This is an article in the periodical "The United States Magazine and Democratic Review." It was written following Henry Muhlenberg's death in 1844. Henry A. Muhlenberg was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1782. He was an ordained Lutheran minister and served as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Reading, Pennsylvania, from 1803 to 1829. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and was appointed to be the first Minister to the Austrian Empire. He was defeated in an election for Governor of Pennsylvania.Muhlenberg was a member of a powerful dynasty of Muhlenbergs and they also are discussed at length in this article.
Boyd's Lancaster county business directory. The names of the citizens of Lancaster: state, county, and city record; and an appendix of much useful information. 1859-60
Johann Baeer's last name is spelled with an "A" that is umlauted. The name is spelled B- A umlaut- E- R. When a printer can't print an umlaut, an extra "e" is added to the umlauted vowel. Thus an "umlauted A" is spelled out as "ae". In this case, the "ae" in the name takes the place of the umlauted "A", thus getting Baeer.
