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Est. 1842.
"Seneca Chief" was a brand registered by Columbia Distilling Co. of Albany but was used by many NY distillers.
Display ad, 1903: "Eastern agents for O. F. C. and Carlisle Whiskies. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey House".
They were a successor to the Duffy Malt Whiskey Co., which began in 1842 as "Walter B Duffy distilling enterprises". It was renamed the Rochester Distilling Co. in 1882, with Walter B. Duffy serving as President. Read more about this company in the following article:
How Mr. Duffy Outwitted Uncle Sam - and Got Rich, by Jack Sullivan
The company used the brand names:
"Black Walnut Rye", "Carlisle", "Elite", "Genesee", "Kentucky Raider", "Rochester", "Seneca Chief", and "Tromley Rye." | | Business name timeline:
Rochester Distilling Co.
Address timeline:
27 Lake Ave (1882-1883), 67-75 Lake Ave (1884-1900), 81 Lake (1901-1903), Lake cor White (1904-1916), 81 Lake (1917) | 
ca. 1904 | Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
D R
Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Rochester directory notes
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1898 | 
1904 |
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Appearance in
directories:
1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917
Directories
consulted:
1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917
Rochester directory
notes:
D = distillers, R = rectifers.
My copies are restricted to distillers & rectfiers only, no wines or liquors, although the copies include full display ads from all years and some of these include liquor dealers. There was a city-wide street renumbering in or about 1883.
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