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Biographical memoir of the late Henry A. Muhlenberg

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11387
Date of Publication
between 1844 and 1850?]
Call Number
922.4 M952b
Place of Publication
[Pennsylvania?
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
between 1844 and 1850?]
Physical Description
12 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Caption title.
Summary
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.
Subjects
Muhlenberg, Henry Augustus Philip, - 1782-1844.
Muhlenberg, Henry Melchior, - 1711-1787.
United States. - Congress. - House - Biography.
Legislators - United States - Biography.
Lutheran Church - Pennsylvania - Reading - Biography.
Reading (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
922.4 M952b
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Sidelights on an early political campaign

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo994
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1914
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.18
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Responsibility
by W. U. Hensel, Esq.
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
90-95 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 4
Summary
This article features letters from James Buchanan to Henry A. Muhlenberg and letters from Simon Cameron to Muhlenberg indicating their support for him in the upcoming election for governor of Pennsylvania in 1844. Muhlenberg was nominated by the Democratic party for that position, but he died prior to the election.
Subjects
Muhlenberg, Henry Augustus Philip, - 1782-1844.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Correspondence.
Cameron, Simon, - 1799-1889 - Correspondence.
Electioneering - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.18
Websites
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