6th [FIGURE] I wrote 2 letters one to Mrs Woodruff
one to Br Ward. I walked with Br Speakman
[FIGURE] to Stoneyhurst and visited each
Appartment of the JesuitsCollege
which was the ownly collage of the
kind in England. We visited each
appartment of the Paintings of Christ upon
the cross & under various circumstances in
life & the Virgin Mary & many Saints which
were splended paintings [of] the Apostles &c we
visited each Appartment of their library which
was vary extensive, many vary ancient writings
& parchment's we saw Queen Marys Prayer
Book & A copy of St Pauls Epistles 1000 years old
we visited their Museum, studies lodgings
chapels &c, containings many curiosities, man[y]
figures of Christ on the cross sculptured out
of fine marble some not more than 5 inches
in length cost £700, or $3,500 dollars
we visited the chapel for the boys that
they were educating, & also the main Chapel
one window in it containing the paintings
on it of the Twelve Apostles cost £2000,
or $10,000 dollars. The candle sticks, crosses,
organ & all furniture were vary rich.
we visited each appartment of the garden
which was splendid all divided into various
appartments by walls formed entirely of
the Ewetree about 4 feet thick 12 feet high,
& from 40 to 200 feet long as the case required
in the appartments & as strait & smooth as a plastered
wall. After visting each appartment of
this noted Collage we walked to Waddington
I here visited the Hospitol or Alms houses built
and dedicated by Sir Robert Parker in 1700
it was built in AD 1000 distance of the day 12 m
~ Tuesday
6th [FIGURE] I wrote 2 letters one to Mrs Woodruff
one to Br Ward. I walked with Br Speakman
[FIGURE] to Stoneyhurst and visited each
Appartment of the JesuitsCollege
which was the ownly collage of the
kind in England. We visited each
appartment of the Paintings of Christ upon
the cross & under various circumstances in
life & the Virgin Mary & many Saints which
were splended paintings of the Apostles &c we
visited each Appartment of their library which
was vary extensive, many vary ancient writings
& parchment's we saw Queen Marys Prayer
Book & A copy of St Pauls Epistles 1000 years old
we visited their Museum, studies lodgings
chapels &c, containings many curiosities, many
figures of Christ on the cross sculptured out
of fine marble some not more than 5 inches
in length cost £700, or $3,500 dollars
we visited the chapel for the boys that
they were educating, & also the main Chapel
one window in it containing the paintings
on it of the Twelve Apostles cost £2000,
or $10,000 dollars. The candle sticks, crosses,
organ & all furniture were vary rich.
we visited each appartment of the garden
which was splendid all divided into various
appartments by walls formed entirely of
the Ewetree about 4 feet thick 12 feet high,
& from 40 to 200 feet long as the case required
in the appartments & as strait & smooth as a plastered
wall. After visting each appartment of
this noted Collage we walked to Waddington
I here visited the Hospitol or Alms houses built
and dedicated by Sir Robert Parker in 1700
"Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)," May 6, 1845, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/qr0