{"id":479,"date":"2015-05-24T07:09:32","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T07:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/?page_id=479"},"modified":"2022-01-20T19:02:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T19:02:43","slug":"1845-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1845-2\/","title":{"rendered":"1845"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/WLA_cma_View_of_the_Great_Fire_of_Pittsburgh_1846_detail.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/WLA_cma_View_of_the_Great_Fire_of_Pittsburgh_1846_detail.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 89px;\" \/><\/a>10 April 1845<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\t<sp><br \/>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Trinity Church escapes damage in the Great Fire of 1845 that leveled one-third of Pittsburgh.&nbsp; It hosts meetings for groups displaced by the fire, including becoming the site of classes for Western University of Pennsylvania. <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\t<sp><br \/>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(178, 34, 34);\">23 May 1845 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sp><\/sp><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/PotterFamily_0.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/PotterFamily_0.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; float: right; width: 150px; height: 108px;\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<sp><sp><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><em>Alonzo Potter and his children<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/sp><\/sp>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<sp><sp><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;\">On the seventh ballot, Alonzo Potter was elected as the third bishop of Pennsylvania.&nbsp; A compromise candidate, Potter was vice-president of Union College when elected.&nbsp; Lay representatives from 13 western parishes participated in the election. <\/span><\/span><\/sp><\/sp>\n<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"width: 300px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1822-2\">1822<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1823-2\">1823<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1824-2\">1824<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1825-2\">1825<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1826-2\">1826<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1827-2\">1827<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1828-2\">1828<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1829-2\">1829<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1830-2\">1830<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1831-2\">1831<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1832-2\/\">1832<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1834-2\/\">1834<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1835-2\/\">1835<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1836-2\">1836<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1837-2\/\">1837<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1838-2\">1838<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1840-2\">1840<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1844-2\">1844<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1845-2\">1845<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"3\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/\">Timeline<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/creation\/\">Creation<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/wilderness\/\">Wilderness<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/\">Margins<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/struggles-1\/\">Struggles<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/victory-1\/\">Victory<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 April 1845 Trinity Church escapes damage in the Great Fire of 1845 that leveled one-third of Pittsburgh.&nbsp; It hosts meetings for groups displaced by the fire, including becoming the site of classes for Western University of Pennsylvania. 23 May &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1845-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":467,"menu_order":19,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-479","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1834,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/479\/revisions\/1834"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}