Day in the Life

Dec 24, 1840

Journal Entry

December 24, 1840 ~ Thursday

24 A hand pointing to the right I wrote a letter to H. Glover &
one to G. D. Watt & O. Pratt this being
Christmas Eve Elder Kimball & myself walked
out into the streets to see for a moment
what the Busy multitude were about we
Passed through Mutton Street as G. A. Smith
calls it, opposite Saints Lukes Church it was
a market street for evry kind of flesh &
vegitable, we bought one doz orranges, one
Doz apples, some Hazelnuts, chesnuts, returned
to our sitting room, & in addition to some

bread & cheese & a pint of beer we made out
a supper & went to bed, & I dreamed of falli-
ng among thieves & robbers, who tryed to rob
us under pretence that we had done sumthing
wrong in London some years since I told them
we never had been in London untill within a few
months that we were Americans & had a family
there, & we had come to preach the gospel &
we would preach to them if they would open
their doors & after bothering awhile with
them I awoke, & found it to be the first
Christmas Eve I ever spent in London

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Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1431 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1455 mentions
Apostle
Glover, Henry
1812-abt. 1841
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1083 mentions
Apostle

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Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
Brother Kimball and myself went into the streets to see the busy multitude returned to our room and took supper in keeping with the season retired to bed and dreamed of falling among thieves

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Dec 24, 1840