From Wikipedia.
Laird & Co. is located in the Scobeyville Section of Colt's Neck Township, New Jersey,and was founded by Robert Laird. It is the oldest licensed distillery in the United States, receiving License No. 1 from the Treasury Department in 1780.
Robert Laird served in the Continental Army during the Revolution under George Washington. before the war, Washington had written Laird asking him for the recipe of "cyder spirits."
Apples used in its famous Applejack come from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.
Abraham Lincoln served Laird's Applejack at his tavern in New Salem, Illinois. It cost 12 cents a half pint. Lodging for the night was 12 1/2 cents and a meal was 25 cents.
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