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Fourth Pennsylvania Battalion.
Major, Nicholas Haussegger, January 4, 1776; Colonel German Regiment, July 17, 1776; ordered to Phila- delphia, September 18, 1776.
Ensign, Jacob Funk, January 8, 1776.
Fifth Pennsylvania Battalion.
Major, George Nagel, January 5, 1776; Lieut. Col. Ninth Pennsylvania.
Captain, John Miller, of Germantown, Pa., January 5, 1776; mortally wounded November 16, 1776; left a wife and six small children.
2d Lieut., Andrew Dover, Germantown, Pa., January 8, 1776; captured November 16, 1776; Ist Lieut. March 4, 1776; Captain June 1, 1778; exchanged October 25, 1780; residing in Philadelphia in June, 1817.
Captain, John Spohn, of Reading, January 5, 1776; re- signed November 4, 1776.
Ensign, John Gansel, January 8, 1776.
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Captain, Nathaniel Vansandt, of Bethlehem, January 5, 1776; taken November 16, 1776; exchanged November 20, 1778.
Ensign, Edward Hovenden, of Newtown, Bucks Co., January 8, 1776; taken November 16, 1776.
Captain, Peter Decker, of Reading, January 5, 1776; taken November 16, 1776; broke his parole; resigned February 1, 1777.
Sixth Pennsylvania Battalion.
Ist Lieut., Barnet Eichelberger, of York Co., January 9, 1776; resigned February 5, 1776.
Miles' Rifle Regiment.
Surgeon, Jacob Rieger, of Lancaster Co., March 22, 1776.
Sergcant Major, First Battalion, George Hoffner, after- wards Adjutant Procter's Artillery.
Captain, Philip Albright, of York Co., March 19, 1776; resigned January 23, 1777.
3d Lieut., Jacob Stake, subsequently Captain Tenth Penn- sylvania.
1st Lieut., George Wert, taken August 27, 1776; died in captivity, leaving a widow, Mary.
2d Lieut., Yost Driesbach, March 10, 1776; captured August 27, 1776.
Captain, Casper Weitzel, of Sunbury, March 9, 1776.
Captain, Henry Christ, Jr., of Berks Co., March 9, 1776; resigned March 19, 1777.
2d Lieut., Jacob Maess, March 16, 1776.
3d Lieut., George Gyger, from Sergeant, October 24; 1776.
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Atlee's Musketry Battalion.
Adjutant, Francis Mentges, March 22, 1776; Ist Lieut. August 9, 1776; Lieut. Col. Fifth Pennsylvania.
Quartermaster, Jacob Eicholtz, from Sergeant in De Huff's Company.
Captain, Abraham De Huff, of Lancaster Co., March 15, 1776; captured at Fort Washington, November .16, 1776; exchanged April 20, 1778.
Lients., Peter Schaffner, March 20, 1776. Francis Ment- ges (supernumerary ) .
Ensign, Michael App, March 20, 1776; taken prisoner August 27, 1776; exchanged December 9, 1776, for Ensign Thomas.
Captain, John Nice, March 15, 1776; captured August 27, 1776; exchanged December 9, 1776, for Capt. Gordon.
Lieut., Matthias Weidman, March 20, 1776; captured November 16, 1776; exchanged August 26, 1778.
State Regiment of Foot.
Surgeon, William Lisener.
Ist Lieut., Jacob Maess.
Captain, John Nice.
Ist Lieut., George Gyger.
Ist. Lieut., Jacob Snyder.
Ensign, Abraham Boemper, April 28, 1777.
Ist Lieut., George Hoffner.
First Pennsylvania Regiment.
Captain, David Ziegler, from ist Lieut., December 8, 1778; died at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 24, 1811.
Ist Lieuts., Jacob Zanck, resigned October 1, 1776; re-
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sided in Lancaster Co., 18:4. Frederick Hubley, from 2d Lieut .; died at Harrisburg, December 23, 1822. David Ziegler, January 16, 1777; Captain December 8, 1778.
2'd Lients., Peter Weiser, September 25, 1776; wounded and captured at Germantown. Michael Hoffman, from Ensign October 1, 1779; died in service, July 18, 1780. Ensign, Michael Hoffman, May 28, 1779; Lieut. vice Hughes, October 1, 1779.
Adjutant, David Ziegler, wounded August 27, 1776. Quartermaster, Frederick Hubley.
Surgeon's Mates, Christian Reinick, March 1, 1776; killed at Paoli, September 21, 1777. His daughter, Cath- arine, a Pennsylvania pensioner, resided in Lancaster, 1791. John Hilsdorph.
Second Pennsylvania Regiment.
Colonels, John Philip De Haas, from First Battalion; Brigadier General, February 21, 1777. Henry Bicker, from Lieut. Col. of Sixth Pennsylvania, June 6, 1777; became supernumerary July 1, 1778.
Captains, Jacob Ashmead, September 6, 1776; resigned May 16, 1780. Roger Stayner, from Lieut. First Bat- talion; taken prisoner in Philadelphia in September, 1777; exchanged October 25, 1780; died near Aca- demia, Juniata Co., in 1839. Christian Staddel, from Ist Lieut. of First Battalion. Peter Gosner, from Ist Lieut., January 1, 1778; retired January 1, 1781.
Capt. Lieut., John Stoy, from Ist Lieut., May 16, 1780; retired January 1, 1781.
Ist Lieuts., Peter Gosner, promoted Captain January 1, 1778. Philip Clumberg, Jr., resigned Jannary 1, 1777.
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Jacob Ziegler, resigned. Major Walbron, from Ensign of De Haas; killed at Paoli, September 20, 1777. John Stoy, promoted Capt. Lieut., May 16, 1780. Henry Waggoner, from 2d Lieut., March II, 1779; resigned May 3, 1779. Jacob M. De Hart, from Ensign, May 16, 1780, vice Stoy promoted; died of his wounds July 25, 1780.
2d Lieuts., John Philip De Haas, Jr., from First Bat- talion; absent from November 3, 1776; died at Beech Creek, Clinton Co., August, 1826. Benjamin Boyer. Henry Waggoner, promoted ist Lieut., March II, 1779-
2d Lieuts., John Stricker, from Ensign, October 1, 1777; promoted ist Lieut., May 1, 1779. Abel Morris, of Berks Co., from Lieut. of Flying Camp, 1777; became supernumerary.
Ensigns, Peter Dietrick, February 5, 1777; killed in ac- tion, May 18, 1780, at Paramus. Jacob Morris De Hart, June 2, 1778; Ist Lient., May 16, 1780.
Adjutant, Benjamin Boyer, April 10, 1779; applied for captaincy in marines.
Third Pennsylvania Regiment.
Lieut. Col., Rudolph Bunner, from Major, August 1, 1777; killed at Monmouth, June 28, 1778.
Major, Rudolph Bunner, January 6, 1777; promoted Licut. Colonel, August 1, 1777.
Captain, Rudolph Bunner, January 5, 1776; Major, Janu- ary 6, 1777.
Ist Lieuts., George Hoffner, paid from January 1, 1777. Andrew Engle, from 2d Lieut., December 20, 1778; retired January 1, 1781.
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2d Lients., George Hoffner, from November 11, 1776; Ist Lieut., January 1, 1777. Andrew Engle, from Twelfth Pennsylvania; promoted Lieut., December 20, 1778.
Eusigns, James Engle, from September 20, 1776. Henry Brower, from August 25, 1779.
Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment.
Captain, Henry Bicker, Jr., from Third Battalion, May 15, 1778; joined after his exchange.
Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment.
Lieut. Col., Francis Mentges, from Major Eleventh Penn- sylvania, October 9, 1778; retired January 1, 1783. Captain, William Van Lear, of the Ninth Pennsylvania, ranking from October 10, 1779; retired from the service January 1, 1783.
Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment.
Lieut. Col., Henry Bicker, from Major Tenth Pennsyl- vania, December 5, 1776; Colonel Second Pennsyl- vania, June 6, 1777.
Captains, John Spohn. Peter Decker, prisoner of war. Jacob Bower, of Col. Thompson's Rifles, February 15, 1777; transferred to Second Pennsylvania, January 1, 1783. Jacob Moser, February 15, 1777. John Nice, from Thirteenth Pennsylvania, June 15, 1776.
Ist Lieut., George Will, February 15, 1777; resigned October 17, 1777; he had been eleven years in Prus- sian and English service.
2d Lieut., John Rudolph, prisoner; exchanged October 25; 1780.
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Ensigns, Herman Leitheiser, of Reading, February, 1777; died in Berks Co., February 11, 1829, aged seventy- seven. Philip Snyder, August 21, 1777; supernumer- ary, June 21, 1778.
Adjutant, George Will, February 15, 1777-
Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment.
Captains, Van Swearingen, August 9, 1776; he had been in command of an independent company, in the pay of the State, from February until August 11, 1776, in defense of the frontiers in Westmoreland Co. Eliezer Miers. Michael Huffnagle, died December 31, 1819, in Allegheny Co., aged sixty-six.
Adjutant, Michael Huffnagle, September 7, 1776.
Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment.
Lieut. Col., George Nagel, from Major Fifth Battalion, October 25, 1776, to rank from August 21, 1776; Colonel Tenth Pennsylvania, February 17, 1778. Captain, William Van Lear, from Capt. Lieut., October 10, 1779; Brigade Major First Pennsylvania Brigade; transferred to Fifth Pennsylvania, January 17, 1781. Capt. Lieut., William Van Lear, from 2d Lieut., January 29, 1779; Captain, vice Grant deceased, August 10, 1779.
2d Lients., William Van Lear, promoted to Capt. Lieut., January 27, 1779. William Witman, February, 1777; shot through the body with a musket ball at German- town; taken and paroled; left out in arrangement of 1778; resided in Berks Co. in 1789; died October 12, 1808.
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Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment.
Colonel, George Nagel, from Lieut. Col. Ninth Penn- sylvania, February 7, 1778; became supernumerary July 1, 1778.
Lieut. Col., Adam Hubley, Jr., from Major, March 12, 1777, ranking from October 4, 1776; Lieut. Col. com- mandant of the New Eleventh Pennsylvania, June 5, 1779, to rank from February 13, 1779.
Majors, Henry Bicker, from Major Third Battalion, Oc- tober 25, 1776; Lieut. Col. Sixth Pennsylvania, De- cember 5, 1776. Adam Hubley, Jr., from First Bat- talion, December 6, 1776; transferred to one of the additional regiments, then promoted Lient. Col. March 12, 1777.
Captains, William Wirtz, December 4, 1776; resigned March, 1778. Harman Stout, from Ist Lieut., Feb- ruary 12, 1777; resigned March 1, 1780. David Schrack, from Ist Lieut., October 17, 1777; super- numerary July 1, 1778. Jacob Weaver, January 13, 1777; captured; exchanged December 22, 1780; re- tired January 1, 1781. This was an independent com- pany to guard British prisoners and public stores at Lancaster; on the removal of the prisoners it was ordered to join the main army.
Ist Lieuts., Harman Stout, from Third Battalion, Decem- ber 4, 1776; Captain, February 12, 1777. David Schrack, of New Providence ( Montgomery Co.), De- cember 4, 1776; Captain, October 17, 1777. Jacob Stake, from Miles' Rifle Regiment, December 4, 1776; Captain, November 12, 1777. William Feltman, from Ensign, November 7, 1777; transferred to First Penn- sylvania, January 17, 1781. Michael Everly, from
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Ensign, April 1, 1780; transferred to First Pennsyl- vania, January 17, 1781.
Ensigns, William Feltman, December 4, 1776; ist Lieut., November 7, 1777. Michael Everly, from Sergeant, October, 1779; Ist Lieut., April 1, 1781.
Paymaster, William Feltman, lieutenant and paymaster.
(Old) Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment.
Major, Francis Mentges, from Atlee's Battalion, October 7, 1776; Lieut. Col. Fifth Pennsylvania, October 9, 1778.
Captain, Adolph William Hedrick, November 13, 1776. Ist Lieut., Jacob Fiss, from Ensign; supernumerary, July I, 1778.
2d Lieut., Henry Boogh, September 30, 1776.
Ensigns, Jacob Fiss, promoted Lieutenant.
Fricker, resigned, October, 1777.
Twelfth Pennsylvania Regiment.
Captain, Nicholas Miller, of Northumberland county, October 4, 1776; supernumerary July 1, 1778; died in Northampton county in 179 -.
Ist Lieut., Christopher Gettig, of Sunbury, October 14, 1776; wounded at Piscataway, New Jersey, May I., 1777; taken prisoner and had his leg amputated; died at Sunbury, July 2, 1790.
2d Lieut., Andrew Engle, from Ensign; transferred to Third Pennsylvania.
Ensign, Andrew Engle, October 16, 1776; promoted 2d Lieut.
Thirteenth Pennsylvania Regiment.
Captain, John Nice, transferred to Sixth Pennsylvania, July 1, 1778.
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Ist Lieut., Jacob Mchs. George Hoffner. Jacob Snyder. George Gyger, supernumerary, 1778.
Col. Hartley's Additional Regiment.
Lieut., Martin Eichelberger, September 19, 1777.
Col. Patton's Additional Regiment.
Ensign, Jacob Weitzel, from April 2, 1779; transferred to New Eleventh.
(New) Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment.
Lieut. Col. Commanding, Adam Hubley, February 13, 1779; retired January 1, 1781; appointed one of auc- rioneers of Philadelphia, and died there of yellow fever, in 1793.
Lieut., Jacob Weitzel, March 11, 1780.
Ensign, Jacob Weitzel, of Patton's Regiment, April 2, 1779; promoted Lieutenant, March 11, 1780.
German Regiment.
( Roster has already been given in full.) I'on Ouendorf's Corps.
Captain, Count Nicholas Von Ottendorff, promoted to Major.
Lieut., Henry Bedkin.
Captain, Yost Dreisbach, of Northampton county, Febru- ary 22, 1777.
2d Lieut., Jacob Glaeton.
Captain, Anthony Selin, December 10, 1776; died in Selinsgrove, Snyder county, in 1792.
Lieuts., Laurence Myers, of Maryland, April 8, 1777. Christian Froelich.
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Captain, John Paul Schott, September 7, 1776; captured at Short Hill, June 22, 1777; died in Philadelphia, June 18, 1829, aged eighty-five.
Ist Lieut., Christian Mancke.
2d Lieut., George Shaffner.
Captain, Jacob Bauer, April 8, 1777.
Ist Lieut., Baron Lewis Augustus de Uechtritz, April 29, 1777; captured at the head of Elk, September 2, 1777, and remained a prisoner till 1780; promoted Captain in Armand's in 1781, and served until end of war.
2d Lieut., John Sharf, of Philadelphia, applied for captaincy in 1778.
Armand's Legion.
Major, George Shaffner.
Surgeon, Gottlieb Morris.
Lient., Godfried Swartz.
Cornet, Henry Reidel.
Pulaski's Legion.
Quartermaster, John Shrader.
Von Heer's Dragoons.
Captain, Bartholomew Von Heer, of Reading, from Captain in Procter's Artillery, January 1, 1778. Ist Lieut., Jacob Mytinger.
2d Lieut., Philip Strubing.
Procter's Pennsylvania Artillery.
Lieut. Col., John Martin Strobagh, May 13, 1776; ap- pointed June 28, 1776, 3d Lieutenant from Lieutenant of Marines on board the Hornet; to Captain, October
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5, 1776; to Lieut. Col., March 3, 1777 ; died in service, December 2, 1778.
Captain, Bartholomew Von Heer, March 3, 1777; ap- pointed Captain of Provost Guard, June 1, 1778.
Adjutant, George Hoffner, April 14, 1777, from Sergeant Major of Miles' Regiment.
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THE LAST SURVIVOR OF THE REVOLUTION.
CHAPTER XVI.
SOME OF OUR PATRIOTS IN PUBLIC LIFE.
OLLOWING the plan outlined in the pre- ceding chapter, it is pro- posed, in this, to mention some of our ancestors who attained more or less prom- inence in public life in con- nection with the Revolu- tionary period.
This list does not include all, however, who attained any degree of prominence, but merely a partial list of those with whom we are most familiarly acquainted.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, D.D.
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, the patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America, was born at Eimbeck, Hanover, Germany, on September 6, 1711, died October 7, 1787, married, April 22, 1745, Anna Maria Weiser, daughter of Col. Conrad Weiser ( 1727-1802).
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He was one of the first students in the University of Göttingen, 1735. After graduation he received an ap- pointment as teacher in the Orphan House at Halle, upon which duties he entered after a further course in the Uni- versity of Jena.
It was decided to prepare him as a missionary to the East Indies, but, providentially, this plan was disarranged, and, eventually, he departed for America, reaching its shores, near Charleston, S. C., on September 23, 1742, and arriving at Philadelphia on November 25, 1742.
Here he began his work of organizing and upbuilding the Lutheran Church, the fruit of which is apparent to this day.
So great was his patriotism during the Revolution that he became a marked man, and was obliged to flee from . Philadelphia to his home ar the Trappe when the British entered it after the battle of Brandywine. Here he was in constant communication with the American leaders, ·
and in the midst of all the important operations then going on.
His sons and sons-in-law were noted for their services to their country.
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg.
The third child and second son of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg was born at the Trappe, Montgomery Co., Pa., on January 2, 1750, in the early morning, died June 5, 1801, married, October 15, 1771, Catharine Schafer (1750-1835).
With his two brothers he went to the HIalle Institution, Germany, for his education, and was ordained a Lutheran clergyman on October 25, 1770. His first charge was
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the vicinity of the present city of Lebanon, Pa. In 1774 he became pastor of the Christ Lutheran congregation in New York city.
As an ardent and outspoken patriot he was forced to flee from that city when the British occupied it. He went to the Trappe for safety, and became pastor of the Swamp Lutheran Church, whence he removed.
The unsettled condition of the country at this time, filled as it was with military camps, made ministerial work of but little avail, and, before he entered his thirtieth year, he sat himself down to seriously consider whether his life vocation should not be given a different turn. The wanton destruction of his father-in-law's property by the British, necessitated a removal to the country. Frederick's small home was overrun with fugitives. This, with the prox- imity of his brother, Peter, whose camp at Valley Forge he frequently visited, had doubtless much to do in decid- ing him to seek public office. Despite his father's counsel and wishes, he finally made up his mind to abandon the ministry and to accept the candidacy offered him as a member of Congress. On March 2, 1779, he was ac- cordingly selected by the Assembly of Pennsylvania to fill one of the three vacancies existing in that body.
From this time his successful and honorable career upward continued without intermission.
While still a member of the National House of Repre- sentatives he was elected, October 10, 1780, a member of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, and, on No- vember 3, 1780, chosen as its speaker. To this re- sponsible position he was called by the two succeeding Assemblies.
For several years after he seemed to feel a desire to avoid public life, and refused a reelection to the As-
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sembly. He served as a justice of the peace in Mont- gomery county from March 19, 1784, until January 14, 1789, and was appointed, by the Assembly, as the first county register of wills and recorder of deeds, September 21, 1784. He presided at its first court held September 28, 1784.
The time arrived when it became necessary to replace the Articles of Confederation, no longer sufficient, by the Constitution, and this paper Congress was now present- ing to the several states for ratification. When elected to the Convention which Pennsylvania called for that purpose he knew he could not decline. Of this body he was made the presiding officer and labored faithfully for ratification.
The Constitution being adopted, he, with his brother Peter, became two of the eight representatives in Con- gress to which Pennsylvania became entitled. On April I, 1789, the First Congress met and organized. Such was the prestige of Muhlenberg's name that he was chosen as its presiding officer, and thus Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg became speaker of the first House of Representatives of the United States.
He was also a member of the House of the Second, Third and Fourth Congresses, being again elected speaker in the Third Congress. With the adjournment of the Fourth Congress ended his active political life.
He died, at Lancaster, Pa., in the prime of his life.
The activity and worth of Frederick Muhlenberg was displayed in many other walks of life, outside of politics. He was a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania from 1779 till 1786; founder of the Hartwick Seminary, of New York, under the will of the Rev. John Christian
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Hartwig; president of the German Society of Pennsyl- vania.
Of him, and his brother Peter, John Adams queru- lously says : "These two Germans, who had been long in public affairs and in high offices, were the great leaders and oracles of the whole German interest in Pennsylvania and the neighboring States. . . . The Muhlenbergs turned the whole body of the Germans, great numbers of the Irish, and many of the English, and in this manner introduced the total change that followed in both Houses of the Legislature, and in all the executive departments of the national government. Upon such slender threads did our elections then depend."
Henry Ernest Muhlenberg, D.D.
Gottlieb Henry Ernest Muhlenberg, the youngest son of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, was born at the Trappe, Montgomery Co., Pa., November 17, 1753, died May 23, 1815, married, July 26, 1774, Mary Catharine Hall (1756-1841).
Educated at Halle, with his brother Frederick, he was ordained to the Lutheran ministry October 25, 1770, and served as his father's assistant in Philadelphia.
Of a more quiet nature than his brothers he was none the less patriotic. The whole Muhlenberg family were marked for tory vengeance when the opportunity might occur. He remained in Philadelphia until after it had been occupied by the British, when safety imperatively demanded his flight. Disguised as an Indian, robed in a blanket and with a gun on his shoulder, he departed. Even then the treachery of a tory innkeeper might have resulted in his detection had it not been for the friendly warning of a Whig occupant of the building.
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Having reached the Trappe he devoted the time of his enforced leisure to a study of botany, or, rather, to a practical application of the knowledge he already pos- sessed, until the evacuation of the British troops, June, 1778, enabled him to return to his field of labor in Phila- delphia. He succeeded his brother Frederick at New Hanover in 1779, and, in 1780, was called to Lancaster, Pa., to the pastorate of Trinity Lutheran congregation, which he served to the day of his death.
He became eminent as a botanist, and has been de- nominated (by Dr. Baldwin) as "The American Lin- næus." He was also prominent in educational matters, especially in connection with the founding of Franklin College, Lancaster, in 1787. He received his degree of D.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, in 1780.
William Antes.
William Antes, brother of Col. Frederick Antes, and son of Ilenry and Christiana Antes, was born in Limerick township, Montgomery Co., Pa., on November 21, 1731, and married Christiana, daughter of Jacob and Barbara Markley.
During the Revolution he was Sub-lieutenant of the county. After the active operations of the war, in his locality, he removed to Northumberland county, where, in 1780, he became one of the commissioners to the As- sembly, also a commissioner on estates.
When, by treaty with the Indians, the Genesee country in New York state, was opened to settlers, William, with his brother, Col. Henry Antes, and others, hastened there, in 1795, to take up fertile tracts of land. There he re- mained until his death, in 1810. His body lies in the cemetery at Canandaigua.
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PHILADELPINA. Michael Hillegas.
Michael Hillegas, the first treasurer of the United States, was born in the city of Philadelphia, April 22, 1728-1729, the son of Michael and Margaret Hillegas, who came to this country from German Alsace-Lorraine early in the first quarter of the eighteenth century.
Possessed of ample means his devotion to the interests of his country stamps him as a pure patriot. He early took an interest in political affairs. In 1762 he was ap- pointed one of the commissioners to select the site and erect a fort (Mifflin) for the protection of Philadelphia. From 1765 to 1775 he was a member of the Provincial Assembly. In 1771 he was a member of the board of commissioners to improve the navigation of the Delaware. In 1774 he was a member of the committee of observa- tion of Philadelphia. In 1775 he became a member of the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety; and, in the same year, was chosen treasurer of the United Colonies, serv- ing continuously in this capacity until the treasury depart- ment was established by Act of Congress, September 2, 1789, when Hillegas retired to make place for Samuel Meredith. While the Revolution was in progress the Journals of Congress constantly refer to him under the title of "Treasurer of the United States." Although nearly a year prior to the Declaration of Independence, Congress had created the office of "Joint Treasurer of the United Colonies," and Hillegas, together with George Clymer, had been named to fill it, yet this lasted only a little more than a year when Clymer retired and the entire duties of the office fell upon him. When the war had been in progress for six years Robert Morris was made super-
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intendent of finance, but the position of Treasurer of the United States was continued and, shortly after, Hillegas was reelected to it, on motion of Roger Sherman.
His services were during the darkest period in the history of this country, a time which required many sacri- fices from him, both of time and money, all of which were cheerfully rendered, and yet, strange as it may seem, his name is but seldom mentioned and his praise still less.
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