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See also:MUHLENBERG, See also:JOHN See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
PETER See also:GABRIEL (1746–1807) , See also:American preacher and soldier, son of H. M. Muhlenberg (q.v.), was See also:born at Trappe, See also:Pennsylvania, on the 1st of See also:October 1746. With his two See also:brothers he was educated in See also:Germany. He entered the Lutheran See also:ministry, had See also:charge of churches at New See also:German-See also:town and Bedminster, New See also:jersey, and after 1772 of a See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church in See also:Woodstock, See also:Virginia, and there in 1775 raised the 8th Virginia (German) See also:regiment, of which he was made See also:colonel; in See also:February 1777 he became a brigadier-See also:general in the See also:Continental See also:Army; and in See also:September 1783 was breveted See also:major-general. He took See also:part in the battles of See also:Brandywine, See also:Germantown and See also:Monmouth, and at See also:Yorktown commanded the first See also:brigade of See also:light See also:infantry. After the See also:war he removed to Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Virginia See also:convention of 1776, was See also:vice-See also:president of the supreme-executive See also:council of Pennsylvania in 1787–1788, and was a representative in See also:Congress in 1789–1791, in 1793–1795, and in 1799–1801. In 18o1 he was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the See also:United States See also:Senate, but immediately resigned to become supervisor of See also:revenue for the See also:district of Pennsylvania. He became See also:collector of the See also:port of See also:Philadelphia in 1803. He was a friend of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Jefferson and of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Monroe. See See also:Life by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry A. Muhlenburg (Philadelphia, 1849).
His See also:brother, See also:FREDERICK See also:AUGUSTUS See also:CONRAD MUHLENBERG (1750-1801), became his See also:father's assistant in Philadelphia in 1770; was pastor of the See also:Christ (or Swamp) German Lutheran Church of New See also:York See also:City from 1773 to 1776; and in 1777–1779 was assistant to his father at New See also:Hanover. In 1779–1780 he was
a member of the Continental Congress, in 1780-1783 of the Pennsylvania general See also:assembly (then consisting of only one See also:house), and in 1789-1790 of the See also:state constitutional convention. He was president of the Pennsylvania convention which ratified the federal constitution, and was a member in 1789-1797 of the See also:national House of Representatives, of which he was See also:speaker in 1789-1791 and 1793-1795. On the 29th of See also:April 1796, as See also:chair-See also:man of the See also:committee of the whole, he See also:cast the deciding See also:vote for the See also:laws necessary to carry out See also:Jay's treaty.
Another brother, GOTTHILF HENRY ERNEST MUHLENBERG (1753-1815), was a prominent Lutheran clergyman, and was pastor of a church in See also:Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from 1779 to his See also:death; but he is best known as a botanist, and published Catalogus plantarum Americae septentrionalis (1813) and Descriptio uberior graminum et plantarum calamariarum Americae septentrionalis indignarum et circurum (1817).
See John M. Maisch, G. H. E. Muhlenberg als Botaniker (1886).
Gotthilf's son, HENRY AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG (1782-1844), was pastor of a Lutheran Church in See also:Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1802-1828, was a Democratic representative in Congress in 1829-1838, and was United States See also:minister to See also:Austria in 1838-184o.
End of Article: MUHLENBERG, JOHN PETER GABRIEL (1746–1807)
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