Smith & Co. (est. 1780), the small London firm which developed the original "curiously strong" recipe, later became a part of Callard & Browser, a prestigious English confectioner founded in 1837. Coming to the New World the following year and appearing on the tables of the finer homes and eating establishments throughout Saint Louis and surrounding settlements on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers in 1838. New business whether in Europe, the far East, or in America was not letting a chance go by to move merchandise to the new frontier.