16th I wrote a letter to Mrs Woodruff after
a long mornings walk. A man & his wife called
to be baptized He was Br to James Parsons of Nauvoo
who has lately come to this country obtained some
£300 pounds in money taken a young girl run away
with her not intending to return to his wife in
Nauvoo for this crime we have cut him off
from the Church. I took Dinner with Br Morris
took tea with Br Crump & returned home whar [there were] [FIGURE] 2 letters for me one from President Brigham
Young of Nauvoo & the other from Mrs
Woodruff of Liverpool both of which I was
glad to obtain. I wrote one in return to Mrs Wood-
ruff she sent me some of the Hair of Joseph
Smith & the whole of the Smith Family & the
quorum of the Twelve to put into a finger ring
distance of the day 6 miles
~ Tuesday
17th I had another long ramble today
through London I called upon
Br Henry Crump No. 1 Fletcher row
vineyard walk Clarkenwell from then to the
Temple bar then to the National gallery went
all through it then returned home & took
dinner found some friends who had called to
take a walk with us to show us the city among
whome was Sister Mary Ann Mitchell An intim
ate friend of Sister Sangiovanna he[r] father
& Mother came to spend the evening after
dining we walked through each appartments
of the Pantheon containing a large Number
of the most splendid Paintings, also all kingds
of Fancy articles for sale we next went throgh
the Soho Bazarr, Also Lothar Arkade Also
through each appartment of the National
gallery again, & around the Traflagar square &
then home again, took tea Blessed Mary Ann Mitchell
~ Monday
16th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Mrs Woodruff after
a long mornings walk. A man & his wife called
to be baptized. He was Br to James Parsons of Nauvoo
who has lately come to this country obtained some
£300 pounds in money taken a young girl run away
with her not intending to return to his wife in
Nauvoo for this crime we have cut him off
from the Church. I took Dinner with Br Morris
took tea with Br Crump & returned home whar there were
FIGURES 2 letters for me one from President Brigham
Young of Nauvoo & the other from Mrs
Woodruff of Liverpool both of which I was
glad to obtain. I wrote one in return to Mrs Woodruff she sent me some of the Hair of Joseph
Smith & the whole of the Smith Family & the
quorum of the Twelve to put into a finger ring
distance of the day 6 miles
~ Tuesday
17th [FIGURE] I had another long ramble today
through London I called upon
Br Henry Crump No 1. Fletcher row
vineyard Walk Clarkenwell from then to the
Temple bar then to the National gallery went
all through it then returned home & took
dinner found some friends who had called to
take a walk with us to show us the city among
whome was Sister Mary Ann Mitchell An intim
ate friend of Sister Sangiovanna her father
& Mother came to spend the evening after
dining we walked through each appartments
of the Pantheon containing a large Number
of the most splendid Paintings, also all kinds
of Fancy articles for sale we next went throgh
the Soho Bazarr, Also Lothar Arkade Also
through each appartment of the National
gallery again, & around the Traflagar square &
then home again, took tea Blessed Mary Ann Mitchell
"Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)," June 16, 1845 - June 17, 1845, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/ODL