that John Hancock sat in at the time
he signed that instrument. we saw the
stature of Washington, the painting of
Lafeyette & others. We had a view of
the painting presented by Benjamin West
to the city corporation representing the
situation of Paul & Barnabas when they
were set apart to the ministry this
building was erected in AD 1733
we called at the mint but no business
doing & we returned home had a rainy after
noon

August 11, 1843 ~ Friday

11^th We spent the day in visiting various part
of the City esspecially Peals Musium we
went all through it & found it to be quite
interesting two things of Note we examined
closely the body of the Mermaid found & the
Mamouth skeleton, we saw several hundr
ed portraits of Distinguished men &c
We also visited the mint but the works
were not in operation. The engine rollers. &
dies and all the mashinery was the highest
polished & best finished of any works I
ever saw. After finishing the walk of the
day our quorum divided & attended prayer
meetings in various parts of the city I accompa-
nied Elder Pratt & Grant to the Navy yard
I spoke over one hour & was followed by Elder
O Pratt

August 12, 1843 ~ Saturday

12^th We dined at Sister Poltries she made
our quorum a present of $12 dollars in
silver making $2 eacch of us in the evening
we had an interesting meeting with the Elders