28th this is a gloomy day in London esspecially
to me, for the whole city is envelop'd in one of
the most dreary November fogs, which makes
the air so dark & heavy that a person can scc-
arcely See a rod in the streets at mid day.
I again had an interview with Josiah W Walker
88 Church Street, Mile end New town White Chapel
& he clearly manifested his true character
& the Spirit he was of. I lent him the Book of
Mormon & he has read it several days watching
for iniquity. He informed me he should publish
against it. I told him if he wished to do so to go
ahead as soon as he pleased. I found his argu-
ments against it were weak which hath been the
case with all men that have attacked it. I walked
out to see some of my friends in the afternoon
& I found the fog to be cold & chilly. I felt lones-
om in the evening. I have been in my room alone ever
since Elder Smith left me without any company as
it were I recieved a letter to day from Lorenzo
Snow in Birmingham
~ Sunday
29th Sunday [FIGURE] I preached twice Baptized
& confirmed three & communed with the Saints
these were the first that I have Baptized in London
~ Monday
30th I received a letter from Elder O Pratt & I wrote 2 letters one to O. Pratt & one to B. Young
& H. C. Kimball. I took a vary interesting
walk with Doctor Copeland through evry appar
tment of the College of Surgeons at Lincolns
Infields which was truly interesting. I again
visited the same on the 7th Day of Dec in company
with Doctor Copeland and Elders B Young
& H. C. Kimball, & went through evry appartment
of it and was much interested see Dec 7th 14840
A Visit to the College of Surgeons
At Lincons Infields Dec 7th 1840
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London
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After entering the building in front and passing
through several small rooms unoccupied, we ente
red a vary large Room mostly occupied with—
skeleton's of natural History of evry description
the Mamouth, Elephant, Lions Tigers & evry wild bea
st of the forest & Domestic Animals, & the Crockadile
& serpent of evry kind & the fish of the sea.
This Room also contained several skeleton's
~ Saturday
28th this is a gloomy day in London esspecially
to me, for the whole city is envelop'd in one of
the most dreary November fogs, which makes
the air so dark & heavy that a person can sccarcely See a rod in the streets at mid day.
I again had an interview with Josiah W Walker
88 Church Street, Mile end New town White Chapel
& he clearly manifested his true character
& the Spirit he was of. I lent him the Book of
Mormon & he has read it several days watching
for iniquity. He informed me he should publish
against it. I told him if he wished to do so to go
ahead as soon as he pleased. I found his arguments against it were weak which hath been the
case with all men that have attacked it. I walked
out to see some of my friends in the afternoon
& I found the fog to be cold & chilly. I felt lonesom in the evening. I have been in my room alone ever
since Elder Smith left me without any company as
it were [FIGURE] I recieved a letter to day from Lorenzo
Snow in Birmingham
~ Sunday
29th Sunday [FIGURE] I Preached twice Baptized
& confirmed three & communed with the Saints
these were the first that I have Baptized in London
~ Monday
30th [FIGURE]I received a letter from Elder O Pratt &
[FIGURE] I wrote 2 letters one to O. Pratt & one to B. Young
& H. C. Kimball. I took a vary interesting
walk with Doctor Copeland through evry appar
tment of the College of Surgeons at Lincolns
Infields which was truly interesting. I again
visited the same on the 7th Day of Dec in company
with Doctor Copeland and Elders B Young
& H. C. Kimball, & went through evry appartment
of it and was much interested see Dec 7th 1840
A Visit to the College of Surgeons
At Lincons Infields Dec 7th 1840 London
After entering the building in front and passing
through several small rooms unoccupied, we ente
red a vary large Room mostly occupied with -
skeleton's of natural History of evry description
the Mamouth, Elephant, Lions Tigers & evry wild bea
st of the forest & Domestic Animals, & the Crockadile
& serpent of evry kind & the fish of the Sea.
This Room also contained several skeleton's
"Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)," November 28, 1840 - November 30, 1840, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 9, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/kx5