Total Height 24 [ft] 6 [in]
Circumference of outward Plinth 95— 4
Pedestial 58— 0
The figures are all of the proportions of 7 feet
The weight of bronze of which the Monument
is composed is estimated at upwards of 22 tons
Lord Nelson was born the 29th of September 1758
The whole range of buildings called the
exchange cost £110848 Pounds
Flaging cost £36000 Pounds
Town Hall cast £156000 Pounds
After visiting this monument we went
through several of the most splendid
streets in the city & returned 6 miles
13th [FIGURE] I recieved 2 letters & wrote one
at 2 oclok in the afternoon I took the
Steemer Comodore for Glasgow Scotland
It was a cold day we took cabin Passage
their wer four of us viz R Hedlock T. Ward, John Banks & myself fare was
17/ each & meals extra Elder Hedlock &
myself went to bed. Br's Ward & Banks
walked the Deck most of the night it was
an extream cold night & they got quite
chilled
14th [FIGURE] A cold day we arived in the entering
of the river Clide at 6 oclok the Highlands of Scotland was covered with snow, we passed
the villages
"Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)," March 12, 1845, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 29, 2023, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/jvY
