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Also Known As Christopher Sauer • Christopher Saur
Born 1693 • Germany
Died September 25, 1758 (aged 65) • Germantown • Pennsylvania
Anna Sartorius Uhl Ottendorfer
German-American publisher and philanthropist
George Rapp
American religious leader
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Joseph Medill McCormick
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Irving Kristol.
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