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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: January 9, 2018
Caption: Clergyman
Additional Description: John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
Born at Trappe Pennsylvania October 1, 1746
Eldest son of Anna and Henry Melchior Muhlenberg
Attended University of Halle Germany 1763
Ordained Lutheran minister 1768
Pastor Lutheran churches New Jersey
Married to Anna Meyer 1770
Ordained Episcopal minister 1772
Pastor Lutheran and Episcopal Churches Woodstock Va. 1772
Preached his “time to pray, time to fight” sermon 1776
and recruited a regiment from Virginia
He was the “fighting parson of the American Revolution”
Submitted: January 11, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p411776
File Size: 1.254 Megabytes

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