 Complete the following phrase:  Hans Christian Febiger born Fibiger was born in Faaborg on the island of Funen in Denmark. He was the son of organist Jørgen Mathiasen Fibiger 17051776 and Sophie Dorthea Pedersdatter Østrup 17181781. After receiving the Studentereksamen, he journeyed with his uncle, Henrik Jakob Fibiger, sometime in the late 1760s, to the Danish possession of Saint Croix, where the latter had been appointed customs duty manager. In 1772 Febiger traveled to the American colonies possibly New England and was engaged in several businesses when the American Revolution started. Following the 