Day in the Life
Journal Entry
July 21, 1840 ~ Tuesday
21st Elder Smith & myself sent our bundle
to Manchester to the care of Elder B. Young. We
Also parted with the Saints at Burslem & took
coach & rode to Birmingham whare we spent the
night & it was not unprofitable to us in many respect
We attended the seventeenth Anniversary of the
Birmingham Auxilliary to the Baptist Missionary
society at the town Hall on tuesday evening July 21 1840
This Birmingham town Hall is one of the most splended
buildings in Europe it contained the largest organ
in England if not in the world it was 52 feet in highth
it contained 3000 Pipes & 603 stops the pipes were
from 3 feet square [blank] in^side^ diameter down to the smallest
dimentions it has Also 63 stops
The hall would seat about 5000 & it was full
the chair was taken at six oclock the best talents in
Europe were gathered together & displayed on this occasion
the object of the meeting was to get money & send missi
onarys. We left the house about 10 oclock & called
upon John Turley here I had an interview with the
Saints from West Bromwich. I took lodgings near
Mr Wm Turley. Charlotte Turley is worthy & is ready
to be Baptized distance of the day 45 m
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Brown, Charlotte Bradbury Turley
1818-1891
3 mentions
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Turley, John
14 Feb 1809 - 7 Nov 1877
1 mention
Turley, William
1770-1841
2 mentions
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Joseph Smith's first explanation of doctrine on baptism for the dead by living relatives.
First baptisms for the dead performed in the Mississippi River.
Joseph Smith announces the need to build a temple in Nauvoo.