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Feb 17, 1840

Journal Entry

February 17, 1840 ~ Monday

17th Walked to Stoke from thence to Stone
in company with Brother William Hume &
William Momford. We called upon Joseph Harding
shoe maker, & then upon Widow Welch in Mill Lane, from
thence to Widow Gilberts Church Street. Our object
was to get a Door open to preach the gospel & Widow
Gilbert told us we might preach in her house as
much as we pleased, so we gave out an appointment
at 7 oclok & I preached the gospel to a small con-
gregation & distributed 9 Timely warnings
which is the first preaching of the L.D.S in the

town. Their was a London Merchant
present that had been rich & honorable but
through the hard times was reduced to beggarly
& had but 12 1/2 penny to carry him 100 miles
great Distress is beginning to come upon
the Land We spent the night at the house of
Widow Gilberts Distance of the day 10 m
Lord Melbourn, & Marquiss of Landsdown, is about
to resign their seat in Parliment because they
cannot make out the money they wish, &
Lord John Russel will take their place & try to
make out the money

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Welsh, Ann
abt. 1771-unk.
1 mention
1 mention
Russell, John
1792-1878
4 mentions
1 mention
3 mentions
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Lamb, William
1779-1848
2 mentions

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 1
We visited Stok^n^e on the for the purpose of getting a door open for the preaching of the Gospel An house was obtained and I preached to a small congregation in the evening The next day we left Stone and walked to Stoke. On our way we paid A Visit to The Duke of Sutherland's Park. It is about five miles in length and five in bredth. The first thing of note that struck our attention as we came on the road from Stone to Stoke was the estate of several hundred acres of ground planted over with young ^timber^ sprouts. This land was hilly. Next came spring vale. The lower fountain is a forced vein throwing a stream of water twelve feet high There is a fish pond above the first fountain but rather small. On the hill above is a spendid stone house for the purpose of keeping persons who might be insane. Around this vale are a number of small monuments. Then came into our view the Manor House built of stone. This was mostly in ruins and was more than five hundred years old. One family had lived in it for more than three hundred years descending from father to son. We next visited the spendid monument errected in memory of George Granville the late Duke and father of the present Duke of Sutherland. This monument is built of hewn stone

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Church membership is 16,800; population of the 26 United States is 17,100,000.

Feb 17, 1840