The American loyalists; or, Biographical sketches of adherents to the British crown in the war of the revolution; alphabetically arranged; with a preliminary historical essay
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.
A discourse on the life and character of Francis R. Shunk, late governor of Pennsylvania : delivered, August 9, 1848, at the request of a committee of the citizens of Harrisburg
Life of George Mifflin Dallas, vice president of the United States: Prepared and published in Sepember, 1844, by the Democratic Committee of Publication, John K. Kane, et al
The service of General Muhlenberg in the colonial army during the Revolutionary War takes up the largest part of this biography. There is an appendix that includes letters from Muhlenberg to other officers during the war ,and letters he received from Washington and other commanders. Also in the appendix is a list of all generals that participated in the war and General Muhlenberg's daily journal of 1784 The sources for the book are shown in his preface and in footnotes .
