February 6, 1840 ~ Thursday

Feb 6^th I received a Letter from Elder Turley
I wrote a Letter to Elder Turley in an
swer to his, & walked to Tunstell & returned
to Hanly preached upon the Book of Mormon to 4 or
500 persons some of which were full of wrath, &
when I closed those that were angry because of the word
of God arose upon a Bench & began to reject my testi
mony & rave like madmen but I stood & gave answ
ered to their questions untill they were confounded I then
left the house while it was all in an uproar. I spent
the night at Brother Benbows {Distance of the day} 4 mi

February 7, 1840 ~ Friday

7^th Friday Walked to Stoke & Dined with Brother James
Grocott in Cross St end of Thomas St After Dining, Brother
Grocott accompanied me all through Copelands pot
works, & it was truly a great curiosity to see
all kinds of earthren, crockery, & the best of china
ware made, commencing at the stone, clay, & bones
in their first state & go through every process untill
it is finished. Firstly enter gate, visit engine that
carries all the works from thence to ^pounding^ grinding stone &
bones, gringing, mixing, sifting, drying, turning or mould-
ing it into every kind of ware, fireing, printing, stamping,
Gilding with gold, glazing, fireing, pollishing, storeing, selling
& aggrandizing themselves with the profits thereof.

February 6, 1840 ~ Thursday

Feb 6th I received a letter from Elder Turley [FIGURE] I wrote a Letter to Elder Turley in an swer to his. & walked to Tunstell & returned to Hanly preached upon the Book of Mormon to 4 or 500 persons some of which were full of wrath & when I closed those that were angry because of the word of God arose upon a Bench & began to reject my testi mony & rave like madmen but I stood & gave answ ered to their questions untill they were confounded I then left the house while it was all in an uproar. I spent the night at Brother Benbows {Distance of the day} 4 mi

February 7, 1840 ~ Friday

7th Friday Walked to Stoke & Dined with Brother James Grocott in Cross St end of Thomas St. After Dining Brother Grocott accompanied me all through Copelands Pot works, & it was truly a great curiosity to see all kinds of earthren, crockery, & the best of china ware made, commencing at the Stone, clay & bones in their first state & go through every process untill it is finished. Firstly enter gate, visit engine that carries all the works from thence to pounding stone & bones, gringing, mixing, sifting, drying, turning or moulding it into every kind of ware, fireing, printing, stamping, Gilding with gold, glazing, fireing, pollishing, storeing, selling & aggrandizing themselves with the profits thereof.