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Title: A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Brumbaugh, Martin Grove, 1862-1930
Subjects: Church of the Brethren Old German Baptist Brethren Baptists -- United States History
Publisher: Mount Morris, Ill. : Brethren Publishing House
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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see.One of these drug boxes, in the possession of A. H.Cassel, was given to him by the Leibert family, whosay it was bought by Peter Leibert at the Sower sale. These boxes, moreover, w^ere in three sizes,—quart,half-gallon, and gallon. They were made for Sowerby Heinrich Fry, an expert wood-turner, who came toPennsylvania as early as the days of Penn. He madethem for the first Sower. This should be conclusive.But still more remarkable is the fact that one of thethree boxes now in my possession contained assa-foetida. To prevent the odor from escaping, theinside of the lid was filled with a scrap of paper whichmade a perfect seal. Upon this paper the writernoticed a stain. Then carefully removing the paperhe was. rejoiced to find upon it these words in a plainhand, Christopher Sower, Printer, Germantown, Pa.This is absolute proof. The owner, Christopher Sower, had placed that pa-per in his box little dreaming that in doing so hewould \-indicate his professional life from the asper- ^
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The Tivo Christopher Soiuers. 397 sion of over-zealous and inaccurate compilers of his-toric data. It was a severe blow to the younger Sower to beobliged to see his father die. The sad event is record-ed in his diary as follows: Sept. 25, 1758, my dearfather has fallen asleep in heaven,—his age, sixty-fouryears. By this death Elder Sower became the sole owner ofthe immense business concerns of his father. Prior to this he was in charge of the English publications andof the bindery. Now he becomes owner and managerof the estate. He not only maintained the honorablerecord of his father, but he enlarged the business toproportions far beyond that of any similar enterprisein colonial America. 398 History of the Brctlircn. The first issue of the German newspaper under thesons management contained the following notice: The old and well-known printer Christopher Sowerdeparted this life Sept. 25th, in the 64th year of hisage, and after he had lived in this country 34 years. He was at all tim

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