And Elder Wm Pitt from Ipswich He had
organized a Branch of the Church there of 11
members, ordained a priest & one Teacher, & left
many Believeing. He is going to Bristol to assist
Elder Kington, who has also organized a branch
in that City, hired a room posted Hand Bills &c.
We have a conference in London on Sunday
the work is onward here. We Baptized 6 this week
a number going Saturday night. one of the number
Baptized is Sister Sangiovanni. She is truly Happy RevMrAlbon & his houshold are Baptized he is
the Indipendant Minister, he is much ingaged in
in the work We think of Ordaining him an
Elder at Conferene, DoctorCopeland as yet
refuses Ordination. Great Excitemant
prevails at the present time not ownly in the House
of Parliament, But throughout London
in consequence of theone of the British Colonels
is taken by the Inhabitants of New York & confi-
ned in LockportJail & is to be tried for Arson & Murder as having a hand in the Burning of the
Caroline on Lake Erie at the time of the trouble
in Canida. The people there are determin to hang
him if they can get testimony against him &
if they do it England is determined to have redress
at the cannon mouth, as they consider it by
Order of the Government & not the concern of an
individual parliament has sent special orders to
their Minister at Washington what course to pursue
And Elder Wm Pitt from Ipswich He had
organized a Branch of the Church there of 11
members, ordained a priest & one Teacher, & left
many Believeing. He is going to Bristol to assist
Elder Kington, who has also organized a branch
in that City, hired a room posted Hand Bills &c.
We have a conference in London on Sunday
the work is onward here. We Baptized 6 this week
a number going Saturday night. one of the number
Baptized is Sister Sangiovanni. She is truly Happy
RevMrAlbon & his houshold are Baptized he is
the Indipendant Minister, he is much ingaged in
in the work We think of Ordaining him an
Elder at Conferene, DoctorCopeland as yet
refuses Ordination. Great Excitemant
prevails at the present time not ownly in the House
of Parliament, But throughout London
in consequence of one of the British Colonels
is taken by the Inhabitants of New York & confined in LockportJail & is to be tried for Arson &
Murder as having a hand in the Burning of the
Caroline on Lake Erie at the time of the trouble
in Canida. The people there are determin to hang
him if they can get testimony against him &
if they do it England is determined to have redress
at the cannon mouth, as they consider it by
Order of the Government & not the concern of an
individual parliament has sent special orders to
their Minister at Washington what course to pursue
"Letter to George Albert Smith, 12 February 1841," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/pYoX