The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . =2l/Ov.«^t>li_ OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 307. in founding the Chamber of commerce, and Inestab-lishing Kings, now Columbia college. By his wifeChristina, daughter of Col. Dir
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . =2l/Ov.«^t>li_ OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 307. in founding the Chamber of commerce, and Inestab-lishing Kings, now Columbia college. By his wifeChristina, daughter of Col. Dirck Ten Broeok, hehad five sons and three daughters. On June 13,1778,he expired at New York, and his interment tookplace the next evening. The funeral was attendedin a body by congress, and mourning was worn forhim one month. BEST, Philip, brewer, was born at Mettenheim,Germany, Sept. 36, 1814. He received a common-soliool education in his native town, after whichhe learned the brewing trade and carried it on invarious parts of Germany andFrance. He came to Americain 1848 and located in Milwau-kee, where, together with hisfatlier and three brothers, heestablished the famous breweryof Philip Best & Co. He wasprominently interested in theaffairs of his adopted state andtook active part in its militaryorganizations for many years,being major - general of theWisconsin state militia, andwas connected with variousfinancial enterprises, which add-ed largely to hi
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