"Muhlenberg Communion Service"
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Title
"Muhlenberg Communion Service"
Subject
Religion - Virginia - Woodstock
Rites & ceremonies - Virginia - Woodstock
Description
Photo of a framed photograph of the communion set that belonged to Peter Muhlenberg, a Revolutionary War era Lutheran/Anglican minister in Woodstock Virginia.
The pieces rest on a cloth embroidered in German. It reads: "Friederich Hengerer, Eva Margagrea Hengerin, WTSTOCK, Gottallein Die Ehre 1767". The words refeernce the marriage of a German Missionary couple Eva Margagre Dahengerin and Friederict Hengerer.
The communion set was owned by Emanuel Lutheran Church in Woodstock following Muhlenberg's departure from the area. It was stolen from the church in the 1970s.
It has not been recovered.
The pieces rest on a cloth embroidered in German. It reads: "Friederich Hengerer, Eva Margagrea Hengerin, WTSTOCK, Gottallein Die Ehre 1767". The words refeernce the marriage of a German Missionary couple Eva Margagre Dahengerin and Friederict Hengerer.
The communion set was owned by Emanuel Lutheran Church in Woodstock following Muhlenberg's departure from the area. It was stolen from the church in the 1970s.
It has not been recovered.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified in 2013 by Arlene H. Hamman who noted the linen communion cloth in the photograph was hanging in a frame in the Emanuel Lutheran Church.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
The communion set appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002280, 027563, and 028198.
The embroidered cloth appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002280 and 027563.
Identifier
027563
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “"Muhlenberg Communion Service",” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 6, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/71245.
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