December 10, 1840 ~ Thursday
(Dec 10
th [FIGURE] I recieved a letter from Elder
Elder one from containing £5.
we walked over Black Friars Bridge called at
Zions Chapel, to attend a sacrament meeting at
Mr society, but they knowing who
we were refu
◊sed to let us in, fearing lest we should
break up their sociey. We then crossed over the
Waterloo Road & returned home We attended mee-
ting in the evening I Preached was followed by Elders
& Young, who b
rore strong testimony
to the people 6 miles
December 11, 1840 ~ Friday
11
th I walked with Elder Young to the great
western Railway & took the parting hand with
him & he started for . I returned
& spent the day in writing [FIGURE] I received a letter fro[m]
Elder . I visited Mr
9 1/2 Spencer place Goswell Road. He is a preacher
of the Independant order he & his houshold mani-
fests faith in our doctrin. 10 miles
December 12, 1840 ~ Saturday
12
th [FIGURE] I wrote a few lines to in Elder Kim-
ball'
s letter to , & acknowledged the rece
ption of her letter of Oct 6 to 19
th. I wrote in my
Journal)
[FIGURES] We saw cannon shot chiefly
made of wrought iron, namely, spike shot
star shot, chain shot, and saw shot,
A Beheading axe of singular form. This has
long been named as the axe which took of the
head of Queen Anne Boleyn [FIGURE] It is also said
to have beheaded the earl of Essex.
In going into the grand storeho
use we pass the front of the Hor◊se Armoury we
observed two French brass mortars which were brou-
ght from Acre in the year 1799.
The Train of Artillery
This room is nearly 350 feet in length, containi
ng a large number of chests containing arms in
readiness for use, and also a great variety or [of]
cannon
1. Is a gun made of wrought iron assigned to
the time of Henry VI AD 1422 [FIGURE]
