San Francisco : its builders, past and present : pictorial and biographical . X^cU Clausi ^pvttktlsi ^ c LAUS SPRECKELS needs no introduction to thereaders of this volume. The name of Claus Spreck-els, the sugar king, is known from ocean to oceanand the efforts of few men have had more directbearing upon the interests of trade. A life of nota-ble activity, usefulness and effective purpose,crowned by far-reaching results, closed when he passed away in SanFrancisco, December 26, 1908. America is deeply indebted to theTeutonic element in her citizenship for her progress along manylines. Of that e
San Francisco : its builders, past and present : pictorial and biographical . X^cU Clausi ^pvttktlsi ^ c LAUS SPRECKELS needs no introduction to thereaders of this volume. The name of Claus Spreck-els, the sugar king, is known from ocean to oceanand the efforts of few men have had more directbearing upon the interests of trade. A life of nota-ble activity, usefulness and effective purpose,crowned by far-reaching results, closed when he passed away in SanFrancisco, December 26, 1908. America is deeply indebted to theTeutonic element in her citizenship for her progress along manylines. Of that element Claus Spreckels was a representative. Hewas born in Lamstedt, Hanover, Germany, July 9, 1828, his parentsbeing Diedrich and Gazinna (Bach) Spreckels the former a farmerwho tilled the soil of a farm that had long been in possession of thefamily. The son pursued his education in the village schools untilfifteen years of age and worked upon his fathers farm until 1848,when he came to America, settling in Charleston, South found employment in a grocery store
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