George Basserman
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George A.[1] Basserman was a noted brewery owner in the Cedar Hill neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut during the late 1800s.
Basserman was owner of the Rock Brewery on State and Rock St. He blasted a cellar in East Rock to start his brewery.[2] Once in business, he made a large bottling plant. Although the building was destroyed in a fire, part of the wall remains. Across the street he built a residence for his employees, which was later known as the "George Basserman Building".
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- NY Times article with George Basserman name in it in 1876, It was a group of Beer brewery men fighting the IRS and the Government to not restrict them.