19th Sunday Elder Young preached to the
people of Hanly in the Morning & evening com
muned with the Saints in the afternoon
we had an interesting time. We spent the night
at Stoke with Brother Hulme distance 8 mi
~ Monday
20th We took coach at Stoke & rode to Stafford from thence to Wolverhampton & spent the night 35 [miles]
~ Tuesday
21st We took coach & rode to Dudley we had
a plain view of the Old Dudly Castle which
is on a hill North of Dudley the age of it no
man knoweth but it is partly in ruins
We rode to Worcester & spent several hours
John Tayler commence his Labours in
Liverpool, that P. P. Pratt go to Manchester
to publish the periodical & that George A.
Smith go to the Potteries & that Elders
Brigham Young & W Richards go with me
into the field or vineyard which I had opened
in Herefordshire & the adjoining county. So I
took the parting hand with the Twelve & Saints
& in company with Elder Brigham Young
we took the rail car & rode to Manchester
& then took Coach for Burslem we spent
the night at Brother Johnstons distance 70 m
~ Sunday
19th Sunday Elder Young preached to the
people of Hanly in the Morning & evening com
muned with the Saints in the afternoon
we had an interesting time. We spent the night
at Stoke with Brother Hulme distance 8 mi
21st We took coach & rode to Dudley we had
a plain view of the Old Dudly Castle which
is on a hill North of Dudley the age of it no
man knoweth but it is partly in ruins
We rode to Worcester & spent Several hours
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