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The whole population of the Potteries in 1838
was 65000. These potteries are for the ma-
nifactering of English China, Crockery
& stone ware of every description
We visited Hanley & Sup'd at Brother
William Benbow's at Hanley Market Place,
Staffordshire Potteries. Keeper of Provision
Store. Brother Benbow was not at home
but we were much pleased with
his Lady Sister Ann Benbow, she was
Strong in faith & manifested much
interest at our arivel to England from
America. We preached at Brother Woods
in New Castle & spent the night at
Elder Cordons in Burslem distance 5 mil

January 23, 1840 ~ Thursday

23^rd [FIGURE] I wrote a Letter to Elder W^m
Clayton at Manchester. We Dined at
Brother George Simpsons. We held a
prayer meetings at Elder Cordens & had an
interesting time

January 24, 1840 ~ Friday

24^th I preached at night at the house of Br
W^m Hume in Canning Street, in Stoke Elder Turley
followed me 2 came forward for Baptizm &c

January 25, 1840 ~ Saturday

25 Saturday I spent [the day] in Burslem meeting at Cordons

People & Places

Alfred Cordon

Ann Bagley Benbow

Burslem, Staffordshire, England

England

George Simpson

Hanley, Staffordshire, England

John Wood

Manchester, Lancashire, England

Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England

Staffordshire Potteries, Staffordshire, England

Stoke-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England

Theodore Turley

William Benbow

William Clayton

William Hulme

Dates

January 23, 1840

January 24, 1840

January 25, 1840

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"Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)," January 23, 1840 - January 25, 1840, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed August 13, 2022, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/documents/9fd6a620-27cf-4583-bbdc-3cfffe70e101/page/0daf3550-454a-493c-81e1-eb8e8b9778a5