under ground at work in the midst of fire, Brimston,
sulpher, Gas & cole &c. the whole face of the earth &
heavens air & horizon, men, women, & houses, are
filled & coverd with the composition of fire, cinders
Gas, sut, & smooke of their miserry & labours that
assended up out of their piles, firnesses, & pitts froom
day to day & from year to year. in fine, it is more
like Hell in comparrison than any place I have as
yet visited. (Uncommon) A boy by the name of
Thomas Skelsey 15 years of age is becomeing quite noted
between Wolverhampton & Burslem by following
the coaches or omnibus on foot & keeps pace with the them
the whole distance, he runs about 40 miles in 6 hours, he
has run through & returned in one day making 80
miles in about 12 hours when he gets weary he
takes hold of a strap on the hind end of the coach with
his hands but runs as usual. On one occasion he
run 14 miles in one hour & fife minutes he is a poor
boy & his ownly object is to get a living by recieving
what money the passegngers saw fit to give him about one
shilling per day he does this running with bare feet on
accadamized rodes.

We called upon the Saints at Lane end from thence to
Stoke & felt truly to rejoice to once more meet with
the Saints in this region. We preached in the evening
at Stoke had an interview with Elder Cordon spent the night
at Stoke distance of the day 40 miles

June 27, 1840 ~ Saturday

27 I had an interview with Elder G. A. Smith & I
wrote a letter with Br G. A. Smith & T. Turley to President
Joseph Smith ^jr I spent the day in Burslem. I herd a
Letter wrote read from Sister Tailor in Commerce
giving an account of the conference in that place. 70
were Baptized. Elders Hide & Page were set apart
to visit the Jews at Palestine. The President of the
United States had rejected the Petition of the Latter
Day Saints to have their wrongs redressed, & as the
Judges, Governors, & President of the United States
had rejected the Saints & turned a deaf ear to
their cries, the Saints have now appealed to the highest
tribunal even the court of HEAVEN & called
upon God as their deliverer. May the Lord spedily answer
their prayers I pray. I spent the night a[t] Mr Battleby.

June 28, 1840 ~ Sunday

28^th Sunday we held a camp meeting at Stoke
we had a large congregation Elders G. A. Smith, T Turley,
& A Cordon Preached in the fore part of the day

under ground at work in the midst of fire, Brimston, Sulpher, Gas & Cole &c. the whole face of the earth & heavens air & horizon, men, women, & houses, are filled & covered with the composition of fire, cinders Gas, sut, & smooke of their miserry & labours that assended up out of their piles, firnesses, & pitts from day to day & from year to year. in fine, it is more like Hell in comparrison than any place I have as yet visited. (Uncommon) A boy by the name of Thomas Skelsey 15 years of age is becomeing quite noted between Wolverhampton & Burslem by following the coaches or omnibus on foot & keeps pace with them the whole distance, he runs about 40 miles in 6 hours, he has run through & returned in one day making 80 miles in about 12 hours when he gets weary he takes hold of a strap on the hind end of the Coach with his hands but runs as usual. On one occasion he run 14 miles in one hour & fife minutes he is a poor boy & his ownly object is to get a living by recieving what money the passengers saw fit to give him about one shilling per day he does this running with bare feet on accadamized rodes.

We called upon the Saints at Lane end from thence to Stoke & felt truly to rejoice to once more meet with the Saints in this region. We Preached in the evening at Stoke had an interview with Elder Cordon spent the night at Stoke distance of the day 40 mile

June 27, 1840 ~ Saturday

27 [FIGURE] I had an interview with Elder G. A. Smith & I wrote a letter with Br G. A. Smith & T. Turley to President Joseph Smith jr I spent the day in Burslem. I herd a Letter read from Sister Tailor in Commerce giving an account of the Conference in that place. 70 were Baptized. Elders Hide & Page were set apart to visit the Jews at Palestine. The President of the United States had rejected the Petition of the Latter Day Saints to have their wrongs redressed, & as the Judges, Governors, & President of the United States had rejected the Saints & turned a deaf ear to their cries, the Saints have now appealed to the highest tribunal even the Court of HEAVEN & called upon God as their deliverer. May the Lord spedily answer their Prayers I Pray. I spent the night at Mr Battleby.

June 28, 1840 ~ Sunday

28th Sunday we held a Camp meeting at Stoke we had a large Congregation Elders G. A. Smith T Turley, & A Cordon Preached in the fore part of the day