Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Muhlenburg, Frederick Augustus - 1796

1796, 5 May
Frederick Augustus Muhlenburg, late Speaker of Congress, was last night stabbed by his wife's brother, one of the Shaffers.  'Tis hoped the wound is not mortal...

~ Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 615 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983.

You can visit the memorial page for  Frederick Augustus Muhlenburg.

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