The correspondence of Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg

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"... A translation of Letters 1-127 (1740-1752) from 'Die Korrespondenz Heinrich Melchior Mühlenbergs: Aus der Anfangszeit des Deutschen Luthertums in Nordamerika, Band I: 1740-1752' von Kurt Aland"--Verso. Rev. Muhlenberg was ordained at Leipzig in 1739 and was a pastor at Grosshennersdorf in Upper Lusatia and an inspector of an orphans' home 1739-1742. He immigrated to America in 1742 in answer to a call from three Lutheran congregations issued in 1741. He served in Philadelphia 1742-1779, New Hanover 1742-1761, Providence or Trappe 1742-1761, Germantown 1743-1745, and Trinity Church in New York City 1750-1751.