Day in the Life

Aug 25, 1840

Journal Entry

August 25, 1840 ~ Tuesday

25th A hand pointing to the right I wrote a letter to Elder Turley & enclosed
our letter & sent them to him to convey them to America
we directed them to Liverpool. we visited Mr George
Boulton pin & needle hook & eye manufacturer we went
to his shop & saw them make pins through evry
process of it from the wire to the finish we attended
a tea total meeting, at the Temperance Hall

We engaged the hall
for a public meeting that we might preach the gospel
to the people we could not have it untill the 7 of sept
Elder Smith made a short speech in the tea total mee-
ting we returned & spent the night at our lodging 5 m[iles]

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Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Boulton, George
15 Jul 1787 - 21 Jan 1857
1 mention
Turley, Theodore
10 Apr 1801 - 12 Aug 1871
143 mentions

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England

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On the we attended a meeting of the Temperance Society, at their Hall which we engaged,
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Aug 25, 1840