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Day in the Life

Dec 21, 1840

Journal Entry

December 21, 1840 ~ Monday

21st [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder Allexander
Wright, Scotland. We spent the afternoon
with Doctor Copeland. We accompanied
him in the evening to the {Theater Royal, Drury Lane}
Concerts d'Hiver, (which is a new invented
musical performance composed of the choi-
sest band of music in the world of about 100
musicians mostly German & French conducted
by) "Mr Ellason" (His first appearance this season)
which is the first start of any thing of the kind
in modern days. "It manifested the greatest
perfection in music of any thing known, it was
composed of almost evry instrument of music
in use." by having a view of it it gave us a
knowledge of the art of man, & what could
be perfected with instruments of music
Distance of the day 8 miles

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Dec 21, 1840