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Day in the Life

Jun 10, 1845

Journal Entry

June 10, 1845 ~ Tuesday

10th [FIGURE] I took one of my long London rambles
to day I arose at 5 oclock took a walk of
about one mile to take the morning air it was
a hot clear morning on my return I found
Sister Susannah S. Sangiovannah with her little
boy had called in her mornings walk to see us
she inquired about her Fathers family & saints in
Nauvoo seemed vary anxious to get there. before
she left I laid my hands upon her head & left
a blessing with her I walked with her on her return
home about a mile she sent her respects to Mrs Woodruff
enquired about Brs Kimball & G. A. Smith as she
was formerly acquainted with them. I returned
home & took breakfast & then In company with
Br Davis we walked through the city to Br Coopers
in St Lukes City Road & took a luncheon with him
we then walked to the Monument at the end of
London Bridge from there to the Tower called
upon Br Story who went with us through
the Tower we visited that Part that was birnt over
containing the Armery their was fourteen hundred
thousand stand of small arms burned. the old
morters cannon &c was strung along in a yard that
was saved from the fire some of them was
partially melted by the fire we visited the New
armery got up as a kind of make shift ownly
about 7000 stand put up. After visiting the tower
& Dining with Br Story we went through the
Thames Tunnel from thence we took tee with
Mr Booth who had been to Nauvoo & worked with
Elder Turley
We then called upon Mrs Osgood King st Borough
London Br Turleys wifes sister found them all
well we then crossed London Bridge took a strait

People

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Rogers, David White
4 Oct 1787 - 21 Sep 1881
22 mentions
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1380 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
3 mentions
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle
4 mentions
8 mentions
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1544 mentions
Family
22 mentions
Turley, Theodore
10 Apr 1801 - 12 Aug 1871
138 mentions

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First Thursday of the month designated for fasting and prayer (later changed to first Sunday by Wilford).

Jun 10, 1845