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It was Chesterfield that made the Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company famous. They made this cigarette brand from 1911 until 1998. Chesterfield cigarettes were initially created by the Drummond Tobacco Company of St. Louis, Missouri in 1873. James T. Drummond (1834-1897), a successful plug tobacco manufacturer, had introduced Chesterfield, Cannon, and Drum cigarettes as a sideline. During 1897 and 1898 a 'plug tobacco war' was fought with Drummond and Liggett and Myers on one side, battling James Duke and his American Tobacco Company monopoly. In the end of this battle Duke bought Drummond's company in October, 1898 and Liggett and Myers became part of his trust the following year. ATCo continued to make Chesterfield until the trust dissolution in 1911. Chesterfield was one of the cigarette brands awarded to the L&M Tobacco Company, and ironically, W. Duke Sons and Company became a subsidiary. L&M reblended and repackaged Chesterfield to compete with the successful introduction of Camel Cigarettes in 1913. Currently Chesterfield is manufactured by Philip Morris.