Sower, Christopher

  • DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY ARTICLE: J. Russell Harper, “SOWER (Sauer, Saur), CHRISTOPHER,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 4, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/sower_christopher_4E.html
  • DCB profile notes:
    • Printer and office-holder; b. 27 Jan. 1754 at Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa), eldest son of Christopher Sower and Catharine Sharpnack; m. 8 Jan. 1775 Hannah Knorr at Philadelphia, and they had five surviving children; d. 3 July 1799 at Baltimore, Md.
    • Christopher Sower’s grandfather was a German Baptist who had established a celebrated printing business at Germantown in 1738, and Christopher joined his father as a partner in the firm in 1775. The publication in 1776 of antirevolutionary articles brought about a partial suspension of business, and in 1778 Sower and his family were forced to flee to New York.
    • For several years Sower worked principally as an undercover agent for Major John André. 
    • He successfully applied for compensation for his losses and for an official post in a British North American colony. He was appointed the first king’s printer and deputy postmaster general for the new province of New Brunswick. 
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