James K. Polk inaugurated as eleventh President of 27 United States.
18th [FIGURE] In the morning I took a walk with Br
Corruthers to visit the Dunby van Iron
works, we then walked to Ashley
visited the brethren there. We then
visited the extensive Calder Banks Mallable
Iron works. I next visited the noted
interesting & highly important Ardrie Muesium
collected attended and kept by Mr James Myrdock
Antiquarian Ater [after] taking some refreshments
with Mr Myrdock he showed us each appartment
of the Muesuem. Among the many
curiosities I had a view of the various
coin for 1000 years before Christ down
to the Present day among the number
wasere coin in the reign of the following
persons containing their names on the
coin and also their profile vie [viz]
Pallios 1000 BC Antonius, Vespersion
Ceser, Servius, Christianna, Comodus,
Posthumos, Artaxus, Tragin, Domician
Antonius, Gordian, Aurdian, Hiradien
and Claudius Cesar, & Pius.
He had quite a collection of natural History
Also three and a half tons of precious
Books as A library. I saw A pot of mettle
containing the following words. 125 years
after Christ I belong to St Lawrence.
I saw three gold & silver roman crosses
stolen by travelers at the vati[c]an at rome
300 years old. I saw a number of
weapons of war & Paintings of ancient
date
After visiting this Muesium we called
at a brothers House I lade hands upon
6 that were sick And blessed 20 persons
that plead with me to let them have
a blessing from under the hands of
an Apostle I preached in the evening
to a crouded house & walked after
meeting to Br Cruthers & spent the night
& dreamed a rattle snake bit me on the
ancle I pulled him off squoze him to
death & much poison run out of his mouth
the interpetation is when we arive at
Edinborough I shall be opposed by {the
presiding elder} for appointing Br Banks to preside
over that branch of the Church & confer
ence distance of the day 12 [miles]
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