December 23, 1840 ~ Wednesday

Dec Wednesday 23^rd I called upon Mr
Phil Filippo Pistrucci 46 Charloette Street
Fitzroy square & I took my first
sitting of two hours & a half for him
to take my portrait I conversed with
Him upon the subject of religion. he
had formerly belonged to the Catholic
faith but seeing so much iniquity in the
priest while in Itily He denyed &
rejected the Roman religion & wrote
against all religions, but is now convinced
of the reality of the gospel of Jesus Christ
& is writing a work in the Italian langu-
age, advocating the gospel of Jesus Christ
& opposing priestcraft I gave him a
rehearsal of the doctrin we believed in & the
progress of the Church he seemed much int-
erested in it & said he believed as we did.
while in the midst of my conversation
Elder Kimball called upon me & I took
a walk with him & Doctor Copeland & his
wife over Blackfriars Bridge & on our return
home in the midst of a croud, we lost Br
Kimball & Sister Copeland & in looking them
up I lost Doc Copeland, & Br Kimball Sister
Copeland so that there was no two of us
out of four to-gether but after being sep-
erated awhile we all four providentially
met at the Covnant Garden, & saw the
wonderful performance of Shakespears
night dream, Madan Vestry &c & returned
home. Distance of the Day 15 mils
I receive a letter from Elder H Glover

December 24, 1840 ~ Thursday

24 I wrote a letter to H. Glover &
one to G. D. Watt & O. Pratt this being
Christmas Eve Elder Kimball & myself walked
out into the streets to see for a moment
what the Busy multitude were about we
Passed through Mutton Street as G. A. Smith
calls it, opposite Saints Lukes Church it was
a market street for evry kind of flesh &
vegitable, we bought one doz orranges, one
Doz apples, some Hazelnuts, chesnuts, returned
to our sitting room, & in addition to some

December 23, 1840 ~ Wednesday

Dec Wednesday 23rd I called upon Mr Filippo Pistrucci 46 Charlotte Street Fitzroy square & I took my first sitting of two hours & a half for him to take my Portrait [FIGURE] I conversed with Him upon the subject of religion, he had formerly belonged to the Catholic faith but seeing so much iniquity in the Priest while in Itily He denyed & rejected the Roman religion & wrote against all religions, but is now convinced of the reality of the gospel of Jesus Christ & is writing a work in the Italian language, advocating the gospel of Jesus Christ & opposing Priestcraft. I gave him a - rehearsal of the doctrin we believed in & the progress of the Church he seemed much interested in it & said he believed as we did. while in the midst of my conversation Elder Kimball called upon me & I took a walk with him & Doctor Copeland & his wife over Blackfriars Bridge & on our return home in the midst of a croud, we lost Br Kimball & Sister Copeland & in looking them up I lost Doc Copeland, & Br Kimball Sister Copeland so that there was no two of us out of four to-gether but after being seperated awhile we all four providentially met at the Covnant Garden, & saw the wonderful performance of Shakespears night dream, Madan Vestry &c & returned home. Distance of the Day 15 mile [FIGURE] I receive a letter from Elder H Glover

December 24, 1840 ~ Thursday

24 [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to H. Glover & one to G. D. Watt & O. Pratt this being Christmas Eve Elder Kimball & myself walked out into the Streets to see for a moment what the Busy multitude were about we Passed through Mutton Street as G. A. Smith calls it, opposite Saints Lukes Church it was a market Street for evry kind of flesh & vegitable, we bought one doz Orranges, one Doz apples, some Hazelnuts, chesnuts, returned to our sitting room, & in addition to some