Guirock, Greennock, Port Glasgoow, Dumbarton in Dumbartonshire at the
mouth of the river Leven, at the mouth
of this river stands the rock so noted in
the History of Scotland called Dumbarton
casthe [castle] on which is stationed a ridgment
of soldiers to protet the river Clyde. we
had a fair view of Bells monument
erected in memory of John Bell the first
that run a steemer up the river Clyde to Glasgow, the country through the Highlands
was rocky & barren. we Passed Renfrew
in Renfrewshire it is an ancient place
the inhabitants mostly weavers. The river
Clyde is confined to its banks by a slope
stone wall for 16 miles. we arived at
Glasgow in the midst of a sever snow
storm stoped at a tavern washed &
cleaned up changed clotheing &c & soon
was visited by Br Peter McCue the
Presiding Elder of the Glasgow conference
& other brethren we then called upon McKetchie at 40 Street
Distance from Liverpool to Glasgow 300 miles
we held a council with the officers of the
Glasgow branch in the evening which lasted untill
midnight
Guirock, Greennock, Port Glasgoow,
Dumbarton in Dumbartonshire at the
mouth of the river Leven, at the mouth
of this river stands the rock so noted in
the history of Scotland called Dumbarton
casthe castle on which is stationed a ridgment
of soldiers to protet the river Clyde, we
had a fair view of Bells monument
erected in memory of John Bell the first
that run a steemer up the river Clyde to
Glasgow, the country through the Highlands
was rocky & barren, we Passed Renfrew
in Renfrewshire it is an ancient place
the inhabitants mostly weavers. The river
Clyde is confined to its banks by a slope
stone wall for 16 miles. we arived at
Glasgow in the midst of a sever snow
storm stoped at a tavern washed &
cleaned up changed clothing &c & soon
was visited by Br Peter McCue the
Presiding Elder of the Glasgow Conference
& other brethren we then called upon
McKetchie at 40 Street
Distance from Liverpool to Glasgow 300 miles
we held a council with the officers of the
Glasgow branch in the evening which lasted untill
midnight
"Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)," March 14, 1845, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed September 11, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/kwr