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Centennial Meeting of Virginia Parish Promises Grand Episcopal Festivities
The article previews the triennial Episcopal convention at the state capital with high church leaders and lay delegates from across the United States converging on Williamsburg and Richmond for the centennial celebration. It notes anticipated speeches by prominent bishops, a memorial bank offering expected to reach at least 1 million dollars for church extension, and debates over episcopal supervision amid growing southern membership including Texas. It also profiles key figures such as Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, Ethelbert Talbot, William Croswell Doane, Henry Codman Potter, and others, highlighting church history, the evangelical and broad church factions, and the visible ceremonial tone of the event.
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Virginia
Hinton
Williamsburg
Boy Winnington Ingram
Fremone
Slauteshop
United States
Perron
Cletwal
Willamsburg
Great Memorial Bank
Portance
Texas
London
America
Gillespie
Western
Michigan
Daniel Sylvester Tuttle
St. Louis
Boston
Tuttle
Montana
Utah
Idaho
St Louis
Empire State
Columbia
General Theological Seminary
David Hummell Greer
New York
Ethelbert Talbot
Central
Pennsylvania
Wiliam Croswell Doane
Albany
William of Albany
England
Dr. Doazne
House of Bishops
Dr Doane
Purple
George Washington Doane
New Jersey
George Hobart Doane
Charles Chapman Gratton
Wisconsin
Fond Qu Lac
Dr Grafton
Ordin
Richmond
Wiliam Walter Webb
Milwaukee
John Hasen White
Michigan City
Charles Palmerston Anderson
Chicago
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
Williams
Garrett, Johnston and Kinsolving
George H. Picard