Author : Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Richards
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 20,12 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781230374154
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... Some Of Our Patriots In Public Life. FOLLOWING the plan J outlined in the preceding chapter, it is proposed, in this, to mention some of our ancestors who attained more or less prominence in public life in connection with the Revolutionary period. This list does not include all, however, who attained any degree of prominence, but merely a partial list of those with whom we are most familiarly acquainted. Montgomery County. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, D.D. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, the patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America, was born at Eimbeck, Hanover, Germany, on September 6, 1711, died October 7, 1787, married, April 22, 1745, Anna Maria Weiser, daughter of Col. Conrad Weiser (1727-1802). He was one of the first students in the University of Gottingen, 1735. After graduation he received an appointment as teacher in the Orphan House at Halle, upon which duties he entered after a further course in the University of Jena. It was decided to prepare him as a missionary to the East Indies, but, providentially, this plan was disarranged, and, eventually, he departed for America, reaching its shores, near Charleston, S. C, on September 23, 1742, and arriving at Philadelphia on November 25, 1742. Here he began his work of organizing and upbuilding the Lutheran Church, the fruit of which is apparent to this day. So great was his patriotism during the Revolution that he became a marked man, and was obliged to flee from Philadelphia to his home at the Trappe when the British entered it after the battle of Brandywine. Here he was in constant communication with the American leaders, and in the midst of all the important operations then going on. His sons and sons-in-law were noted for their services to their country. Frederick Augustus Conrad...