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in its early years because it was unable to produce the required granulation using known processes. However, it became lucrative after Brown's agent, Dependence H. Furbush, developed a process that used steam power to extract a sugar from molasses. In 1855, Brown, Furbush, and Brown's son Philip H. Brown chartered the
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trade and imported a large quantity of molasses. This company was involved in the importation of slave-produced sugar from the
Caribbean and the processing of it into rum and molasses. After Greely and Guild's firm company failed, Brown took over the entire business. The business was not successful
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lawyers asked him to sign it, but Brown was unable. They said it would be permissible if he just made a cross, witnessed by the party.
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