powered spice mill—which operated on Arlington’s Mill Brook in the mid-1800s—delivers surprising insights into the products, processes, and people of this long-forgotten enterprise. Arlington Historian Richard A. Duffy will present examples

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