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Colgate began in 1806, when William Colgate, an English immigrant, set up a starch, soap and candle business on Dutch Street in New York City. In 1807, Frances Smith was made a partner and the firm became Smith and Colgate. In 1813, Colgate bought out his partner, and the name was changed to William Colgate and Company, (http://www.colgate.co.uk/about/history.shtml).
The first Colgate advertisement for soap, mould, and dipt candles appeared in 1817. A few years later, Colgate and his brother-in-law, John Gilbert, built a starch factory in Jersey City, New Jersey. In 1947, the Dutch Street factory was moved there, yet the business office remained on Dutch Street. At that time, the principal products were Windsor Toilet Soaps and Pearl Starch. In 1857, Colgate died, and the company name changed to Colgate & Company.
The company introduced perfumed soap and began manufacturing of perfumes and essences in 1866. Six years later, the first milled perfumed......

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