Christopher Saur the Third.

The article profiles German Pennsylvanian publisher Christopher Saur III. Saur was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania and took over the Saur family publishing business. As members of the Dunkers sect, the Saur family opposed resistance to British rule during the colonial period and the Revolutionary War, leading to negative public opinion regarding them and the rise of competing publishers such as Henrich Miller. Christopher Saur's Loyalist publishing activities and his relocation to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the war are noted. After British forces retreated from Philadelphia, the Saur family's publishing equipment and property were confiscated. Saur relocated to New York and continued to support Loyalists through the publication of pamphlets.

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41
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1
Page Range
235-253
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