November 7, 1840 ~ Saturday

Nov 7^th I wrote a full letter to Br Ilus F. Carter
in answer to his. we wrote one to R Rushton
& one to whittaker we recieved one letter from
R Rushton & also a pamphlet from William Hewet
in oposition to Elder G. A. Smith

November 8, 1840 ~ Sunday

8^th Sunday we preached in the afternoon & evening
& broke bread unto the Saints but few attended
meeting it seems to be hard getting the attention
of the peopl here in London

November 9, 1840 ~ Monday

9^th Joseph [FIGURE] We received six letters one from
H. C. Kimball, 1 from Elder W. Richards,
one from O Pratt, one from Theadore Curtis, one from
T Kington, one from S. Johnson, & they were full of
interest Elders Kimball & O pratt both inform me
of the death of Father Joseph Smith Sen. He was the
first patriarckh in the Church of Latter Day Saint[s]
but he is gone & sleeps in peace so our fathers
fall asleep. Elder Kington speaks of a letter He or
the Saints se[n]t me on the 24^th Oct containing £2
which is lost I went to the general post office
in London to inquire about the lost letter & the post
master took the matter in hand & said he would
trace it out. I wrote a letter to Elder Kington—
one to Elder Browett & ONE vary lengthy
one to Father & Mother Carter giving an account
of all things in this country. This is the day
that The Lord Mayor of London is sworn into
his office or takes the oath. it is called Lord
Mayors Show it is a great day in London. The
Lord Mayor is taken in a golden carriage at his man
sion & drawn through the streets to Blackfriars
Bridge he there takes water lands at West minster
Abbey takes the oath & returns same way to his
mansion, the streets have to be cleared of
all kind of veacles untill the procession passes
by I saw the possession pass with the golden
carriges being two in No drawn by six horses each
coverd with gold. Elder W. Richards infor
med me that it was the council of the Twelve for
Elder Smith to come immediately to the potteri[e]s
churches to council them & spend some time
with them as there was ownly about work enough
for one in London so he is making preperation to
start early in the morning these are busy times
I am informed the Lamanites are begining to
embrace the work considerable

November 7, 1840 ~ Saturday

Nov 7th [FIGURE] I wrote a full letter to Br Ilus F Carter in answer to his, we wrote one to R Rushton & one to whittaker we recieved one letter from R Rushton & also a pamphlet from William Hewet in oposition to Elder G. A. Smith

November 8, 1840 ~ Sunday

8th Sunday we preached in the afternoon & evening & broke bread unto the Saints but few attended meeting it seems to be hard getting the attention of the peopl here in London

November 9, 1840 ~ Monday

9th [FIGURE] Joseph [FIGURE] We received six letters one from H. C. Kimball. 1 from Elder W. Richards. one from O Pratt. one from Theadore Curtis, one from T Kington. one from S. Johnson. & they were full of interest. Elders Kimball & O pratt both inform me of the death of Father Joseph Smith Sen. He was the first Patriarch in the Church of Latter Day Saints but he is gone & sleeps in peace so our fathers fall asleep. Elder Kington speaks of a letter He or the Saints sent me on the 24th Oct containing £2 which is lost. I went to the general post Office in London to inquire about the lost letter & the post master took the matter in hand & said he would trace it out. I wrote a letter to Elder Kington - [FIGURE] one to Elder Browett & ONE vary lengthy one to Father & Mother Carter giving an account of all things in this country. This is the day that The Lord Mayor of London is sworn into his office or takes the Oath. it is called Lord Mayors Show it is a great day in London. The Lord Mayor is taken in a golden carriage at his man sion & drawn through the streets to Blackfriars Bridge he there takes water lands at West minster Abbey takes the oath & returns same way to his mansion, the streets have to be cleared of all kind of veacles untill the procession passes by. I saw the possession pass with the golden carriges being two in No drawn by six horses each covered with gold. Elder W. Richards infor med me that it was the council of the Twelve for Elder Smith to come immediately to the potters churches to council them & spend some time with them as there was ownly about work enough for one in London so he is making preperation to start early in the morning these are busy times I am informed the Lamanites are begining to embrace the work considerable