Show A wrongly spelled name through the blunder blonder of some unknown person committed years ago a glaring piece of inexcusably poor spelling ing is still on view in the finance committee room in the city hall and is a subject of much unfavorable comment by historical scholars the portrait of the rev bev henry augustus muhlenberg hung for many years in independence ball as a tribute to the preacher patriots Eer services vices during daring the revolution with his name beneath it spelled henery muhlenburg the same egregious errors are now visible in the city hall the tha rev henry augustus fitus Inh lenberg was wag one of the first lutheran ministers in this country on one cc occasion casion he carried a gun into his pulpit at reading beading and at the conclusion of the vertices ver vices invited all his male parishioners to follow him to valley forge which they did dr mab lenberg was also the first speaker of the house of representatives of the united states after the cou constitution was adopted in and his name is at a least worthy of sufficient remembrance to be spelled correctly philadelphia renord record |