[Rarebooks] FS: Pittsburgh Fire broadside

[Bob Petrilla]

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh / Fire Broadside. SINCE THE BILLS ANNOUNCING THE
CONCERT, GIVEN BY THE LADIES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ARE ALREADY BEFORE
THE PUBLIC, THEY WOULD RESPECTFULLY STATE THAT ON ACCOUNT THE DISASTROUS
FIRE,... They wish to express their sympathy for the sufferers. Therefore
they will give the entertainment on Thursday as announced, also Friday
Evening, June 12 and 13, in the M.P. Church, With additions to the present
Programme. One Half of the proceeds to go to the sufferers, and the
remainder to the original purpose of the entertainment. [Pittsburgh]:
Ladies of the Presbyterian Church, [1845]. Original edition. Broadside,
printed in black on green stock.  9" x 6" Very Good.
Based on internal evidence and research, we have linked this broadside to
the 1845 Pittsburgh Fire. The fire began near the Third Presbyterian Church
and left it in ruins, according to an eyewitness account. It has been
suggested that the "M.P. Church" noted in the broadside refers to the
Methodist Protestant Church on Fifth Avenue, one of the largest
congregations in that denomination at the time. The Great Fire of 1845
burned nearly 1,000 buildings, destroying nearly half of Pittsburgh. [See:
Foster, J. Heron. "A Full Account of the Great Fire at Pittsburgh, on the
Tenth Day of April, 1845; with the Individual Losses, and Contributions for
Relief ." Pittsburgh: J.W. Cook, 1845.]   $100.00

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