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                <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;August Reymert was born on October 4, 1851 in Vågå, Norway. He died on May 31, 1932 in Long Island, New York, United States. He was the son of Theodor DeNoon Reymert and Anne Malene Beer. August was a lawyer in New York City, and served as president of the Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce in New York. August Reymert was the lawyer and legal representative of Ole Herman Krag and Erik Jørgensen who were the developers of the Krag-Jørgensen rifle. This rifle was the standard rifle of the American Army in 1892. Reymert was also a founder of the Scandinavian Seamen's Home in New York and of the Norwegian hospital in Brooklyn. He was named Knight, First Class, of the Order of St. Olav and was decorated with the Vasa Order. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;James Denoon Reymert&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span&gt;(1821-1889), an American newspaper editor, mine operator, lawyer and politician. He was a pioneer settler near Muskego, and was an editor of the first Norwegian-American newspaper, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span&gt;Nordlyset. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;James Reymert was August Reymert’s uncle. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The catalog record to the August Reymert papers can be found online &lt;a href="https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/12269" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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