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Saturday, February 5, 1752   General John Noble Cumming

General John Noble Cumming was born in Freehold, New Jersey. In addition to being a hero of the Revolutionary War he was a pioneer brewer in Newark. In 1805 he founded a brewery that would, fifty years later, become Peter Ballantine's first enterprise.

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P. Ballantine & Sons (Est. 1840) of Newark, New Jersey, USA

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