Chapter 5 Our visit to preston, our first council
in England, in 1840, we take different fields of Labor

Jan 13, 1840 After visiting ^Mr. George Cannon^ the Father and Mother of G Q
Cannon and the family after we took cars in the
Evening and arrived in the midst of the preston Branch
of the Saints built up in 1837, by Elder Heber C
Kimball & ^Orson Hyde^ Willard Richards and we very soon
had a pleasant interview with Elder Willard Richards
who had remained in preston to take care of the
Churches while the rest had returned home to America
We spent three days in preston in visiting the Saints
and on the 17, we held a council at Elder Richards
Home, in preston, Lancanshire England and after
consulting upon the best plan ^course^ for us to persue
it was finally resolved that Elders John Taylor
and Joseph Fielding go to Liverpool and Elder
Woodruff to Staffordshire potteries & Theodore
Turley to Birmingham his former place of residence
and that Elder Richards go where the spirit might
direct him and that W^m Clayton preside over
the Branch in Manchester. After various

Chapter 5 Our visit to preston, our first council in England, in 1840, we take different fields of Labor

Jan 13, 1840 After visiting Mr. George Cannon the Father and Mother of G Q Cannon and the family we took cars in the Evening and arrived in the midst of the preston Branch of the Saints built up in 1837, by Elder Heber C Kimball & Orson Hyde Willard Richards and we very soon had a pleasant interview with Elder Willard Richards who had remained in preston to take care of the Churches while the rest had returned home to America We spent three days in preston in visiting the Saints and on the 17, we held a council at Elder Richards Home, in preston, Lancanshire England and after consulting upon the best course for us to persue it was finally resolved that Elders John Taylor and Joseph Fielding go to Liverpool and Elder Woodruff to Staffordshire potteries & Theodore Turley to Birmingham his former place of residence and that Elder Richards go where the spirit might direct him and that Wm Clayton preside over the Branch in Manchester. After various