October 20, 1840 ~ Tuesday

Oct 20^th I wrote 5 letters one to O. Pratt
to E. Bromley, to I. Whittaker, to Young & Kimball,
to D. Browett. I spent the day in writing in our
sitting room

October 21, 1840 ~ Wednesday

21^st I wrote two Letters one to Elder
John Cheese & the other to Edward Oaky after
which I took an interesting walk into through
the city of London in company with Elder
G. A. Smith we walked from St Lukes to
Nassau st Middlesex Hospital we called upon
Mr B. SANGIOVANNI Sculptor & Modeller
No 23 Nassau Street Middlesex Hospital, whose
wife was the daughter of David W. Rogers
of New York late of Montrose she inquired
much about her fathers family they treated
us kindly. he is an Italian, he was an officer
under Murat of Naples but fled from his
country with many other Neopolitan officer
at the time Murat was Deposed, after taking
some refreshment with them we walked
through REGENT Street which for wealth
splendor, & magnifficens, is not surpassed in
London & probably not in the world, panes
of glass in this street may be found about 10
foot in width & 20 in highth & it would be
impossible to describe the richness splendor &
cost of the merchantdize of evry name & natur[e]
through this street, we then calleded upon
Mr James Nickolson near Saint James Palaca [Palace]
we passed through St Jame'^s Park had a view
of many of the palaces of the Royal family
we walked around Buckingham Palace, we saw
the Iron Gates leading from St James park
into High Park they were each 10 feet wid[e]
25 in highth 4 or 6 inches in thiknes, when
shut together would make them about 20
feet in wedth we visited High Park & saw
a large cast Iron monument containing the
following incription TO Arthur Duke of
Wellington And his brave companions in Arms
This statue of Achilles cast from cannon
taken in the victories of Salamanca Vittori
Toulouse And Waterloo Erected the 18 day
of June 1822. on our return home we called
at the Lowther Bazaar, 35, West Strand,
at the Magic Cave visited Annually by 60,000
persons The ownly subteraraneous exhibition in

October 20, 1840 ~ Tuesday

Oct 20th [FIGURE] I wrote 5 letters one to O. Pratt to E. Bromley. to I. Whittaker. to Young & Kimball, to D. Browett. I spent the day in writing in our sitting room

October 21, 1840 ~ Wednesday

21st [FIGURE] I wrote two Letters one to Elder John Cheese & the other to Edward Oaky after which I took an interesting walk through the city of London in company with Elder G. A. S.mith we walked from St Lukes to Nassau st Middlesex Hospital we called upon Mr B. SANGIOVANNI Sculptor & Modeller No 23 Nassau Street Middlesex Hospital, whose wife was the daughter of David W. Rogers of New York late of Montrose she inquired much about her fathers family they treated us kindly. he is an Italian, he was an officer under Murat of Naples but fled from his country with many other Neopolitan Officer at the time Murat was Deposed, after taking some refreshment with them we walked through REGENT Street which for wealth splendor, & magnifficens. is not surpassed in London & probably not in the world, panes of glass in this street may be found about 10 foot in width & 20 in highth & it would be impossible to describe the richness splendor & cost of the merchantdize of evry name & nature through this street, we then calleded upon Mr James Nickolson near Saint James Palace we passed through St James Park had a view of many of the Palaces of the Royal family we walked around Buckingham Palace, we saw the Iron Gates leading from St James park into High Park they were each 10 feet wide 25 in highth 4 or 6 inches in thiknes, when shut together would make them about 20 feet in wedth we visited High Park & saw a large cast Iron monument containing the following incription TO Arthur Duke of Wellington And his brave companions in Arms This statue of Achilles cast from cannon taken in the Victories of Salamanca Vittori Toulouse And Waterloo Erected the 18 day of June 1822. on our return home we called at the Lowther Bazaar, 35, West Strand, at the Magic Cave visited Annually by 60,000 persons. The ownly subteraaneous exhibition in