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Samuel Christian Lappenberg

Short Name: Samuel Christian Lappenberg
Full Name: Lappenberg, Samuel Christian, 1720-1788
Birth Year: 1720
Death Year: 1788

Lappenberg, Samuel Christian. (Bremen, Germany, August 17, 1720--August 15, 1788). Preacher at Lesum-bei-Bremen. Author of three hymns. Possible author of "Dank dir, Herr, fuer die Obrigkeit."

--Theo. DeLaney, DNAH Archives


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