Journal (January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840)

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Front cover

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W. [W.]
1840


1840

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W. Woodruff's list of
the number baptized in
Herefordshire England 1840


Wilford Woodruff's
Baptismal Record
1840

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W. Woodruff's list of
the number baptized in
Herefordshire England 1840


Wilford Woodruff's
Baptismal Record
1840

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Hill Castle Frume Herefordshire Church


John Benbow teacher
Jane Benbow
Ann Bourn
Mary Rowbery
Charles Price priest
John Cheese priest


Joseph Pullin
Margaret Pullin
James Hill priest
John Parry priest
Jane Gaily
^John^ William Benbow
Charlotte Clark Snday 8th


Ann Benbow
Prestwood Benbow
Sarah Benbow
Hellen Benbow

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Ann Parry
Robert Holmes
^20^ Elizabeth Holmes


^Hannah^ Sarah Badham
Mary Hill
Ann Bowbery
Ann Smith
James Barnes priest
James Benbow
Mary Ann Holmes
Robert Hill
Thomas Jinkins
Hannah Williams
Sarah Tumkins
William Evins


William Davis
Johnathan Davis
Caroline Gaston


Confirmed 22 persons

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William Jinkins {preacher}
John Williams
Mary PeaCheese


Francis Birch {preacher}
^20^ Ann Birch
James Gurney


Thomas Kington {superintendent} Elder
Hannah Kington
George Bourn
Ann Teague
confirmed 6th


John Fidoe
Lydia Fidoe
John Benbow
Elizabeth Benbow
Elizabeth Woodyatt
Mary Cole
May Jones
Harriet Taylor

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Hannah Knot
Rebecca Tyler
Harriet Hill


Wm Jinkins {priest}
Daniel Browett {priest}
John Gaily {priest}
^20^ Elizabeth Browett
William Parsons {priest}
Mary Parsons p
James Hadley
Maria Hadley
John Shepherd
Baptized & confirmed ^8^ th


Richard Hull
William Williams
Philip Green
Jane Green
Ann Graves
John White
Francis Brush
Baptized th

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George Allen
Thomas Benbow


Thomas Smith
Elizabeth Davis
James Watkins
William Morris
Mary Proser
^20^ Susanna Morris
John Dyer
Benjamin Williams
Mary Williams
Ann Dutson
Harriet White
Thomas Hope
Eliza Parry 35 persons
Baptized & confirmed


John Morgan
Mary Powel
Elizabeth Hill
Elizabeth Tringham
Ann Benbow

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Thomas Clark
Edward Philips prist
Edward Ginkins Herefordshire
Melina Prichard Frooms Hill
Baptized & confirmed


John Preece
Mary Ann Preece
Hannah Pullen
^100^ Mary Pitt
Hannah Pitt
James Palmer
Henry Palmer
James Palmer jr
James Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Smith
Rosanah Baylis Greenway
Lydia War


Dianna Bloxham
Margarett Crook
Susanna Margarett
Frederick Evans
Joseph Baylis

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Mary Hill
Eliza Jinkins
Mary Ann Weston
^20^ Elizabeth Lambert
Glostershire Ligh


Ann Brooks
^20^ Jane Brooks
Sarah Smith
Mary Smith
Mary Packard
Susan Packard {Birmingham}
Sarah Embary
Elizabeth Bubb
Mary Hanes
Margarett Turner
Mary Roberts
Worcestershire Gatfield's Elm


Thomas Oakey
Ann Oakey
William Simons
Levi Roberts
Nathan Roberts Died Jun 7th
Charles Hayes
Harriet Roberts
Sarah Roberts

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Ann Efford th Ligh


Daniel Collett (Church Clark)
^2014^ Thomas Smith
John Spiers
Mary Robins
Harriet Hayes th
Worcestershire Eldersfield


John Vernon
Thomas Smith
John Harlick
Ann Robins
William Baylis
Henry Baylis
Mary Gaskin
Glostershire Ligh th


Mary Bunday
Elizabeth Rook
Robert Rook
Elizabeth Collett
Benjamin Hill th Hawcross
Worceshire

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Margarett Morgan
Hannah Palmer
Mary PCleft th greenway


th I started for Preston to attend
conference & returnd on the
in company with Elder Brigh
Young
. Elder T Sington Baptized
the following persons


April 11th greenway
James Williams
^20^ James Clift
Eliza Whithorn
William Smith th
Hannah M. Harris
Ann Robins
Mary Palmer
William Gaskins Apperly
Ann Morgon
Jane Parry greenway


Priest John Cheese Baptized the following


William Green
Thomas Bishop Lugwardine

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Charlotte Baker
Walter Mayos Mardon
James Baldwin
Samuel Warren
Esther Deveroix
Elizabeth Mayol
Hannah Hooper
Elizabeth Baylis
Joseph Williams
^20^ Mariah Shinn
Charlotte Shinn
Elizabeth Morris
Mary Mayel Allard
John Allard
Mary Allard
Hariet Baldwin
William Williams
William Mathews Keysend St


{Wilford Woodruff} confirmed 19 of the above

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{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized the following


George Brooks
Mary Brooks
Edmund Wattis
Hannah Wattis
William Beard
Elizabeth Johnson
Ann Baylis
Susan Baylis
Mary Baly
Mary Haywood
Baptized & confirmed at Crawcutt
worcestershire Sunday


Mary Philips
^200^ Ester James
Mary Jinkins {at last}
Baptized & confirmed at Moorends Cross th


William Jones
William Morris
Thomas Bosley
Mary Rowbrey
B Young frooms hill

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Ann Hope
Sarah Hope
Thomas Baker
Mary Mayos
William Jay
Catharine Jay
Thomas Whiting
Ann Whiting
Ann Jay
Hannah Baker
J Chess Marden st


John Meeks
William Johnson
James Williams
Ann Beard
^20^ Elizabeth South confirmed
{Wilford Woodruff} Bowery near Ashfield th


Susan Williams
Rachel Jinkins
Ann Rowley
Ann Jones
Mariah Prichard
Henry Jones
Susanna Barrup

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Henry Griffits
Hanna Weaver
{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized & confirmed th
nightengale Bower near Birchwood


Samuel Jones
Jonathan Lucy
Melina Cook
Maria Hill th
{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized & confirmed at Coldwall


John Arvart
John Moris
Thomas Jones
J Parry Baptized at wind Point rd


Ann Steed
Mary Symons
Ann Bartlet
^20^ Phebe Davis
{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized & confirmed at wind point ^th^


Sarah Stanton
Mary foxall
Jemima Symons
Margaret Hill
{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized & confirmed at Brand lodge ^th^


Edward Prosser
Jane Williams
Jane Everals {shorthand} 200
Mary Hull
Thomas Vernal

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^Ann Vernal^
Thomas Gurney
Jane Banister
Ann Philips Stokes Lane rd
James Price
Ann Price
Elizabeth Williams
Emma Shinn
Mary Shinn
Ann Deveroix th
John Cheese Baptized the above keysend street


^20^ Mary Patoe
Ann Davis
Hannah Thomas [FIGURE] {Wilford Woodruff} 200 May th
{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized & confirmed frooms hill


Elener Gaily
John Cole J Chesse frooms Hill ^^


John Lewis
Eliza Lewis T Clark frooms Hill th


Francis Hill
{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized & confirmed keysen st ^^


Elders Richards & Kington had Baptize
50. Confirmed 100 Ordained 10 priest
1 Teacher from to the


300 + 17 over


George Bundy T Oakey Gadfield's elm


Robert Clift
^20^ Elizabeth Clift {[illegible shorthand]}
James Morgan
{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized at Pitthouse Dymock ^^

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William Coleman
Job Smith
Sophia Whittle
Sarah Whittle
Ann Hunt
Sarah Smith
Charlott Stewart
Ester Harris
Elder Kington Baptized at Halkington


John Davis
John Smith
Mary Ann Clark
Caroline Moore
Jane Smith
{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized at Halkington May ^18^


James Bolter James Palmer Baptized 18


Francis Probert
Lydia Matthews Bap James Morgan ^18^


Mary Webb
Charlotte Walters
^20^ Eliza Shinn
Caroline Trehern
{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized at Keysend street, th


Ann Perkins
Robert Baldwin Wind point Richards ^^


James Foxall
Hannah Foxall Brand Lodge Richards ^21^


Mary Haywood
Ann Lucy T Clark Colwall


William Smith
George Eddins
William Rowley
{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized May Tapperdy

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Susanna Higgins
Joseph Haywood
John Field
Hannah Field
Elizabeth Meeks
Ann Jones
{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized at Bowery th


Hannah Pulling {Wilford Woodruff} Bap. at Bishop Froome ^th^


Eliza Gurney
Elizabeth Davis
^20^ Hannah Even
Ann Sanders
{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized at Creeks Green th


Joseph Evens
Thomas Sanders J Cheese Greek Green ^th^


Jane George
Elizabeth Hall
Mary Robery
Elizabeth Robery
William Hall
{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized at Hope Rough May 28th


Ann Daniels
Ann Banister
John Powel
Elizabeth Powel
Sarah Rock
{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized at Shucknel Hill th


Ishmael Philips
Elizabeth Pitt Richards at Shucknell Hill 30


Benjamin Meeko Bap dy Prist [priest] Jinkins


Elizabeth Clement bap John Jones


Thomas Powis
Sarah Powis

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^20^ Mary Tyler T Clark th


Samuel Badham
Francis Holmes
Hannah Holmes
Elizabeth James
Elizabeth Birch
Elizabeth Went
Hannah Bishop
Mary James
William Embry
John Birch
Elizabeth Embry
{Wilford Woodruff} Bap at Frooms Hill {Sunday} st


Mary Brooks
Mary Jonsey J Cheese F Hill May 31st


Sarah Loggin
Elizabeth Cole
William Cole [FIGURE] {Wilford} 250
Susan Simmons
Elizabeth Dotton
Mary Philips
Sarah Morris
{Wilford Woodruff} Pap [Bap] at Frooms Hill st


400


Richard Parry
Ann Parks {Wilford Woodruff} Bap froom hill June 1st


Rosanna Hill
Mary Partridge
Rebecca Symsons
Eliza Trehurn
Mary Ann Atwood

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James Bishop J Cheese Keysend street


Joseph Firkins little Marcle
Elizabeth Firkins J. Palmer th


John Pitt
Elizabeth Matthews
Ester Jones
John Jones
Richard Lilley T. Kington st


William Philips
John Hunt
Mary Portman
Mary Humphrys
^20^ Sarah Whitern
Ester Harris. Lime street T Oaky


John Meredith By John Spires turkey Hall th


Samuel Roberts
Elizabeth Roberts
Ann Hopkins
Mariah Hopkins
Hannah Hopkins
Mary Ann Smith
{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized at Deerhurst th


William Loveridge
Sarah Bail
Eliza Davis
Elizabeth Clark
{Wilford Woodruff} at Twigworth th


Mary Ann Matty. Brewett Lye 11th


George Curtis
George Curtis Brewitt Lye

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Priest James Morgan Baptized 11
persons at Little Garway Herefordshire
they were confirmed by Elders
Richards th to


20 & 6 over


James Lewis. J. Palmer


John Layton
Margarett Layton Kington th


John Watkins
Ann Watkins
William Pitt
Abriaham Scriven Kington th


James Hawthorn
John Roberts T. Oaky th


Eliza Brace
Sarah Gibbs
Charles Fox
Jane Green
^20^ Ann Hackford
Eliza Hackford
Sarah Hackford
Ellen Green th Philip Green


Charles Powel
John Tyler
Maria Gibbs
Susan Tyler
Jane Dutson
Mary Gibbs
{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized at Lugwardin th

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Hannah Bubb
Sarah Taysom
Ann Barber P Green Lugwardin th


Ann El
Thomas Jones
Ann Edwards
Rebecca Tew
Susan Tew
Francis Burnett
Ann Burnett
^20^ Eliabeth Wheeler
James Turley
{Wilford Woodruff} Baptized at Marden th


Maria Lane
Emma Tew
Lucy Tasem. Philip Green. Lugwardin ^18th^


John Tiler
Mary Henbury
{Wilford Woodruff} Bap at Frooms Hill th


Henry Rock Bap Priest Williams Shuknell hill ^18^


Ann Jennings
Jane Tylor
Mary James
Sarah Wall
Sarah Cole
James Cole
Ellen Clark
{Wilford Woodruff} Bap at Frooms Hill th


Hannah Cole
Sarah Hembery
Sarah Hadley
Mary Powis
Eliza Powis

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^500^ Richard Bough 500 {glory hallelujah}
William Tippin
Margarett Leseman
John Clark
John Debrowy
Thomas Launset
John James
Emma Bevehen
Elizabeth Johsons
John Johns
Richard Bullock
Mary Bullock Frooms Hill
The above were Baptized by Thomas Clark priest


Eliza Clark {Wilford Woodruff} Frooms Hill June 20th


Louisa Louis T Clark
Elizabeth Tyler. C. Price
James Gettings
Mary [blank] W Parsons
Ann Morris
Elizabeth Morris
Susanna ProsserJ Cheese
^20^ James TaylerP Green 20
James Hill
Mary Badham
Ann Casthope J Gaily 21
Sarah Bengough J Barnes
Maria Fernal
Ann Fernal
Sarah Gardner
Caroline Williams
Joseph Harbour W Evens

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Hannah Jones
John Baily
Margaret Dovey
John Robery
{Wilford Woodruff} Bap at Froomshill


Thomas Hooper T Clark 21


Ann Cole
Sarah James
Ann Cole
Richard Cole
Martha Clark
W Woodruff Bap at frooms hill


the above makes Just 300 that W
Woodruff has baptized on this circuit


^20^ Sarah Clark
Jane Elton. T Clark frooms hill 22nd


Robert Gomery. W Woodruff Ledbury 22nd


242 were Baptized on this same circu
it by Elders Young Richards Kington &
others which makes the Church number
on the 22 of June 542 with 75 officers
viz 33 churches 10 Elder 52 Priest 13
Teachers. All of the Above have received
the work & been baptized during the term
of three month & 17 days & scores still
waiting to be Baptized as soon as an opportu
nity offers. I left Ledbury June 23rd to attend
a conference in Manchester

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licensed 45-48 {preachers}

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WILLFORD WOORUFF'S
DAILY JOURNAL
AND
TRAVELS IN THE MINISTRY
IN

IN
ENGLAND & WALES

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~ Wednesday


JAN 1st 1840


I find myself in company with
Elder's John Taylor & Theodore Turley
on board of the packet ship Oxford of the
Black Bull line on our way from New york
to Liverpool to fulfill a commandment of god
in preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Nations
of Europe. We are in Long 42.40 We have a
vary rough sea, High winds blustering & cloudy.
I am about 1,900 miles from both Liverpool
& New york being in the centre of the Atlantic
as it is called 3800 miles from New york to
Liverpool. We Left New york dock on the 19th
day of Dec 1839 & sailed on the 20th So time rolls
along & waiteth for no man


~ Thursday


2nd The sun rose clear it was the first time we
had seen the sun for 5 days. We have a calm
this morning. There is a vessel in sight of us
the first one we have seen since we left N. Y.
it was astern of us. Elders Taylor, Turley, &
myself sat down upon the anchor & had a
crock of Buternuts

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~ Friday


Jan[uary] 3rd A good day fair sailing & good breeze
We were in full view of two sail one fore & the
other aft of us We soon overtook the one before us
& spoke to her & found her to be a British Brigg
sailed from Halifax & bound for Liverpool &
20 days at sea her Long was 33.30 she raised British
colors The Oxford raised american colors & her
Long was 34.40.


~ Saturday


4th Fair weather, wind right aft, & a stiff breeze
& sail fast. They had a time of butchering hogs &
sheep on board


~ Sunday


5th Sunday rough sea, High winds, & rain in
the morning sea & winds more calm
at noon We saw a large school of
porposes We have a calm & plesant evening
which we spent on deck viewing the stars & ocean


~ Monday


6th A pleasant morning & a calm but having
12 sails spread we travled about 3 miles an hour


~ Tuesday


7th We have a dead calm to Day in Long 17.40
We spoke a Scottish Bark named Georgeana
from Leith Scotland bound for Granada a west India
Island this her 7th day at sea her Long 1740
A number of Birds such as sea guls were

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flying around the ship & the passengers shot sever-
al of them & they fell dead into the water
We saw a large school of porposes & black
fish some of the Blackfish were supposed to
be as much as 20 feet in length they
would roll on top of the water all around the
ship


~ Wednesday


8th A good stiff breeze arose about 1 oclok
P.M. & we sailed well through the day. A lighted
tar Barrel was set afloat from the ship
in the evening which looked splendid at sea


~ Thursday


9th Cloudy & cold smooth sea & fair breeze
it grows coldier as we draw nearer to land
We are about entering the St Georges channel
or the mouth of it & Ho, Ho, the cry of land is
herd from mast head. We went on to the
fore castle & after straining our eyes a few
moments we got sight of it. it was the Irish
coast laying 3 points to our Lee bow this
is the first land we have seen for 20 days
At 8 oclok in the evening the serching lamp
at the light house at cape clear came
in full view {The company of passengers was disturbed by the} qrling [quarrelling] {of some wicked women}

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~ Friday


10th The mountains of the Irish coast are in
full view & also 6 or 7 sail the weather is
cloudy & rather cool we have a good wind &
sail fast we have a plesant evening &
walked the decks untill 9 oclok & viewed the
light houses &c.


~ Saturday


11th We have a heavy gale commencing
about 1 oclok in the morning & we were in some
danger having the weltch coast on one side
& the Irish on the other, their was a great
bustle & noise on board arising from the
command of the Captain & mates & the singing
of the sailors & the whistling of the winds & the
roaring of the waters while at the same time the
ship was pitching & rocking to & fro. We reached
the pilate ground at day light & raised
colours for a pilate to come on board
A pilate Boat soon appeared & board came
came along side & gave us a pilate, & he
informed us that the Liverpool had not
yet arived She was a steem ship & started
5 days before us & the Independance had
not got in & she started 10 days before us.
The pilate had no sooner came on board before

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the steem ship Liverpool hove in sight over
our stern, the pilate ordered the sail to be
spread notwithstanding it was blowing a gale
we then gained fast of the Liverpool, & their
was many sail floating upon our right &
left hand. There was much bustle among
the passengers in shaving, washing & preparing
themselves to go on shore. The city of Liverpool
soon was in sight & an English steem Boat
soon came along side & towed us into port
on the dock in Liverpool we got along side of the
key a few minutes before the Liverpool or
Independance the Oxford Liverpool & Indep
endance all reached the dock within 30 minutes
of each other. Their was 109 souls of us all
who reached the shore in good health & spirits
our company was composed of American
English, Scotch, Irish, Weltch, & Dutch
We went into Liverpool & visited several
Noted places the New Market, costom house,
Lord Nelsons monument which is much
Noted in England &c all of which were qu-
ite splendid. We took supper in white chapel

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& logings in Clark street at the Bir-
mingham arms {and may the Lord henceforth deliver me from
such a place}. Distance from the middle of the Atlan-
tic Ocean
to Liverpool England 1750 mi
12th [FIGURE] I wrote three Letters during the
evening one to Elder P. P. Pratt one to
Ilus Carter, & one to Phebe


~ Sunday


12 Sunday I arose in the morning & took
(Breakfast shall I say) I eat it is true, & used
a peace of bread for a plate & my fingers
for a knife & fork & was charged high for
it at that. I herd some of the passengers boast
of the superior accomodations in England to
those of Americe I confess I could not
eat without smileing thinking if this is the
superior Englaish accomodations I do not
know what those of the next Nation will
be. I would not wish the reader to under
stand this to be a proper sample of English
customs, but ownly as we were strangers
we had the misfortune to be directed to
a place of the above description We paid
our Bill & retired. We walked to the shiping &

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through a number of the streets & called at
M. Seymour Rotunda Place No. 7 Waterloo road
to spend the day & night. After Dining I atten
ded meeting at St Pauls Church & also
St Thomas'es Church both of the Church
of England
. It was singular to hear these
rectors & curits [curates] preach against the form
of Godliness without the power of it, while
at the same [time] their is no people perhaps
more formal than themselves. I also
attended meeting at Pitt Stree Methodist Chapel
the speaker appeared quite easy & simple
in his manners all of the above named chapels
were quite splended with the stand near
the centre of the house which is the English
costom they bury their dead in the yard
all around their church & lay the grave
stones flat upon the ground & it forms
a pavement to walk upon. I find the people
both rich & poor, male & female to be m-
uch more plain in their dress than those
of America. I returned to M Seymour
& spent the night

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~ Monday


Jan 13th I took Breakfast & went on board of the Oxford
& found the passengers taking their trunks & goods
on shore to go to the costom house to be exa
mined & I found it to be a scene of the
greatest confusion I ever past through
but after much jaming crouding
& mucking about we were permited
to depart with our things after paying
16 pense per lbs for all the Books we had
as duty upon them. The trunkman then
took our trunks & Boxes to Mr
George Cannon Norfork Street No 43
he was a Brother in Law of Elder Taylors
we deposited our provision chest & a
box containing our bed & beding wi-
th him. We took our trunks
& went to the rail road depo & their
took a car for Preston Lancashire
England & for the first mile the cars run
under ground on a track that was cut
out of a solid rock while their was building
& inhabitants over our heads [FIGURES] {victory to the crown}
We started from Liverpool about 6 oclock &

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arived in Preston about 8 oclock & called at
Brother Greenwoods they immediately sent
for Elder Richards & in a few moments
I had Elder Willard Richards by the hand &
I truly rejoiced to once more behold
his face. We immediately went to
his house & after spending most of the
night in conversation we retired to
rest Distance of the day 35 miles


~ Tuesday


14th I spent the day in Preston writing
& visiting the Saints. I dined at Brother
John Parkinson & Elder Francis Mood. I
took supper with Brother Robert Smith
& spent the night with Elder Richards
in Meadow Street newhouse oposite No 3.
I found the Saints in Preston poor but
having warm hearts. Preston has a
population of about 60,000 the streets
were crouded with the poor both ma
le & female going to & from the fac-
tories with their wodden or clogg shoes
on which makes a great ratling over
the pavement the poor are in as great

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Bondage as the children of Israel in Egypt
I find that Elder Richards has had a hard
school to pass through since he has been in
England. I see that we have a great work
to perform & we have need of much faith
& humility before God


~ Wednesday


15th I dined at Brother Worselys & suped at
Sister Dawsons & spent the night at Elder
Richards. We spent a plesant evening
together at Sister Dawsons their was 6
Elders of us together viz. Richards Taylor,
Woodruff, Turley, Clark & David Wilding
& a number of warm harted Sisters.
NB Elder Samuel James wished me to write to him &
Direct to Allen Town, Monmouth County New Jersey


~ Thursday


16th I dined at Sister Green & & had
drinking at Sister Nightengales. I
had an interview with Elder John Moon
& priest Hugh Moon they belonged to
the family that Elder Kimble baptized
ten of the members of it I spent a
plesant evening at Elder Richards
in company with Elders Taylors,

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Richards, Fielding, Turley, Clark, &
myself. We truly rejoiced to have an
interview with President Fielding


~ Friday


17th COUNCIL Jan 17th 1840
At a meeting of Council held at
Elder Richards house in Preston
Lancashire, England


Elder Joseph Fielding being called
to the chair & Elder Theodore ^Turley^ appointed
Clerk. The president then called upon
Elder W. Woodruff to open the meeting by
prayer. The president then opened the
meeting for business, and stated that
the presant business he considerd was
the considerd business of a few days, untill
the travling council fully came into
this land.


Moved & seconded that Elder's John
Taylor
& Joseph Fielding, go to Liverpool
& that Hiram Clark go to Manchester, &
Elder's W Woodruff & Theadore Turley go
to the Potterings & there inquire the mind
of the Lord upon the importance of going

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to Birmingham, & that Elder W
Richards
have the privilege of going
whare the Spirit direct him (Carried)


Mooved & seconed that Elder Wm
Clayton
as one of the presidents rem
ain in Manchester to preside over the
affairs of the Church in that place &
vicinity for the time being (Carried)


It was moved & seconded that every
Elder communicate to the Church
presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints at Preston the state
& condition of affairs in the region
in which they are labouring once every
month for the time being (Carried)


Mooved & carried that Elder Richards
write a Letter to Brothers' Wright & Mullener
in Scotland giving them such instruction
as he may Deem Necessary upon
the importance of their Mission and
such Things as are necessary to caution
them against (Carried)


After various principles being discused

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& explained by those of the Twelve
present. The council then Adjourned


Joseph Fielding Presiden[t]
Theodore Turley


I spent the night at Brother W. Richards
Write to Elder Joseph Fielding direct to
Liverpool toat Samuel Sidebottom No 1
Scarlet Street Near St Ann Street


~ Saturday


18th We met at Elder W Richards in the
morning for a season of prayer &
fasting & for a blessing before we parted. We
had a vary interesting time. We gave
each other our parting blessing We have
had many calls every day to lay hands on
the sick & pray with them & they in most
cases had relief. I took the parting hand
with Elder's Taylor & Fielding who were
bound for Liverpoo, Lancashire & with
Elder Richards who is expecting to tary
for a season in Preston & Elders Clark &
Turley & myself took the rail cars &
rode to Leyland to Wigan from thence to

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Manchester Lancashire whare I had the happy
privilege of taking Elder William Clayton
by the hand, & many other Saints Elder
Clayton is one of the presidents council
in England & a wise & worthy brother
Manchester is the metropolu^i^s of the manifa
cturing Districts in England it is a beau
tiful borough containing a Population
of 28320,000 inhabitants considerable
larger on the ground than the city of N. Y.
in the U. S. A. The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints in this town now
numbers 2165 ^164^ souls I had not been
with Elder Clayton but a few minutes
before I was called upon to visit 3 sick
persons & administer to them according
to the order of the gospel ie by prayer &,
the laying on of hands one case was
vary distressing. We found the Sister poss
essed of the Devel & a burning fever on
the brain she was rageing & trying to
tare herself although in the hands of
three or four men We lade hands

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upon her & commanded the devil to
Depart, & the fever to stand rebuked in the
name of Jesus Christ & it was done
though not without a great struggle &
we left her came in her mind & prin
ciply delivered of her pain. We took
supper at Brother Thomas Millers their
was 8 saints in the family & they looked
good. I spent the night with Elder
Clayton at Sister Elizabeth Hardman
I administered unto 6 sick persons
& travled from preston to Manchester
Distance of the day 36 miles


~ Sunday


189th Sunday Elder Wm Claytons address
is No 4 Chapel Court Jersey Street Great Anceates
Street Manchester. I met with the
Saints in the morning for meeting
in Lumbard Street Lower Mosly
Street. Elder Turley preached in the
fore part of the day, at noon it
was with difficulty that we could
get out of the house for the press
of the Saints wishing to shake hands with

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us We Dined with Brother James
Bewsher
a coachman. We met
in the afternoon & after some obse
rvations from Elder William Clayton
I brake bread unto the Saints
& preached unto them. I also met
a large congregation at the same
place in the Evening & preached the
gospel unto them I had the spirit
of God
& they gave good attention
one Sister said she saw by vision
or revelation Jesus pleading with
the Father to spare England one year
more that the reapers might gather
the grain for the harvest was fully
ripe. 2 offered themselves for baptism
we confirmed one & lade hands
upon 20 persons that were sick or
afflicted & they were most unive
rsally healed. the Saints in England
have great confidence in God &
his servents & their is so many
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we need as much faith as ^St^ Paul
had that at the touch of our gar
ments or handkerchiefs that they mi
ght be healed [Acts 19:12]. We spent the night at
Sister Hardman


~ Monday


1920th The Destress of nations is at the door
in fulfillment of the word of God, while confu
sion is through America great trouble is
manifest throughout England, & begining in all
nations. There is trouble this morning in this
town of Manchester about 3000 souls is flung out
of employ at the factories because of the press-
ure of times & the lowering of the wages & they
are standing in every corner of the streets in
groops counciling what to do, & their are at
the present time (I have been informed) thousands of
souls are almost in a state of uter starvation.
I was called upon with my Brethren to visit a
child possessed of the Devil that endeavored to destroy
the child, it was the child of the woman that was the
possessed with the Devil upon whom we lade
hands
Saturday evening. We lade hands upon
the child that was reathing under the power of the

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Deavil & commanded the Devil to Depart
in the name of Jesus Christ & it was instant
ly done, & the child fell asleep [FIGURE] Among the signs that
are appearing in the heavens & earth in fulfillment of the word
of God
& that the Saints are noticing, & prophesying off
the following one is worthy of Notice


KANTURK Dec 26 1839. Second and most extraor
dinary Removal of a Bog Near Kanturk. The account
given under the above head, states that 300 acres of
Colonel Longford's bog land rose up from its mighty bed
& travled with the rapidity of a steam engine for the
distance of 4 miles carrying destruction in its progress
rising in angry surges like the ungovernable sea leaving
10 feet of earth upon the earth or land in many places
as it passed over. 1,200 acres was coverd 10 feet
& 12 acres 30 feet [FIGURE]


I lade hands upon 8 sick persons & prayed
with them & spent the night at Brother
James Rigby in Cookson Street No 2


~ Tuesday


21st Dined with Br John Walker Cookson st
No. 10. We lade hands & anointed Priest
Benjamin Davis for the healing of his lame leg
we lade hands upon 4 others. Davis No 4.

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We took the parting hand with Elder Wm
Clayton
^{after blessing him}^ & the Saints in Manchester & took
the coach & road through Mackelsfield, Stockport,
Congleton, Tunstell, & to Burslem in Staffordshire
we spent the night in Burslem with Elder
Alfred Cordon at club buildings Navigation road.
According to the costum of the country
we rode upon the outside of the coach
& we had an exceding strong wind &
rain & Elder Turley took cold & a
sore throat. Distance from Manchester
to Burslem 40 miles


I found the Saints in Burslem number-
ing 66 & in good health & spirits ^Their is one Elder one Priest three Teachers one Deacon^ they
began to have some persecution We
found Elder Cordon vary faithful and
Also priest Henry Glover & Teachers & Deacon


~ Wednesday


22nd Elder Turley is quite ill with
sore throat & cold.


I am now in the midst of the Potteries
which are so noted in England The potteries
include the following Market towns Tunstell
Burslem, Hanley, Stoke, Lane end, & several other villages

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The whole population of the Potteries in 1838
was 65000. These potteries are for the ma-
nifactering of English china, crockery,
& stone ware of every description


We visited Hanley & sup'd at Brother
William Benbow's at Hanley Market place,
Staffordshire Potteries. Keeper of provision
store. Brother Benbow was not at home
but we were much pleased with
his Lady Sister Ann Benbow, she was
strong in faith & manifested much
interest at our arivel to England from
America. We preached at Brother Woods
in New Castle & spent the night at
Elder Cordons in Burslem distance 5 mil


~ Thursday


23rd [FIGURE] I wrote a Letter to Elder Wm
Clayton
at Manchester. We Dined at
Brother George Simpsons. We held a
prayer meetings at Elder Cordons & had an
interesting time


~ Friday


24th I preached at night at the house of Br
Wm Hume in Canning Street, in Stoke Elder Turley
followed me 2 came forward for Baptizm &c


~ Saturday


25 Saturday I spent in Burslem meeting at Cordons

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we repaired to the water & the ordinance was admin
istered by Elder Cordon in the presince of many hun-
dreds We returned to Burslem & spent the night 8 m[iles]


~ Sunday


26th I preached in Burslem at the preaching
house in high street, had the spirit of preaching. I
dined with Brother Henry Glover. I addressed
the Saints & broke bread unto them. I took
supper with Brother Daniel Bower. I preached
at night to a crouded congregation, in
Burslem the power of God rested upon me
I had the attention of the people, 3 was Baptized
& I oconfirmed 10, & lade hands upon
three that was sick Elder Turley also preached
at Hanley. I returned to Elder Cordons to
spend the night. [text stricken out]
a worthy Sister wished to wash my feet
I gave her an oppertunity & she did so I had
the spirit of prophecy concerning her & deliver
ed it unto her {She should stand and soon would be the wife of an elder,
have sons and daughters Her sons should be the priests of God and live in the millenium. She is of the blood
of Ephraim and will remain until the coming of Christ and many additional things the spirit made manifest concerning her}
I spent the night with Elder Cordon


~ Monday


29th I attended meeting at Lane end Elder Cordon
preached that the kingdom of God would come Elder

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Turley spoke of the knowledge of God coveri
ng the earth as the waters cover the great deep &c
I blessed 5 children & lade hands upon 5
that were sick Spent the night in Burslem
took supper with Brother Isaac Whittaker.
distance of the day 14 miles


~ Tuesday


28th I applyed for a license but the justice
had not power to grant me one [FIGURE] that
he knew of. I preached in Birmingham ^Birslem^ at
night to a crouded congregation &
Methedist preacher by the name of John
Jones
arose when I closed & read a pam-
phelet containing an extract of morm
onism unveiled
& Warren Parrish
letters signed Luke Johnston & John F.
Boyanton
I answered him when he got
through & he rejected our testimony as he
had done a number before I had a
interview with priest Samuel Heath he
spent the night with me at Elder Cordons


~ Wednesday


29th I took the parting hand with Elder
Turley who started for Birmingham may
the Lord Bless him I pray I preached at
Brother Woods in New Castle & spent the

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night at his house. Distance of the day 3 miles
^I blessed 3 children^


~ Thursday


2930th I visited each appartment of the silk
factory in New Castle & saw them manur-
factor silks from the raw article to the weavers
loom. I walked to Mr [blank] Rowleys


accompanied by Brother James Martin from
thence I walked to Burslem. The sun shone
beautiful & plesant & the fields all looked green
as summer. I preached in Hanly & one
man that the truth had hert his feelings
came to me full of all subtlety & mischief
& tried to ketch me in my words by asking
many questions &c, but he went away bynot
accomplishing his designs. I spent the night
with Brother Benbow distance 3 miles
[FIGURES] I wrote two long letters one to Phebe
& the other to My Father in Connecticut


~ Friday


31st I walked to Burslem & mailed the above
letters I walked to Stoke & Preached at Br Wm
Hulme
at Stoke canning street to a large con
gregation who gave good attention their was
several preachers present but they went away
silent I spent the night with Br Benbow 6 miles

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~ Saturday


^Feb^ Jan 31st I walked to Burslem & spent the
Day & to Hanly & to spent the night 4 mil


~ Sunday


Feb 12nd Sunday I preached in Hanly was opposed
by a Methodist prist but he went of[f] confounded
I met with the Saints in Burslem & adminis
tered the sacrament unto them & blessed
6 children. I preached in the evening in Hanly
to a large congregation who gave good
attention, the power of God rested upon me
& I bore testimony unto them. the fals spirits
were bound. It was the last meeting we were to
hold in that place. After meeting we baptized one
{Henry [Glover]} I spent the night at Elder Cordadons 2 m[iles]


~ Monday


3rd I walked to Hanly, to Stoke, & dined
With Brother Hulme, Canning Street 5th door
then walked to lame end near Vauxall & preached
at Brother Thomas Amison, & walked back to Hanly
& spent the night with Brother Benbow mark
et place Distance of the day 13 miles


I had a view of John Brown's Journal, & it was a
singular thing. 2nd dream, wake, rise, dress, work, pray
eat, walk cloudy, rain, wind, dogs, birds, Drayman,
potteries, Ladies, coal, Smart Ducks, pigs, caps
white pantloons, funeral, Ladies carring corps[e]

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gentlemen walking before, groceries. Twelve colliers
fall 7656 feet into way pit killed dead, Dogs, Bacon,
Bread, police men, preach, O. Hide Timely warnings
cat, walk, gas lights, Thorn Headge, Scotch soldiers
ostrich feathers, bear legs, war with china, cat,
pray, undress, by dawn, sleep, Dream, 265,
Market place, Hanly.


~ Tuesday


Feb 34th Wake, dress, pray, eate, talk, walk to
Burslem rain & wind. [FIGURE] I wrote two letters
one to Elder W Richards & the other to Elder's
J. Taylor & J Fielding. I recieved a letter
from Elder Wm Clayton. I preached at
night at Dea[con] Bradburies & had the spirit of God
a great opposer was convinced of the Truth &
said he would soon be baptized I spent the night
at Elder Cordons 2 miles


~ Wednesday


5th Walked to Hanly & on to New castle read two
papers, found much talk about the Queen Victoria
wedding It had taken more than 200 persons 9 months to
make her Bridal Dress, & all the weavers 6 weeks
to make her veil. I preached at night at Brother
Woods No. 14 Drayton street & walked to Burslem &
spent the night {Distance of the day} 8 miles

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~ 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


~ 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^ 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.

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cost of one set of china for Dining & tea for about
20 or 30 persons £1100 or $5,500. this at Copelands
& Garrets factory whare as good china is made as
any in the world it is much superior to that made
in China. Brother John Rowley made me a presant
of a china Box as a token of Friendship with the follow[ing]
inscription upon it in gold


Willford & Pheabe Woodruff
A Present from
Stoke upon Trent England
1840


Also with three small Bottles with Phebe
Sarah Emma, & Eunice, name on them


Also three china Pitchers containing the
following names


Willford Woodruff
Phebe W. Woodruff
Sarah Emma Woodruff

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I took supper with Br Grocott & preached in the
evening at Brother Humes 5th Door Canning St S.
spent the night at Brother John Rowleys Distanc 3 m


~ Saturday


8th I spent the Day with Brother Hume, I wash
ed my feet & bore testimony unto Jesus Christ
against ^Priest^ William Shaw & ^Priest^ William Pool for rejecting
my testimony. I held a prayer meeting with the
Saints had a good time I [FIGURES] received two letters
one from Elder Richards & the other from Elder
Wm Clayton [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder
W. Richards, & spent the night at Brother Rowley.


~ Sunday


9th Sunday I was unwell preached at Brother
Hulme & walked to Lane End & preached at
Brother Thomas Ameson's near Vauxall, & Rose
& Crown. I also preached in the evening. I spent
the night with Br Isaac Whittaker furnace road
Longton (or Lane end) south side of the church. I Blessed
3 children & confirmed one person {Distance} 3 m.


~ Monday


Feb 10th [FIGURE] Queen Victoria is married to day. Prince
Albert
is her Bridegroom. The Queen' salary that is settelded
upon her annually is £385,000 or $1,925,000. that of
Prince Albert ^{shorthand}^ is £50,000 or $250,000 making in all
yearly to the Queen & Prince £435000 or $2,175000
The above is the same that the late King & Queen had befor them

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As this is a day that many are celebrating the mariage
of the Queen, I thought it no more than just & right that
I should honor the King of heaven by advocating his
cause & preaching the gospel of his Son Jesus Christ so
I walked out into the Market place acompanied
by Elder Alfred Corden, & Deacon Wm Bradbury, &
Brother George Simpsons, & we began to sing prases
unto God & call upon his name & a congreg
ation flocked around us, & we preached the gospel unto
them & I bore testimony unto them of the great
work that God had set his hand to accomplish. we
testified of the second comeing of Christ & warned
the people to repent & be Baptized for the remision
of their sins, & when we had finished our testimony
we dismissed the people & walked of[f] with many
following us. We also preached in the evening at
Brother Thomas Amisons & Baptized one & walked
to Burslem & spent the night ^{[illegible shorthand]}^. I received a
letter from Elder John Taylor they had Baptized 10
in Liverpool. Distance of the day 8 miles


~ Tuesday


11th I spent the day in Burslem [FIGURE] I wrote
two Letters one to Elder Turley & the other
to Elder Wm Clayton I preached at night
in Burslem at Dea[con] Bradburrey's

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& after preaching one came to be Baptized
a female we called upon her sister weas
we passed along & she said she would obey
the gospel also. We then called upon another
woman who was believing, but she
made objections to being Baptized then
because she had a dead child in the house
I told her to lett let the dead bury the
Dead [Luke 9:60] but rise & follow Christ & she did
& we walked two miles & I baptized
the three 3 females their husbands were
in the church & were present at the time
I baptized these females. We repared at
a house & I confirmed them & I had
the spirit of God & a good time I spent
the night at Elder Cordons {Distance of the day} 5 m


~ Wednesday


12th I preached at New castle. I wrote
[FIGURE] a letter to Elder P P. Pratt {Distance of the day} 6 m


~ Thursday


13 [FIGURE] I wrote two Letters one to Elder Sm
James
, New Jersey & one to Elder John Taylor
& walked to Hanly & preached to a large
congregation, two visiting brethren were present
viz Priest John Wych & Priest Samuel Heath

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I returned to Burslem & spent the night 3 miles


~ Friday


14th I had an interview with Brother' Heath & Wych
I walked to Stoke & preached to Brother Humes &
returned to Hanly & spent the night at Brother Benbows 5 m[iles]


~ Saturday


15 Walked to Burslem & spent the day in writing


~ Sunday


16th Sunday I preached in Hanly, in the mo-
rning, brake bread to the Saints in the afternoon
& preached to a large congregation in
the evening the people gave good attention
I confirmed one, Blessed 3 children,
& healed one that was sick, spent the night
at Brother Benbows gave him a history of
the rise of the church


~ Monday


17th Walked to Stoke from thence to Stone
in company with Brother William Hume &
William Momford. We called upon Joseph Harding
shoe maker, & then upon Widow Welch in Mill Lane, from
thence to Widow Gilberts Church Street. Our object
was to get a Door open to preach the gospel & Widow
Gilbert told us we might preach in her house as
much as we pleased, so we gave out an appointment
at 7 oclok & I preached the gospel to a small con-
gregation & distributed 9 Timely warnings
which is the first preaching of the L.D.S in the

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town. Their was a London Merchant
present that had been rich & honorable but
through the hard times was reduced to beggarly
& had but 12 1/2 penny to carry him 100 miles
great Distress is beginning to come upon
the Land We spent the night at the house of
Widow Gilberts Distance of the day 10 m
Lord Melbourn, & Marquiss of Landsdown, is about
to resign their seat in Parliment because they
cannot make out the money they wish, &
Lord John Russel will take their place & try to
make out the money


~ Tuesday


Feb 18th We left Stone & walked to Stoke
but on the road we spent several hours in
visiting the Noted Park of [FIGURE] George Granvill
the present DUKE [FIGURE] of Southerland Trentam
Staffordshire. This park is about 5 miles in length &
5 in bredth, the first thing of note that strike the atten
tion while coming on the rode from Stone to Stoke is
several hundred acres of ground planted over with
young sprouts in order to make timber, which ground is
hilly. next appears Spring Vale, the lower fountain is a
forced vein which spirts or throws a stream of water about
12 feet above the surface of the water, their is a fish polol
above the first fountain, but rather small, their is a
splendid stone house, on the hill above for the purpose of
keeping persons that are Insane. there are a number
of small monuments around this vale. The next is the
manner house built of stone but mostly in ruins, it is
more than five hundred years old, & one family have
lived in it more than 300 years ie desending from father

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to son. We next visited the splended Monument erected
in memory of George Granvill the late Duke father of the
present Duke of Southerland. It stands erect upon a hill
built of hewn stone, the foundation is square 160 ^feet^ round
it, each laying of stone is drawn into a narrow compase
about 3 feet each laying untill about 12 feet high then the
monument is round for about 60 feet, then the Image
of the Duke stands on the top being about 10 feet in hight
with a roll of paper in his left hand (he was a memder
of parliment) facing his splended mansion house in the vale
north of the monument. the whole monument about 80
feet in hight [FIGURE] A person at this monument has a fine view
of the mansion house which is an expensive & splended build-
ing it covers about 4 acres, built of hewn stone, having
much carved work of Lions & other Images, their were
365 windows in it before the repairs or additions which the
present Duke is making which it is supposed will take 7
years to accomplish. Their are some hundreds of acres of
wood land & firm paches all of which are enclosed with
a fence of 4 & 5 feet high the whole of the fence composed
of solid Iron their are miles of Iron railing in this park
The Duke Has vast quantities of game, fish & fowl in his
Park, such as Deer, Hares, Rabits, Pheasants, Ducks, Geese
Swan, Trout & many other kinds of fish. The Deer are
as tame as sheep we saw about 300 in one drove. there
are game keepers to see that no person trespasses upon
the park, the river Trent runs through the park the
Duke has converted the whole of it for a distance into
a fish pool. I visited the burying ground which was
coverd with many kinds of evergreen, the publick road
running through the park is betwen two stone walls
about 10 feet thick, 4 to 6 high coverd with turf & green grass
This DUKE of Southerland has two other Parks of
as much value as the one above named, as to his wealth
he nor no man knoweth. But as JESUS said concer
ning the stones of the Temple, [Matthew 24:2] [Luke 21:5-6] it will in like manner be with
the monuments & pride of this generation, they will spedily
be lade low in the Dust together.


I walked from Stoke to Hanly then to Burslem atten
ded meeting at Deacon Bradburies Elder Cordon
preached I spent the night at Elder Cordons. Elder
Cordon Baptized one at Lane End Monday night 17th
[FIGURE] I recieved a Letter of Wm Clayton

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~ Wednesday


Feb 19th I spent the day at Alford Cordons & in
the evening I walked to New Castle & preached there
was two Methodist Preachers present & they
were filled with anger because of the truth
of God one by name of Robert Brown
rejected my testimony & said I should go to the
Bottomless pit & all that followed me. It was
manifest what spirit was in the man. After
meeting I Baptized one & walked to Hanly &
to Burslem & spent the night at Elder Cordons
I dreamed that I saw men & children killed to be
eat because of the soreness of a famine 7 mi


~ Thursday


20. I washed my feet & bore testimony against
Robert Brown for rejecting my testimony &
being angry because of the truth of God. I walked to
Hanly & preached to an attentive congregation I
spent the night with Brother Benbow 2 m[iles]


~ Friday


21st I walked to Burslem & spent the day in
writing & walked to Stoke & preached to Brother
Humes. A man cut his throat in Burslem
& died he had been a Methodist class leader
20 years. I spent the night at Brother Rowley ^6 mi^


~ Saturday


22nd I spent the day in Stoke. In the evening
I saw J Potts new Store Illuminated

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~ Sunday


23rd Sunday I preached in Stoke in the morn
ing & confirmed one I communed with the
Saints at Brother [blank] Whittaker, in Lane end I
also preached in the evening Distance of the day 3 m


~ Monday


234th I walked to Stone with Brother Samuel
Hancock
& several other Brethren & preached at
Widow Gilberts & thence returned to Hanly &
spent the night at Brother Benbows distance 20 [miles].


~ Tuesday


25th [FIGURE] I wrote two letters one to Elder
Turley & the other to Elder Clayton & walked
to Burslem & preached at Dea[con] Bradbury's
& spent the night at Elder Cordons 2 miles


~ Wednesday


26th [FIGURE] I received a Letter from Elder Turley
& wrote a letter to him in answer to it
& walked to New Castle & preached at Brother
Woods & returned & spent the night in Burslem
a Scottish soldier & his lady attending meeting
recieved the word with gladness & were
believeing distance 5 mile


~ Thursday


27th [FIGURE] I wrote a long letter to Elders E. Robinson
& D. C Smith in Commerce Ill U. S. A. & also a
letter to Elder Taylor at Liverpool I walked
to Hanly & preached I spent the night at Br Benbows
^I ordained Br William Vernon to a office of a priest^


~ Friday


28th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder M. Holmes

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Elder Turley returned from Birmingham
& met me in Hanly he brought me a letter
^[FIGURE]^ from Dwight Webster. Brother Turley had one
from his wife but among all the letters
I do not hear a word from Phede or Sarah
I walked to Stone & Elder Turley preached
^Alfred Baptized one^ we returned to Brother Benbows & spent the night 4 mi


~ Saturday


29th And last day of winter I spent the day in
Hanly [FIGURE] I wrote two Letters one to Father
Carter & the other to John Taylor all
of which I sent to Elder Taylor


~ Sunday


March 1st 1840 this is my birth day I am
33 years of age to day. I preached in Hanly &
broke bread. I preached in the evening to a
large congregation & the spirit & power of
God rested upon me. 4 offered themselves for
Baptism two soldiers received my testimony
& I think will be baptized. I visited Wid[ow] Lucy
Martin
No 6 Brunswick St I spent the night in Hanly


~ Monday


2nd Walked to Burslem & returned to Hanly to
Stoke, & to Stone & preached & spent the
night in Stone ^The Lord warned me to go to the South^ distance of the day 16 m


~ Tuesday


3rd I walked to Stafford & called at the kings
Inn. I had an interview with Mr

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Colebourn the rector of the Church
of England
. I then called upon the clerk
of the peace about a licens but he could
not give me information upon the subj
ect. I then had an interview with Mr
Alexander Stewart a preacher but he rejected
my testimony, brought a railing accusation
against me & turned me from his door.
I took the Omnibus in company with br
Wm Benbow & rode to Wolverhampton
& spent the night distance 26 miles


~ Wednesday


4th We took coach rode through Dudly 6 m[iles]
Stourbridge 5, Kiddeminister 7m Stourport 4, Worces-
ter
12, then walked to Mr John Benbows, Hill
farm
. Froomed Castle Froome, Ledbury, Herefordshire
Mr Benbow was a large farmer culti-
vated about 300 acres of land. I spoke the
word of God unto him & his house & he rec
eived my testimony & we had a good time
I spent the night at his house {Distance} 48 m


~ Thursday


5th I spent the day at Mr Benbows &
preached at his house & had the testimony
that there was many present that would
be Saints

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~ Friday


^March 6^ I preached at John Benbows Hill farm in the
evening & a number received the word & I
Baptzed 6 Mr John Benbow & wife the heads
of the family of the Hill farm were among
the number. 4 out of the 6 were preachers of
the United Brethren of the Methodist order. I
here found it necessary to become all things
to all men in many respects, one {man
came to me in the water naked almost to be baptized} spent the night
with Brother Benbow


~ Saturday


7th I spent the day in preparing a pool
to Baptized in. I washed my feet & bore
testimony against Alexander Stewart
before God for rejecting my testimony


~ Sunday


8th Sunday I preached at Frooms Hill in
the morning, at Standly Hill in afternoon
& at the Hill farm in the evening I had a large
congregation, the Lord of Hosts was with me
I Baptized 7 persons 4 were Methodist preachers
of the United Brethren. I confirmed 13 &
broke bread unto the Saints. I praise God
for his goodness in opening my way. Satan
Desires to sift some as wheat 2 miles

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~ Monday


^9th^ I preached at Standly Hill & Baptized 7 persons 2 of
which were preachers


~ Tuesday


10th I preached at Brother Benbows or Hill farm
& Baptized 12 persons 3 of which were preachers


~ Wednesday


11th [FIGURE] I wrote 4 Letters one to W. Richards,
one to J Taylor, one to W. Clayton, one to Cordon
Brother Wm Benbow parted with Brother John
Benbow
& started for home in Hanly. {He left with
a bowed head. It was a dark day to us both. The waves
of sorrow rolled on our souls. The devil was as a roaring lion
seeking to devour us but God will deliver us. I went to my
meeting very sorrowfully.} I preached in the evening at the House of
Thomas Jinkins at Moorends Cross. I spent the night
at Mr Jinkins distance of the day 5 miles


~ Thursday


12th I preached at night at Mr James Hadley at
Ridgway Cross I suped at Mr Francis Holmes &
I had a large congregation & the power of God
rested upon me I bore testimony unto the
people & walked to Brother John Benbows & spent
the night distance of the day 6 miles


~ Friday


13th I visited the sick & walked to Stokes Lane &
preached & Baptized 3 persons & spent the night
at Brother Benbow 12 mile


Francis Birch, Richard Hall, ^&^ Ann Birch were
the 3 above named persons Baptized

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~ Saturday


^14th^ I spent the day at John Parry & the night at
Brother Benbows {Some of the Saints are still tried.}


~ Sunday


15th Sunday I preached at Frooms Hill. I
met with the Saints in the afternoon &
confirmed 22 persons & ordained John Cheese
to the office of a priest. I preached in the
evening to a congregation of about 800 but
some of the baser sort made much Distur
bance there was a number of persons that
wished to be Baptized but returned home witho
ut it in consequence of the people this was
a labourious day to me 2 miles


~ Monday


16th I walked to Mainston & called upon
Squr Johnston a Magestrate & obtained a licens
for preaching in any part of the English
Government. On my return I visited
a number of persons & found them
believing I preached at Frooms Hill &
Baptized 3 persons one of which was a preacher
I spent the night at Brother Benbows 12 m[iles]


~ Tuesday


17th I had an agreeable interview with
Mr Thomas Kington the superintendant of
the United Brethren. I lade the whole work

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of the fulness of the Gospel before him & he seemed
to receieved the testimony. I walked to Green
Yeal, & preached at the house of Philpotts to a large
congregation I was exceding hoarse at the
lungs I spent the night at the Hill farm 10 m[iles]


~ Wednesday


18th I walked in company with a pilot to Wofer-
wood Common
& preached at the house of George
Allen
& returned & spent the night at the Hill
farm
Distance of the day 14 miles


~ Thursday


19th I visited Sister Ann Bourn who was
sick & prayed with her I then walked to John
Fidoes
at Bishop frume from thence to Hoptons Corner
& preached at the house of Richard Davis I spent
the night at Mr James Gurney 9 miles


I dreamed at night that Brother Thompson was
dead & left a wife & two children I caught
a large fish & dressed it


~ Friday


20th March {Oh Lord comfort Phebe thy handmaid this day in her distress}
I Baptized 3 persons one a preachers, & preached
at Bridgen at Smith & some of the baser sort
armed themselves with rotten eggs & flung them at
me. one hit me in the head but did not break
untill it struck the ground. I walked to the Hill
farm
& spent the night distance of the day 9 miles

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~ Saturday


March 21st {Oh Lord bless Phebe this day in need in every time of need I pray}
I walked to Ledbury & found [FIGURE] a letter from W.
Richards
. I returned to Brother Benbows & baptized
4 persons 2 were preachers one of which was
Thomas Kington the superintendant of the preachers
of the United Brethren glory Hallaluyah the work of God
rolls on Distance of the day 12 miles


~ Sunday


22nd Sunday I preached at Frums Hill. In the after
[upside-down text]
^Willford Woodruff Jr was born 5 oclock Sunday March 22 1840^
[end of upside-down text]
noon I preached at the Hill farm to a large congre
gation. I also met the Saints in the evening &
confirmed 6 persons, & according to the revelation
of the Holy Ghost & the voice of the Church I
Ordained Thomas Kington to the office of an Elder
& William Jinkins to the office of a priest. I also
broke bread unto the Saints the power of God &
the revelation of Jesus Christ rested upon me
& I had a good time I spent the night at the
Hill farm 2 miles


~ Monday


23rd [FIGURES] I recieved my trunk that was sent
me from Hanley. In it I recieved three letters
one from John Tailor, one from Willard Richards
one from Alfred Cordon. Elder Taylor informed
me of his Baptizing 17 persons in Liverpool. Elder
Richards wished me to enquire of the Lord his

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will concerning Brother & Sister Richards for they ware
in deep affliction. Elder Cordon informed me that
Elder Theadore Turley was taken with a warrent & cast
into Gaoal [gaol] by the instrumentality of John Jones. A man
took him from Birmingham because of a certain debt which
was contracted 15 years ago before he left England which
he supposed was wholly settled but it is the work of the
devil to put him in prision to stop his preaching, but
God will yet turn this work for good & if it is stoped
in one place it will burst out in another place
may God open the prision Door & soon let Elder
Turley free.


I preached at Standly Hill &
Baptized 12 persons one of which was a preacher, the
Lord is Doing a great work here their will have to
be some triming Done by & by spent the night
at the Hill farm {Distance of the day} 4 miles


~ Tuesday


24th [FIGURE] A preacher called upon me & after I con
versed with him a while he requested Baptism at my
hands I changed my clotheing & as I got ready
to go [to] the pool, three other preachers rode up in a gig
or charriot to see me. the fame had gone out into
all the country of the spedy work that God was
performing they had not herd me preach or any
Latter Day Saint but had come more than

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20 miles to see me. they came down out of
the Gig & walked to whare I was, notwithstanding
they were Ministers yet I stood up & boldly declaired
unto them Jesus & testified unto them of the
great work of God in these last Days & the power
of God rested upon us, & they bowed down &
prayed & gave glory to God, & we all rose up
& the Gig stood still & we all went down
into the water at the same hour & I
Baptized them & lade my hands upon them
that they might receieve the Holy Hhost & they
went their way rejoiceing. I thent walked
to Moorends Cross & spent the night & preached
at Brother William Parsons & preached Baptized
5 persons more making 9 persons Baptized
^[FIGURE]^ During the day I wrote a letter to Alfred Cordon
I Also confirmed 8 persons {Distance of the day} 6 mil


~ Wednesday


25th [FIGURE] I wrote 2 Letters one to Elder Richards
& sent him a few words {of the Lord concerning him}
& one to Wm Clayton I walked to Woferwood
Common
& preached to Allens & returned to the
Hill farm & spent the night 12 mil.


[FIGURE] I also wrote a letter to Elder John Taylor
[FIGURE] I received a Letter from Elder Clayton

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~ Thursday


^26th^ I walked to Stokes Lane & preached at the
House of Joseph Evins & spent the night at
br William Davis, & had the following
Dream. I saw by night a river in which were
many fish. I cast an hook & caught some
of them, & while fishing I saw some large
ones near shore I put the hook to their mouth
they bit it & I caught them, & one vary notable
one exceding all other fish that I had caught &
as I was taking care of them, I saw a still
larger river. It appeared like Farmington
River
in the U. S. A. at the Mill which my
Father is tending, & on the other side of the river
was a Boat to which was tied many fish lines
on one hook was a fish so large that the captain
of the Boat Israel Dormon by name could not bring
him into the Boat, & he sailed the Boat across the
river whare I was, & the fish was taken out &
a Bellman was called for to divide the fish, & after
the Bell was rung each man took a part, &
while dividing the fish, one man said to another
man I saw Baptizing last night was not you
Baptized. I also saw a trunk representing to have

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Elder Turleys trunk & it ought to be taken
care of for he is cast into prison [FIGURE] what
this Dream means time will soon Determin
their is to be much Baptizing done soon
somewhare. Some of our Brethren will soon
come from the U. S. A. & be divided among the
people, & I shall soon Baptize many & some
noted persons. Distance of the Day 5 miles


~ Friday


27th I walked to the House of Mark Davis
& Baptized two persons one a preacher. I then
walked to Shuknell Hill a vary noted & sightly
place the plains looked Beautiful in the valleys
around it, & notwithstanding it is a country
place yet I could count 21 churches from
the top of the Hill. I preached in the evening
to a large congregation, & although it
was the first time that they had herd the
fullness of the gospel, yet if their had been
water convenient their would have been
20 Baptized, but as it was a great distance
to the water most concluded to omit it
untill another day. some however would
not take no for an answer, & they followed
me untill 2 oclock at night in search of

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water & we finally found a stream & Baptized
5 persons in a place whare we had to let them
down 8 feet perpendicular by the Bank before
we reached the water, & 3 of this number were
preachers, & one an aged woman who had followed
us the whole time leaning upon her staves.
I spent the night at the preaching place. I
Baptized 7 during the day 4 which were preachers
two females had a fit in the evening. I lade hands
upon them & they soon recovered {Distance of the day} 8 m


~ Saturday


28th I confirmed one & walked to the Hill
farm
& Baptized 2 persons one was a prim
itive Methodist preacher which I confirmed
I spent the night at the Hill farm, & Dreamd
of being with several others in a small Boat in
a storm on the river we had to paddle ashore with
our hands having no paddles, there was a
serpent cralled into the Boat & I flung him
out with my hands & reached the shore in
safety. Distance of the day 8 miles


~ Sunday


29th Sunday I have much to do to day. I
preached at Froomes Hill, at 1/2 10 oclock at
the Hill farm 2 1/2 oclock & Baptized 13 persons
2 of which were preachers I met with the

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Saints in the evening at 6 oclock at the
Hill farm & confirmed 35 persons & broke
bread unto about 80 Saints which closed the
business of the day. O how much strength &
wisdom I nead in the midst of so much
labour, but surely the Lord does give me
grace according to my Day for which I feel
vary thankful. I am informed this day that
the Ministers of the Church of England are holding
meetings & councils to petition Parliment to
stop my preaching & to cause our religion
to scease out of the land, but may the Lord
order all things aright I pray.


~ Monday


30th I Baptized 9 persons 5 of which were
preachers. I also confirmed 9 there. It was
rather a dark Day with Brother Benbow some
trouble with his Landlord & one of his men
was in trouble. I walked to Ledbury &
had not been in town an hour before
many flocked around to see me & gave
me the hand of fellowship, the Baptist
Minister opened his chapel for me to preach
in & he went into the pulpit with me
& opened the meeting by reading the 35th ch

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of Isaiah & praying mightily for me I
then arose & preached to the largest congrega
tion (it was said) that ever met in the chapel
the Minister was believing & bid me God speed
after Meeting many offered themselves for
Baptism I spent the night at Francis
Pullen
. [FIGURES] I received three Letters one from
Richards, one from Cordon, & one from
Mulliner. Distance of the day 6 miles


~ Tuesday


31st I walked to the green way & Baptized
13 persons 4 of which were preachers. I
then walked to Elder Thomas Kington,
& preached at his house in Dimnock ^(Dymock)^
[FIGURE] I wrote 4 Letters one to Richards, one to
Turley, one to Wm Benbow & one to
Clayton. I spent the night at Elder Kington
distance of the day 5 miles


~ Wednesday


April 1st I walked to Norton & preached
at Mr George Curtis. I walked to Leigh
& spent the night with Brother Wm Jinkins
distance of the day 15 miles


~ Thursday


2nd I Baptized 3 in Apperly & 6 in Leigh
2 were preachers I walked to Twigworth

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& preached at John Hill & returned to Leigh & spent
the night with Browett distance of the day 6 mil


~ Friday


April 3rd [FIGURE] I wrote two Letters one to Richards
& one to Mulliner & walked to Gadfields Elm
& preached in the Chapel to a large congregation
& spent the night at Mr Hills at Turkey Hall. 8 [miles]


~ Saturday


4th I Baptized 11 women at Gadfields Elm
& in the number was three generations
a Daughter, Mother, & Grandmother. one was
8 years of age I then walked to Leigh & spent
the night at Brother William Jenkins {Distance of the day} 7 m


~ Sunday


5th Sunday I met for a prayer meeting in
Leigh. after meeting we went to Brother
Daniel Browetts for the purpose of Baptizing
10 persons got ready. But Before we got
ready or closed praying & singing a desperate mob
gathered to gether about 100 in number & the
owner of the pool would not let us Baptize while
their was such a mob present fearing that
serious consequence would ensue I then went
in search of water in other places for about an
hour with the mob following me & calling
out you American whare are you going to wash
your sheep, but as I could not find water

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we had to omit it untill afternoon. The mob
commenced fighting among themselves & the people
sent for constables to clear the groun[d]. I
went to Norton & preached & then returned to
Leigh immediately & the man gave his con
sent for me to Baptize in his pool. we went
Immediately to the water & as I comenced to
Baptize the mob began to gather, but I
Baptized 9 persons 3 [of] which were preachers
while surrounded by the rabble, but I performed
the ordinance without any insult or injury exc
epting the tongue of slander & throwing a dog into
the pool whare I was Baptizing I also preached
in the evening at Ligh to a vast congregation
& the power of God rested upon us, & I bore
testimony unto them of the judgments of God
that would rest upon them if they did not repent
I spent the night at Brother Daniel Rowletts &
confirmed two persons 3 miles


~ Monday


6th I walked to Eldersfield & preached at Turkey
Hall
at Benjamin Hill's & Baptized 5 persons
one a preacher & one a Clerk of the Church
of England
. Elder Kington is with me

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I received three Letters [FIGURES] one from Taylor
in Liverpool he informed me of [how] the work is
with him. one from Richards one from Turley
spent the night with Mr Hill distance 7 m


~ Tuesday


7th I {prayed and wept before the heavens for Elder Turley and [illegible shorthand] Jones}
I walked to Apperly & preached to a large
congregation many were believing I then
walked to Leigh I then walked & spent the night
at Brother Browets. We spread the case of
Elder Turley before the Lord & plead before
God for his deliverance out of prision until
the Lord testified unto us that he would spedily
do it, & I say in the name of Jesus Christ it
shall be done, & his enemy shall fall & the
weapons formed against him shall be
broaken. Distance of the day 7 mi


~ Wednesday


8th I wrote a Letter to Elder Taylor Turley
in Stafford goal & sent him half a
sovreign 10/ {and the word of the Lord}


I Baptized 7, 4 of which were preachers I
preached at Leigh to a Large congregation

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~ Thursday


9th [FIGURES] I recieved two letters one from Elder
Richards, one from Elder Taylor informing me
of the arival of five of the Twelve one Seventy
& they had appointed a conference in preston
on Wednesday the 15th of April & wished me
to attend. I preached at Wm Simons at Haw
Cross
to a vast mass of human beings &
not a quarter of the people could not get
in to the house, & their was many of the baser
sort present, & the house was much disturbed
by the crouding of the people. the people did
not break up for several hours. many wished
to be Baptized but could not because of the
croud & mob, but some wih wishing to be baptized
notwithstanding the persecution I repared to
the pool about 12 oclock at night which was
surrounded by a desperate mob of the gentiles I
went down into the water & Baptized 5 persons
in the midst of a shower of stones flung at
me by the mob, & while they were pelting my
Body with stones One of which hit me in the
top of my head which nearly knocked me down
into the water with the man that I was Baptizing
but the Lord saved me from falling & I continued

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untill I had closed my Baptizing & my mind
was stayed on God. I then walked to Dimock
&, spent the night at Brother Kington distance 9 mil


~ Friday


10th I walked to green way & Baptized 3 persons
& then walked to Ledbury from thence to Frooms
Hill
visiting the Saints by the way side. I found Brother
John Benbow had sold his possessions & entirely
left the Hill farm & taken up his abode for
a season at Frooms Hill. I called upon him
& spent several hours he gave me £2 to bear
my expenses to & from the conference. I then
walked to Standly Hill & spent the night 14 m[iles]


~ Saturday


11th I arose at 1 oclock & rose in a horse cart
to Worcester 16 [miles]. I then took coach & rode to
Wolverhampton 35 I then took roail road to
Stafford 18. I started to go [to] the gail to visit
Brother Turley & I saw a large congregation
of people of about 10,000 gathered together at
the gail & on enquiring the cause I was
informed two men was to be hung. I
came as near as I could of the gail. I soon
saw the gallows erected & in a few moments
James Owen & George Thomas was taken on to
the scaffold & a rope put round their necks

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& in an instant they were droped into Eterni
ty for murder precicely at 1 oclok & the rope
cut & their bodies droped at 2 oclock. the gallows
removed at 3 oclok I then went into the gail
& had an interview with Elder Turley who
was unlawfully put into prision. I spent
an hour with him. I carried him some
provision, & read the Letters to him which I
had written to him. I left him in good health
& spirits & walked to Stone from thence to Stoke
upon trent
15 [miles] stoped & spent the night with Brother
Hulme. I was weary in body have been
travling 20 hours the whole distance 84 miles


~ Sunday


12th Sunday I preached to the Saints in Stoke,
in the afternoon in Hanley, & in the evening to
a large congregation. I spent the night in
Burslem with Elder Clark he had the fever
& ague I lade hands upon him & he was
better. I confirmed one 4 miles


~ Monday


13th I recieved & read the singular & striking
prophecies of Robert Dixon the celebrated Cheshire
prophet in the reign of Henry VII from Lady Cowpers
correct copy also an account of his life &
death published by John Fregorth 1829 [FIGURE]

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I took the coach in company with Elder
Clark & rode to Manchester 35 [miles] spent about an
hour with the Saints, then Elder Clayton
joined us & we took the cars & rode to preston
30 [miles] whare I had a hapy interview with some
of the Twelve I spent the night in preston 65 miles


The first Council of the Twelve among the Nations


At a council of the Twelve held in Preston Lancashire
Englang on the fourteenth of April eighteen hundred and
forty, Elders Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimble, Parley P.
Pratt
, Orson Pratt, Willford Woodruff, John Taylor &
George A. Smith being present—


Elder Brigham Young was called to the Chair &
Elder John Taylor chosen as Secretary. It being the
ninth day of the first month of the eleventh year of the
Church. The Council was opened by prayer by Elder
Brigham Young. Elder Willard Richards was
ordained to the office of an Apostle & recieved
into the Quorum of the Twelve by a unanimous
voice according to previous revelation. Elder
Brigham Young was unanimously choses
as the standing president of the Twelve
Resolved that he who acts as the Secretary of
the Quorum shall prepare the minutes of the
conferences of the quorum & deposite
them in the hands of the President for keeping.

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Moved by Elder Kimble & seconded by Elder Richards
that 20 of the Seventies be sent for & that
it be left discretionary with the president of
the Twelve to send for more if he think proper
Meeting closed by prayer by Elder Kimble


At a general conference of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints held in
the Temperance Hall Preston, Lancashire,
England; on the . Elder Kimble was called
to preside & Elder William Clayton chosen
as clerk. It being the tenth day of the first
month of the Eleventh year of the Church
the meeting was opened by singing & prayer by
Elder Kimble. Elder Kimble then called
upon the Elders to represent the different branches
of the Church When—
E[lde]r Joseph Fielding represented the church in Preston
consisting of about 300 members 7 Elders
8 Priest 6 Teachers & 2 Deacons
Er Peter Welling ^melling^ represented the Church in Penwortham
consisting of 73 Members 3 E. 1 P. 2 T. & 1 D.

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Er Wm Garner represented the church at
Longton consisting of 51 members
2 E. 4 P. & 2 Teachers
Teacher Joseph Jackson repd the Church at Southport
20 Members. 1 P. 1 T.
Elder John Moon reps[ented] the Church Dunbers
Lane & Neighbourhood 54 M. 1 E. 2 P. 3 T.
Richard Benson rep[resented] the church at Hunters Hill
17 M. 1 E. 1 P. 1 T.
Er Amos Fielding rep[resented] the Church at Haskins
3 M. 1 E.
Also the Church of Bolton 60 M. 1 E. 2 P. 2 T.
Also the church at Ratcliff 10 M.
Elder Witheral rep[resented] the Church at Whittle 18 m 1 E. 4 P.
Er Francis Clark rep[resented] the church of Ribchester
25 M. 2 E. 1 T.
Elder Thomas Richardson rep[resented] the Church at
Burnly 24 M. 1 P 1 T
Eldr Francis Moon rep[resented] the Church at
Blackbourn 15 M. 1 P.
Eldr James Smith rep[resented] the Church in Chaighley Keighley
& Thornly 29 M 2 E. 1 P. 1 T. 1 D.
P[ries]t John Ellison rep[resented] the church at Waddington
50 M. 2 P. 2 T. 1 D.

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Er Thomas Smith rep the Church at Clithero 27 [Members] 1 E. 3 P.
Also the Church at Chatburn 84 M
1 E. 2 P. 2 T. 1 D.
Also the Church at Dawnham ^Dunham^ 20 M 1 T. 1 D.
Also the church at Grindleton 5 M.
Er Wm Clayton rep[resented] the church at Manchester
240 Members 2 E. 5 P. 4 T 1 D.
Also the church at Stockport 40 M. 1 P 2 T. 1 D.
Also the church at Duckinfield ^Duttonfield^ 30 M. 1 P
Also the church at Altringham 8 M. 1 P. 1 T.
Also the church at peover & Macclesfield
30 M 3 p.
Also the church at Middlewich 6 M.
Er David Wilding rep[resented] the Church at Bury &
Elton 12 M
Er Willford Woodruff represented the Church in
the potteries 101 M. 1 E. 2 P 4 T 1 D.
Er W Woodruff represented the Church at
Herefordshire consisting of 160 Members
1 E. 2 p. 40 of these were Methodist preachers
of the United Brethren & 42 places of Worshiping
licensed according to Law
Er John Taylor represented the church at Liverpool
consisting of 28 M.

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Er Joseph Fielding rep[resented] the Church at Alston
Cumberland con[sistin]g of 40 M. 2 E[lders] 2 p. 2 T.
Er Wd Richards rep[resented] the Church at Brampton
consisting of 30 M. 1 E. 1 p.
Also the Church at Bedford consi[sting] of 40 M 1 E. 1 P.
Also the Church in Scotland
consisting of 21 M. 3 E.


The meeting was then adjourned for 1 hour
The conference then assembled at 1/2 past
1 o clock & business continued
Er John Moon rep[resented] the Church at Layland
Moss cons[isting] of 6 M. 1 T.


Elder W Richards having previously
been ordained into the Quorum of the
Twelve according to previous Revelation
it was Moved by Er Young & seconded by
Er Taylor that Elder Hiram Clark
be appointed as Councillor to Er Fielding
in the place of Elder Richards car[rie]d unan[imous]ly
Mooved by Elder Fielding & secd by Er Young
that a Hymn Book Shall be published carried
Mooved & secd that the publishing of the Hymn Book
shall be done by the Direction of the Twelve carried
Mooved & secd that a Monthly periodical shall

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be published under the superintendance
& direction of the Twelve ^for^ caried the benefit
and information of the church as soon
as a sufficient number of subscribers
shall be obtained. carried


Mooved & Second. that Brother John Bleagard
of Lambsbury be ordained to the office
of a priest. carried


Mooved & Secd that bro James Corbridge
of Thornly be ordained to the office of a
priest. carried


Elder Kimble then lade before the conference
the importance & propriety of ordaining a Patriarckh
to bestow patriarchal Blessings on the fatherless
Refered to the Twelve whose business it was
to select & ordain him according to the direction
of the spirit of the Spirit. After various rem-
arks being given by the E[lde]rs Presdt
Fielding
& his councillors proceded to ordain bro's
Bleagard [and] Corbridge to the office as stated above
Elder Kimble then called upon the clerk to
read over the minutes which being done
they were receieved by the unanimous voice
of the conference

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Mooved by Er Young & secd by p p pratt
that this conference be adjourned till the
6th Day of July next to be held in
preston at 10 oclok A.M. carried
The Meeting then Adjourned


Heber C Kimble president
Wm Clayton clerk


The whole Number of the Saints in England &
Scotland including official members is


Saints 1671
Elders 34
Priest 52
Teachers 38
Deacons 8
sum total of official members 132

The Council of the Twelve met persuant
to adjournment
The members of the Quorum the same as
on the 14th


Mooved by Er Brigham Young & secd. by
Elr John Taylor that Elder p p pratt be
chosen as the Editor of the Monthly periodial

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for the Church. Mooved by Er Kimble &
sec. by Er p p pratt that a committy of three
be appointed to make a selection of Hymns
Mooved by Er Orson pratt & second. by Er Willford
Woodruff that Elder Brigham Young Er p p
pratt & Er J. Taylor form the committy for
the selection of the Hymns


Mooved by Er W. Richards secd by G. A. Smith
that the name of the periodical be
the Latter Day Saints Milleniam Star


Mooved by Er Brigham Young secd By Elr Orson
Pratt that the size of the paper its plan &
price be left at the disposal of the Editor
Mooved by Elr Brigham Young secd by Elr H. C.
Kimble that the Saints recieve a recom-
mend to the Church in America to moove
in small or large bodies inasmuch
as they desire to emigrate to that new coun
try. Mooved by Elder B. Young second. by
Er p. p. Pratt that we recommend no one
to go to America that has money with
out assisting the poor according to our
council from time to time

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Mooved by Er John Taylor second by Er p p pratt
that the copy right of the Book of Doctrins
& Covenants
& the Book of Mormon
be secured as soon as possible


Mooved by Elr W Woodruff second by
Er W. Richards that Elders Brigham Young
Heber C. Kimble & parley p pratt be
the committy to secure the coppy right
Mooved by Er H C. Kimble secd by Er
W Richards that Elder peter Melling
be ordained as an Evangelical minister
in preston. Mooved by Er H C. Kimble
secd. by Er W. Richards that the Twelve
meet here on the 6th of July 1840
if the Lord will


Mooved by Er W Richards secd by Er W.
Woodruff that the Editor of the periodical
keep an account of all the recepts &
expenditures connecting with the printing
general expenses &c. & that the Books
at all times be open for the inspection
of the Council. The above resolutions were
unanimously adopted. John Tayler clerk

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I Willford Woodruff being led by the spirit visited
Frooms Hill in Herefordshire ^England^ 5 miles North of Ledbury
on the 5th day of March 1840 & commenced preaching
the word of God unto the people & many received my
testimony & I commenced Baptizing such as should
be saved & in one month & 5 days I Baptized Mr
Thomas Kington the superintendant of the Church of
the United Brethren which came out of the methodist
connextion & I also Baptized forty Eight preachers of
the United Brethren & 112 of the members making
158 souls in all. This scenery flung into my hands or
under my superintendancy & care 42 established
places of preaching which were licensed according to
law including one chapel. this has opened the largest
field for labour & increase of numbers of any door
that has been opened in the same length of time since
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has
been esstablished. Their was among this number
Baptized some of most all classes & churches, 46
preachers one clark of the Church of England, one
constable & a number of wealthy farmers, & when
I left this vast field of Labour to go to Preston
to attend the conference their was nearly 200
souls ready to be baptized as soon as an opportun-
ity offers. But I have attended the conferance &

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have again returned into this part of the vine
yard, & Elder B. Young is with me & I expect
Elder Richards soon to assist in pruning this part
of the vineyard. this field that is now open is
about 40 miles from Bristol 40 from Birmingham
& 120 from London. I expect the church will
number several hundred in this region soon. I fou
nd on my return that Elder Kington had baptized
10, & Priest John Cheese 20 making the whole No
188 souls. mobs have arisen against me in some
instances, on one occasion they stoned me while
baptizing. see April 9th. I had vast congregat
tions attended my meetings & the country was
all stired up, & many priest & people came out
to hear of what I had to say & many received
my testimony. I feel thankful to God for all his
mercy & kindness unto me & all the Saints in
opening so many doors that the kingdom of God may
roll forth that there may be a people prepared for
the coming of Jesus Christ


Compare March 26th with April 18th

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~ Tuesday to ~ Thursday


Thus I spent the 14, , ^&^ 16 of April siting in coun
cil with my Brethen the Twelve & the Saints. I
preached in the evening of the 15th, in the Tempera
nce Hall to a crouded congregation. I felt
Happy to have the privilege of sitting in
council with my Brethren the Twelve in
a foreign Nation to do the work of the Lord
After our council closed on the 16th I walked
towith Elder Richards to penworthham & spent
the night 2 miles


~ Friday


17th This being good friday the quorum
of the Twelve met at penworthham to visit
the saints & spend the day together before we parted.
Sister Moon opened a bottle of wine for
us to bless & partake of which she had kept for
40 years. after spending the day in concersing [conversing]
about the things of the kingdom of God we ret
urned to preston & spent the night 2 m[iles]


~ Saturday


18th The time had come for the Twelve
to seperate & go into different parts of the
vineyard. It was thought wisdom for
Elder Kimble to visit the churches that he
had built up while in England, & that Orson
pratt
go North & visit Scotland that

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John Tayler commence his Labours in
Liverpool, that p. p. pratt go atto Manchester
to publish the periodical & that George A.
Smith
go to the potteries & that Elders
Brigham Young & W Richards go with me
into the field or vineyard which I had opened
in Herefordshire & the adjoining county. So I
took the parting hand with the Twelve & Saints
& in company with Elder Brigham Young
we took the rail car & rode to Manchester
& then took coach for Burslem we spent
the night at Brother Johnstons distance 70 m


~ Sunday


19th Sunday Elder Young preached to the
people of Hanly in the Morning & evening com
muned with the Saints in the afternoon
we had an interesting time. We spent the night
at Stoke with Brother Hulme distance 8 mi


~ Monday


20th We took coach at Stoke & rode to
Stafford from thence to Wolverhampton & spent the night 35 [miles]


~ Tuesday


21st We took coach & rode to Dudley we had
a plain view of the Old Dudly Castle which
is on a hill North of Dudley the age of it no
man knoweth but it is partly in ruins
We rode to Worcester & spent several hours

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in this city. We visited the Ancient noted splended
Worcester Cathedral which surpasses any thing for spel
splender & architecture mine eyes ever beheld
it was about 400 feet in length 800 or 900
years of age it contained many Monuments or
portraits of persons which were graven out of marble
& lade over the tombs or vaults of Ancient Bishops,
Lords, & Princis, some of which had lane there for
7 or 800 years. It is said that some of these mon
uments with their winding st[r]eets which are carved
out of fine marble is as neatly executed as
any thing found in Europe. almost evry thing about
this cathedral from top to bottom is carved out of
solid marble the whole pulpit is carved out of
one solid stone. There was a large organ
in the building. The Church of England still
worship in this building, they hold a time of
worship twice each day in a year, we stayed th[rou]gh
one service. The whole concern is superior
to the architecture of the present generation.
from Worcester we rode to Ledbury & on the
ride we passed through the Town of Malvern on
Malvern Hill the most Noted Hills in England in
consequence of they being the highest & the

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most splended prospect of all the surrounging
country for 30 miles, & on some of the highest
peaks are large intrenchments whare men
retreated to in the time of the roman war.
The buildings in the village of Malvern are
splendid standing on the side of these Hills.
It has long been a place of retreat for
the Kings Queens princis Lords & Noblemen
of London & other parts of England to visit
in the summer season. We had a view
of eastner castle as we past along. We spent
the night at Mr Francis pullins in Ledbury 51 m[iles]


~ Wednesday


22nd We walked to Frooms Hill & called
upon Brother John Benbow & had an interv[ie]w
with Elder Kington & in the evening
we had a church meeting at Stanly Hill
to do Church Business A[s] follows


A meeting of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints at Standly Hill Herefordshire
on the 22nd of April


Elder Brigham Young was called to the chair
Brother John Benbow chosen clerk
president Young opened the meeting by prayer

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when it was Motioned by Er W Woodruff & secd
by Elder Kington that James Hill, James Barns, Charles
Price
, & John Parry, be ordained to the office of a
priest, & John Benbow to the office of a Teacher
carried unanimously. Elder Brigham Young & W.
Woodruff then proceded to ordain the above pers
ons to the offices assigned them. Priest Charles
price was then chosen clerk of the Stanly Hill
Branch of the church. Meeting closed by prayer
We walked to Frooms Hill & spent the night 8 m[iles]


~ Thursday


23rd Elder Young & myself walked to Moorend Cross
& called upon Brother Thomas Jinkins we both had
a bad cold & felt ill. I left Brother Young & I
walked to Collwall on the side of Malvern Hill &
preached. I walked on to the top of the Hill before
meeting & took an interesting survey of the
surrounding country I walked back to Brother
Jinkins & spent the night distance {of the day} 12 mi


~ Friday


24th I spent the day in writing Elder Young wrote
a letter to his wife & [FIGURE] I wrote a few words in
it to Phebe [FIGURE] I also wrote a full letter to phebe
& sent it to Commerce Illinois I preached at
Brother Jinkins & spent the night & was quite ill

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~ Saturday


25th I spent the day & night at Moorends Cross
& was quite Ill with a bad cold


~ Sunday


26th Notwithstanding I was quite Ill I walked
5 miles to Ashfield & preached at Mr Baly's & in
in the afternoon to Crowcutt & preached &
Baptized 10 persons & confirmed them &
ordained Edward Philips a Priest. ^1 {female was taken [illegible shorthand] some call it the power of God but it is a false spirit}^ one that
I Baptized was a preacher I then returned to
Moorends Cross & spent the night with Brother
Jinkens. Distance of the day 14 miles
^Elder young Baptized 4 at Frooms Hill^


~ Monday


27th I arose quite Ill with my cold.
I preached at Moorends Cross & Baptized 3 persons
& confirmed them one a preacher &
spent the night at Brother Jinkins


~ Tuesday


28th I walked to Frooms Hill & was still
Ill [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Aphek Woodruff
I spent the night with Elder Young at John
Benbows
distance of the day 6 m


~ Wednesday


29th [FIGURES] I wrote 3 Letters one to Lucian
R. Foster
one to Sister Sarah Foss one short Epis
tle to E. Robinson & D C. Smith. I attended meeting
at Frooms Hill. Elder Young preached. We
ordained Thomas Clark to the office of a Priest
spent the night at Brother Benbows

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~ Thursday


30th I spent the day in writing at frooms Hill
30 Friday ^Thursday^ I walked with Elder Young to
Dymock & had an interview with Elders
Richards & Kington & spent the night with
them [FIGURES] I recieved two ^3^ Letters one from
Mother Woodruff & one from G. A. Smith
& one from A Cordon 12 mil


~ Friday


^May 1st F[riday]^ we walked to Ledbury Mailed 10 Letters
in one & sent it to John Taylor, then
walked to Frooms & spent the night 12 [miles]


~ Saturday


2nd Saturday I had an interview with the
official members spent the night at Froo
ms Hill
{Brother and Sister Benbow were much tried}


~ Sunday


3rd Sunday I walked to Ridgeway cross &
preached to Rough Leasowe & preached to
Dunns close & preached to a large congregation
& had the spirit of God. I spent the night at
James Williams 11 m[iles]


~ Monday


4th I preached at Ashfield & spent the night
at John Baily's 5 mile


~ Tuesday


5th I preached at Crowcutt & walked to the
Bower & Baptized 5 one was a preacher I
also confirmed them & spent the night
with Edmund Wattis {The devil was come} 4 mile

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~ Wednesday


May 6th this is the dryest spring that has been
known in England for many years the ground is
parched, yet all Nature is covered with
verdent green while the fruit trees sends
forth their sweet purfumes from the smi
leing Blossoms {with} which theire are clothed
I Baptized 5 persons at the Bower & con
firmed them then preached at Duns
Close
& walked to taperdin at Mr Smith
& Baptized & confirmed 4 making 9
Baptized & confirmed one a preacher 6 m[iles]


~ Thursday


7th I walked to Marlvern Hill &
preached at Colwall & spent the night 8 [miles].


~ Friday


8th I walked over Marlvern Hill visited
the friends & preached at night at Malvern
Hill & walked to Samuel Jones & spent the night 3 [miles]


~ Saturday


9th I walked to Colwall & spent the night at
Johnathan Lucy during this days walk I had a
grand survey of the works of nature & the pow
er of God
while standing upon the top of Marlver[n]
Hill
elevated from 12 to 1500 feet in the air
whare I had a view of all the surrounging
country for many miles the city of
Worcester is in plain view in the North &
Gloster in the South with several large villages

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between & Ledbury with other villages in the wes[t]
with a fine beautiful cultivated vale upon
evry hand, & while standing upon this eminance
& beholding this grand prospect or survey to
add to the solemnity of the scenery the thu-
nders began to roll & lightnings flash
beneath my feet while the rain desended in
torrents in the vale beneath while I was
in the midst or above the clouds to
behold the scene


~ Sunday


10th Sunday I met a company at Colwall at
Jonathan Lucy's at 9 oclok in the morning & Baptized
4 two were preachers. I confirmed 12 persons
I then preached at Brother Lucys at Collwall,
dined at Mr Holmes, then walked over the top &
across Malvern Hill & preached at the Pale House,
from thence back again across Malvern Hill &
& preached at Benjamin Holand on the North side
of Malvern Hill from there, I walked to colwall
& spent the night which closed the scenes of the day 8 mile


~ Monday


11th A visit on the Herefordshire Beacon
which is the south part of Malvern Hill


After having my mind prepared for a lonely walk & medi
tation by reading P. P. Pratts remarks upon the "eternal duration
of matter", I commenced assending this noted hill upon the
south side of it & after arising several hundred feet I came
to the top of an old ancient intrenchment about one mile
in length reaching round all of this part of the hill & meeting

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together. then after rising another hundred feet I entered
another Intrenchment like the one below & after this
another & thus Intrenchment lay above Intrenchment
untill we ^I^ reached the top of the hill which was nearly flat
or level & lay in a circle or round & not being more
than one or two acres on the top & thus I stood upon the
top of this Bacon or hill from 10 to 1500 feet in highth
& while surveighing the surrounding country I could also
behold the deep Intrenchments below me which it is
supposed were flung up nearly a thousand years since &
was capable of holding hunderds of thousands of persons
which was the resort of the romans in the times of their
wars, these hills are alltogether bare without timber but
covered with grass which is grazed by sheep & asses; several
acres on the S. W. side is covered with rabit burrows whil
scores of rabits are running about upon the ground. but I
soon drew my thoughts from the busy rabit, sheep, & asses
to the solumn reflections which the ravages of time presen
ted before me. O! Malvern thy lofty Hill bares up my feet
while mine eyes take a survey of thy deep intrenchments thy
mighty bulworks ^which have^ trembled by the roar of cannon, the
clash of arms, & din of war has reeched around thy brow
& died away in the vale beneath, while the blood of
many a roman & Englishman to, have washed thy brow & soaked
thy soil while they have fallen to rise no more, they sleep
in death & time has earth'd them all & they are forgotten
& blotted from the history & memory of man. Notwithst
anding O! Malvern thou hast been the Ark or refuge for thousands
in the time of trouble or war, yet Willford is the ownly
solitary soul that treads thy soil this day, & he alone bends his
knee upon on the highth of thy summet in the midst of the clouds
to offer up the gratitude of his heart unto that God who will
soon level all hills exhalt all valies & redeem the earth
from the curse of sin & prepare it for the abode of the
Saints of the MOST HIGH. I retired from the hill into
the vale reflecting upon the rise, progress, decline, & fall of the
empires of the earth, & the revolutions which must still
transpire before the winding up scene & the comeing of Christ


I preached at candle light at Brother John Allard at wind point
& had the spirit of God & Baptized 4 & confirmed them
I spent the night at Mr Joseph Symons distance 5 mil


~ Tuesday


12th A member of the Weslian Methodist Church came
to me to inquire what she should do to be saved I told her
she must be born of the water & spirit, repent & be paptized
for the remission of sins. she received my testimony &
wished me to baptize her. I also called upon a woman that
tended the gate at Chancys pitch & preached the word unto her

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who received the word gladly & wished to be baptized. I
then called upon Mrs Sarah Stanton the overseer & keeper
of the splended mansion house by the name of Brand Lodge
this Lady was a weslian but received my testimony & I
Baptized the three 3 females above spoken of in a conve-
neient pool or bath inclosed in the Brand Lodge. I also confirm
ed them & then walked to Keysend Street & held a meeting
with the Saints & had a good time & confirmed 19 persons It
seemed as though some would worship me while they cried
out here is a man of Zion the man of God that we have
so long looked for who is worthy to receieve him into
our house. I told them to worship God for I was ownly
a servant of God. I spent the night at William Hills
I Baptized 3 & confirmed 22 in all. Distance 8 mi


~ Wednesday


13th I Baptized 1 & walked to Ledbury & received two
[FIGURES] letters one from Elder Turley one from P P Pratt I then
walked to Standly Hill & had an interview with priest
Chees & Barnes. Brother Cheese had Baptized 15 since I last
saw him. Also Priest John Parry Baptized 3 May 3rd.
Elder Turley says in his letter I shall be liberated from pris
ion
tomorrow may God grant it. I walked to Frooms Hill
& Baptized 3 & met in company with Elder Young with
the church & had a good meeting we broke bread
with the saints & ordained one Elder John Cheese,
& William Parsons, & Joseph Pullen to the office of a
Priest & Thomas Jinkins a Teacher. We confirmed 9
persons & Elder Chees baptized 2 persons. T Clark
also baptized 2 persons I spent the night at John
Benbows
12 miles


~ Thursday


14th {Received} [FIGURE] 200 ^{pounds of John Benbow for printing the Book of Mormon}^
I walked to Ledbury with
Elder Young from thence to Keysend Street & preached
but amid much disturdance & as the meeting was
about breaking up the congregation was besmeared with
rotten eggs I spent the night at Wm Hill. {Distance} 11 m


~ Friday


15th I walked to Dymock & spent the Day with Elders
Young Richards & Kington I Baptized & confirmed
one


I found Elders Richards & Kington had Baptized 50
confirmed 100 ordained 10 priest & 1 Teachers since
I last saw them


Elder Young preached at Br Kington we spent the night
16th at his house we had a good time & Blessed the houshold
of Elder kington & lade on hands for the healing of the sick


~ Saturday


16th Elder Kington Baptized one I spent the night at Elder
kington. Elders Young & Richards walked to Turkey hall &
spent the night

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~ Sunday


17th Sunday this is the anniversary {Met} at Gadfield Elm
at which place I met with the saints in company with Elders
Young & Brigh Richards. I preached in the morning, & Elder
Young in the afternoon, & while he was preaching opposers made
much disturdance & was determined to break up the meeting
Elder Young rose up in the power of the Priesthood & in the name
of the Great God & according to the laws of the land comm
anded order. two of the brethren went to the door to keep
order Elder Richards was one of them & they were enabled
to overcom the enemy & peace was again restored.


We administered the Lords supper, & confirmed 5, &
ordained 4 Priest's viz Thomas Brooks, William Simons,
Thomas Smith & Samuel ^Warren^ ^warnd^ Baldwin. Also one Teacher James
Baldwin
. I then walked to Dymock, had a good time in prayer
& spent the night at Elder kington's 16 mi


~ Monday


18th This was an interesting day I met some friends at Mr
Joseph Hills in Dymock at 5 oclock in the morning & I Baptized
3 persons 2 churchmen 1 weslian from thence we walked to
william Harts Elder kington Baptized 7. Elders Young & Richard
confirmed them, in a few moments I Baptized 5 others who
were confirmed as they come out of the water, then we
returned to Elder kingtons & while on the rode we met
another person that wished to be Baptized. Br Kington
Baptized her. This was on a FEAST day Elder Kington
made a feast for the Saints, which had been a custom
among the United Brethren But as they now were all
receiving the fulness of the gospel they had become
saints. the Saints began to collect at 2 oclock by 4 we
had nearly 100 saints together to the feast, we truly
had an interesting time. Elder Young addressed the
Saints clothed with the power of God, & then asked
a blessing upon the food prepared. We then sat down
to the table & eat & drank with nearly 100 Saints possess
ing glad hearts & cheerful countenances. Elder Richards
remarked that he did not believe their had ever been
such a company of Saints prepared in so short a time
& bid fairer for the kingdom of heaven than the
company now before us, at least since the Church of
Latter Day Saints was first organized, & I truly felt
Grateful to my heavenly Father, for his mercy when I
reflected back upon the time ownly two months & a half
since when I first proclaimed the fulness of the gospel
in this region & began to Baptize such as received my
testimony, & now their is nearly 400 souls standing
in the new & Everlasting covenant & the prosperity
of the work constantly increasing. After our feast
was past the house was called to order by Elder Young
who deliverd a short address, after which 3 were
confirmed by Elder Richards & myself.
[upside-down text]
^Mary Pitt had not walked except on crutches for 11 years was healed by laying on of hands^
[end of upside-down text]
We also ordained

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Daniel Browett an Elder & John Smith, John Davis, James
Morgan
, Robert Clift, John Gaily, & William Evens to the
office of a priest. After our meeting was closed 3 were
Baptized. Baptizedsm was administered by Prist James
Morgan, who was baptized, ordained, & commenced Bapti-
zing all in one Day, the 3 Baptized were also confirmed
which closed the business of the Day Making 19 Baptized
& confirmed, & ordained 1 Elder & 6 Priest 4 mile


~ Tuesday


19th I walked in company with Elders Young & Richards to
Keysend street Elder Young preached after meeting
I Baptized 4 who were confirmed as they came out
of the water by Elders Young & Richard 6 miles
[FIGURE] 100 {Received of Elder} Kington 100 {pounds for printing the Book of Mormon}


~ Wednesday


220th we walked to Wind Point & Elders Young Richards
& myself walked onto the top of the part of Malvern Hill call
ed Herefordshire B[e]acon here we united in prayer & he[l]d
a council & unitedly felt that it was the will of God that
Elder Young should go immediately to Manchester to
assist in Publishing a collection of Hymns of 3000 copies &
also to immediately print & finish 3000 copies of the
Book of Mormon for we had procured £300 three hundred
pounds of lawful currency for this purpose, we feel
anxios to soon circulate the knowledge of the Book of Mormon
to all foreign nations & as this is the first commencment
of it I pray God to Bless the effort & make it a benefit to man.
we walked from the hill into the valey & took the parting
hand with Elder Brigham Young who started for Manchester we
Elder Richards & myself tarried & preached at Wind Point
Elder Richards Baptized 2 Persons Elder Richerds confirmed
one & I the other ^I ordained John Allard teacher^ we spent the night at Mr Joseph Simons 6 m[iles]


~ Thursday


21st I took a walk again with Br Richards over the Intrenchm
ents to the top of the Herefordshire Beacon we had prayers toge
ther & after spending a few hours in viewing the country
we returned again into the valey. Elder Richards Baptized
2 persons I confirmed one & Br Richerds the other. we
^confirmed 2 ordained 3 priest Samuel Jones, Thomas Jones, Jonathan Lucy.^
preached at Colwall & spent the night distance 4 m


~ Friday


22nd I went over Marlvern Hill with Br Richard. had a
splended view of the vale beneath. we stoped in the sitting
house half way down the hill. Br Richards engraved his
name with mine in the building. we went into the valey
dined with Br Samuel Jones after dinner we walked up to
the Holy well house & drank of the Holy water, so noted
that comes out of Marlvern Hill, & after visiting several
friends east of the hill, we walked on to the top of great
Marlvern
which is the highest peak of any part of the hill here
we could overlook all the hills & surrounding country.
We bowed down & offered up our prayers unto God, & walked
down the west side of the hill & preached at Marlvern hill

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& walked to Br Jinkins & spent the night distance 8 mi


~ Saturday


23rd we spent the day at Moorends Cross at Br Jinkins
we blessed the family for they were worthy we had
a good time {I spoke in tongues}


~ Sunday


24th Sunday I walked to BOld Starridge Common to attend
a camp meeting I preached in the morning Br Richards in
the evening after which we broke ^bread^ unto the saints, & Also
ordained 3 priest viz George Allen, James Williams, John
Meeks
, & 1 Teacher, William Willians. I Baptized
3 who were confirmed by Br Richards we spent the
night at Br William Smith at Tapperdy 7 m[iles]


~ Monday


25th we spent the day in looking up the aged &
infirm & Baptized as many of them as would received
our testimony I Baptized 6 & Br Richards confir
med them one was 80 years of age we preached at
Dunns Close & spent the night at William Rowley 4 [miles]


~ Tuesday


26th We walked to Little Batchfield or John Fidoe at
Bishops Froome, & spent the day, at night we preached at
Joseph Pullin & spent the night at Br Fidoes 8 [miles]
Ordained John Fidoe to the office of a Priest


~ Wednesday


27th We baptized Charlotte Pullin & confirmed
her she had been a cripple from her birth & she
recieved a blessing by receiving the ordinances
of the gospel we walked to Stokes Lane & preached
at Joseph Evens, & confirmed 10 persons & ordained
2 Priest & 1 Teacher, William Davis, Thomas Sanders,
P. Thomas Vervon T. spent the night at Stokes Lane 3 [miles].


~ Thursday


[FIGURE]
28th I Baptized 4 at Cricks Green who were confir-
med by Elder Richards we then walked to Hope Rough
& preached at William Hall I Baptized 5 after
meeting & Elder Richards confirmed them, making
9 Baptized & 10 confirmed we spent the night at H. Rough 5 m[iles]
we visited the greatest curiosity of evergreen that
29has yet been discoverd in Europe or America or any part
of the world that has ever come to our knowledge. it is
upon the farm called (Hopton in the hole) in the parish of
Much Cowen, Herefordshire England, owned by Richard Gardner
this evergreen was in a circular form inclosing about one
acre composed of the Yew Tree growing out, or standing in the
midst of a hedge or border of Boxbush, the Yew Trees were
about in the form & highth of a high & & well built hay
or wheat stack, the trees were considered to be sever
al hundred years of age this evergree was surround by
a canal of water

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~ Friday


29th We met at the creek & I Baptized 2 & Elder Richards
confirmed them & walked to Shucknell Hill & Preached
after meeting I Baptized 3, one a preacher on the plan
we confirmed them & ordained one Priest Benjamin Williams
making 5 Baptized & confirmed {Distance of the day} 6 miles


~ Saturday


30th Elder Richards Baptized 2 & I confirmed them
we then walked to Froomes Hill & spent the night at Br
John Benbows & it was a vary interesting night to my
feelings for Just as Elder Richards & myself had reti
red to rest for the night Br John Fidoe came in & broug
ht us [FIGURES] six letter the three directed to myself were
one from Sister Mary Packard at west Bromwich, one
from Elder Milton Holmes Georgetown Massachusetts &
the third was from PHEBE W. WOODRUFF Montrose
Lee County, Ioway, U. S. A. yes glory Hallelujah I have now
got a letter from Phebe. It is the first letter I have receive
from her since I have been in England. her letter contained
much intelligence of Interest. She informed me she was
blessed with the birth of a son, on the morn of the 22 of March 1840
at 6 oclock his Name is WILLFORD WOODRUFF Jr
May he be preserved blameless unto the comeing of the Lord
Jesus Christ for which I will ever pray. one letter was
from Elder Brigham Young at Manchester informing us
that the first No of the Millenial Star was out of press
& that the Hymn Book & Book of Mormon would soon be
in tipe. one letter was from Sister Richards, & one
from Elder Whitehead, & their was so much glorious news
in thes letters that it drove sleep from our eyes for the night
& I felt more like going out into the street & shouting glory
Hallelujah than any thing els {Elder Turley is} out {of prison} 10 miles


~ Sunday


31st Sunday according to appointment we met at Frooms
Hill
to attend a camp meeting I preached in the morning
on the authenticity of the Book of Mormon after which
I went to the pool & Baptized 12 which we confirmed
by the waters edge. Elder Richards preached in the
afternoon we then broke bread unto the Saints about 100 then
went to the pool & Elder Cheese baptized 2, which we
confirmed in company with 3 others that had been baptiz
ed before. Total 14 Baptized & 17 confirmed We spent
the night at Br Benbows Two of the above which I baptized
were preachers

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~ Monday


JUNE 1st
[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder Milton Holmes
I Baptized 9 & Elder Richards confirmed them
we then walked to Ledbury & preached & spent the
night. The churches in Herefordshire Now No 402. 8 m[iles]


~ Tuesday


2nd [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder Tayler. we received the
first No of the Mill[ennial] Star. Elder Young ordained John
Preece
of Ledbury a Priest & Philip Green of Lugwardin
to the office of an Elder while on a mission here. we walked
to Dymock & spent the night 5 miles


~ Wednesday


3rd [FIGURE] I wrote a Letter to Phebe in answer to hers
of March 8th & 22nd also one to Elder John Tayler
A notable miracle was wrought by faith & the power of God
in the person of Sister Mary Pitt at Dymok She had been
confined 6 years to her bed, with the spine which mostly
deprived her of the use of her feet & ancles, & had not walked
for 11 years ownly with the use of crutches. Elders Young
Richards & Woodruff lade hands upon her & rebuked her infi-
rmity & her ancle bones received strength & she now walks
without the aid of crutch or staff see May 18th


~ Thursday


4th I walked to Haw Cross & preached at Br Wm
Symons
& spent the night at his house 5 miles


~ Friday


5th I walked to Bran Green & while on the way I
called to see a woman that was sick at red Marley, &
while sitting in the house I saw a curiosity, a man
called at the door accompaned with a small dog, the
man held in his hand a small bag containing three ferrets
& inpuired of the woman if she wanted her house cleared
of rats she answered yes, the man then opened the
bag & took out three ferrets about the size of a large
rat around the body & twice als long, & put them into
the rat holes & they immediately drove the rats from under
the house out of their holes into the room whare we we
were & the little Dog stood watching & cought them &
killed the rats as they came out of their holes
I preached at Bran Green & walked to Haw Cross & spent
the night at Priest Wm Symons. Distans of the day 6 miles
I was accompanyied during this days walk by Brother Job Smith
he was but 11 years of age but he had the longest head I ever
saw upon a boy & the most in it. he had a great mind & it was
well stored with knowledge & understanding, he is almost
a proverb among the people whare he is known, & I think he will
be a useful character in his day & generation. Born Dec[ember] 28, 1828

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~ Saturday


June 6th I walked to Br Benj[amin] Hills at Turkey Hall & spent the
night 4 miles


~ Sunday


7th Sunday according to appointment I met a congregation of
saints & sinners at the coars Lawn for the purpose of holding a
camp meeting I preached in the fore part of the day & was
followed by a Priest, & in the afternoon several of the Priest
& Elder deliverd their testimony, & I closed the meeting by
delivering my testimony unto them. their was a large congregation
of different denominations. after the camp meeting closed we
repaired to a house & broke bread unto a large number of the
Saints & confirmed 8, & one was baptized by Br Spires
our last meeting was some disturbed for a few moments by
some fighting of the ungodly at the door but was soon silenced
I walked to the Ligh & spent the night at Br Brewett. 6 miles
Brother Nathan Roderts Died this morning at Dearhurst [FIGURE]


~ Monday


8th I walked to Deerhurst & preached, Blessed 2 children
& spent the night at the house of William & Thomas Smith
I dreamed I saw a large church on fire the steple whi
ch was high was in a flame several men were in the belfry
with ropes, pullys, & chains trying to save some part of the
building but were soon obliege to flee for the safety of their
own lives for much of the surrounding country was on
fire I was on a large horse & rode out of the way of it 3 m[iles]


~ Tuesday


9th I attended the funeral of Brother Nathan Roberts I
sung a Hymn & prayed before the body was conveyed to the
grave. I blessed her children & endeavored to comfort my the
widow. I Baptized 6 & confirmed them, Blessed 11 children,
lade on hands for the healing of 4 that was sick, this at
Deerhurst & then walked to Apperly & preached at Brother
Robins & spent the night at Robt Harris. I visited the river Severn 3 m[iles]


~ Wednesday


10th I Blessed 12 children at Apperly & walked to the Leigh from
thence to Norton & preached & returned to Leigh & spe
nt the night 5 miles


~ Thursday


11th I spent the day at Twigworth I Baptized 4 &
confirmed them. I Preached at night at Brother Hills a
Quaker from Gloster attended meeting. I Blessed 4
children & walked to the Leigh & spent the night 4 m[iles]

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~ Friday


June 12th I walked to Dymock & had an interview with Elder
Richards he had just returned from the south part
of Herefordshire whare he had built up a church of 11
members & ordained one Teacher John Castreo we
preached at Br Kingtons confirmed 2 & healed one tha was
sick Elder Richards wrote a peace for the Star 12 [miles]


~ Saturday


13th I held a council with Elders Richards & kington
preparatory to the conference. we received a letter from
Elder [FIGURE] Young at Liverpool stating that 40 of the
Saints had left Lpool on board of a ship for America &
they had taken my letters to Phebe & M Holmes.
Elder Richards & myself walked to Br Hills at Turkey hall
& spent the night 10 m[iles]


~ Sunday


Minutes of a conference held at Gadfield's Elm ^Wostershire Glostershire England^ June 14th 1840


The preachers & members of the Bran Green &
Gadfields Elm Branch of the Frooms Hill curcuit of
the United Brethren met at the Gadfield Elm Chapel
June 14th 1840 ^Wostershire England^ Persuent to previous notice, when the
meeting was called to order by Elder Thomas Kington
Elder Willard Richards was chosen President, & Elder Daniel
Browett
chosen clerk for the meeting.


The meeting opened by prayer by Elder W Woodruff.
Remarks were then made by the President respecting the
business of the Day & the necessary changes which
must take place


It was moved by Elder T. Kington seconded by Elder
D. Browett that this meeting be hereafter known by
the name of the Bran Green & Gadfield's Elm conference
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
organized & esstablished by the will & commandment
of God in the United States of America on the 6th
Day of April A.D. 1830, this being the eight Day of the third
month of the eleventh year of the rise of the Church
Carried unanimously.


Moved by Elder W. Woodruff seconded by Elder
T. Kington that William Jeinkins be ordained an Elder &
William Coleman, William Pitt, Joseph Ferkins, &
Robert Harris ordained to the office of a Priest & George
Burton
& James Palmer ^William Loveridge^ Teachers. Carried unanimously
The above named Persons were then ordained under the
hands of Elders Richards & Woodruff


Moved by Elder Kington seconded by Elder Woodruff

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that


Priest Robert Clift have the care of the church at Dymock
James Palmer Priest care of the church at Kilcott
John Hill Priest care of the church at Twigworth
William Simomon Priest care of the church at Haw Cross
William Coleman Priest [care of the church at] Bran Green
Thomas Brooks Priest [care of the church at] Ryton
John Smith Priest [care of the church at] Lime Street
Charles Hays Priest, [care of the church at] Deerhurst
Thomas Smith Priest Assistant to the same
John Vernon Priest [care of the church at] Apperly
William Baylis Priest Assistant
John Arlick Priest [care of the church at] Norton
John Spires Priest [care of the church at] Leigh
John Davis Priest Assistant
Thomas Oaky Priest [care of the church at] Gadfield Elm

Elder D. Browett to take the charge of the churches
on the south side of the River Severn


Elder William Jenkens to take the charge of the churches
on the North side of the river Severn. Carried unanimously


Elder Thomas Kington to have Moved by Elder Woodruff
seconded by Elder Richards that Elder Thomas Kington be the
Presiding Elder over all the churches composing this conference Carried


Meeting adjourned to 2 oclock


Met at 2 oclock according to adjornment, & administered the
sacrament unto a large congregation of Saints accompanied
by many observations on various subjects by the President.
10 members were confirmed under the hands of Elder's Woodruff
& Kington. remarks made by the President respecting
the blessings of children. 7 children were then Blessed under
the hands of Elders Woodruff & Kington.


Moved by Elder Kington, seconded by Elder Woodruff, that
Elder Daniel Browett represent this conferenc to the
general conference at Manchester on the 6th Day of July next
Carried


Mooved & secarried that the clerk present to the presiding Elder
T. Kington, for safe Keeping, a copy of the minutes of this
conference, & also to the general conference


The above minutes were then read & accepted article by
article, when it was mooved by the President, & seconded
by Elder Woodruff that this conference be adjourned
to the 13th of September next at this place. Carried unanimou
sly. ^Conference closed by prayer^ After which the Elders & officers present met in
council & voted unanimously to esstablish a weekly counc
il, of the officers of said conference to be held alternat
ely on the south & north sides of the river Severn to com
mence at Leigh on the 26th inst & organized the same by

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appointing Elder Daniel Browett President & John
Hill
Priest standing clerk, on the south side of the
river. & Also Elder on the North side by appointing
Elder William Jeinkins President & John Smith Priest
standing clerk to assemble on the 26th of June ^3rd of July^ next at
Turkey Hall. after passing many other votes of minor impo
rtance accompanied by much instruction from Elders
Richards & Woodruff touching the duties of the several
officers in their relations to each other & the Church
the council adjourned, & it is worthy of remark
that no dissenting vote or voice was seen or herd
during the day either in conference or council


Willard Richards President
Daniel Browett Clerk


The above named conference was composed of
12 Branches of the Church being the whole number
organized on the mission. Containing 3 Elders
19 Priest
4 Teachers
Total 26 officers

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~ Monday


June 15th We walked to Dymock. I walked to Ryton &
Preached & returned to Dymock & spent the night confirmed
2 persons [FIGURE] I received a letter from Elder John Taylors
10 m[iles]


~ Tuesday


16th Walked to Lugwardine. Preached at the house of
William Green, father of Elder Philip Green after meeting
3 were Baptized by Elder Green. Elder Richards & myself
confirmed 11, ordained 2 Priest John Powel, John White, &
Blessed 3 children. Distance of the day 15 m


~ Wednesday


17th I Baptized 6, Elder Richards confirmed them, one
was a preacher we Blessed 4 children lade hands upon 2 that
were sick, & walked to Marden & preached at the
house of William Jay I Baptized 4 Elder Richards
confirmed them. we administered to 5 which were
sick & numbers having faith were healed, sum total 10
Baptized & confirmed, Blessed 4 children healed 7 that
were sick & spent the night with Br. Jay {Distance of the day} 6 miles


~ Thursday


18th I Baptized 5 which we confirmed we ordained
Francis Burnet to the office of a Priest. we Blessed 6
children administered to 2 that wer sick, then walked
to Shucknel Hill & Preached at Brother Williams. We had
an interesting time. Elder Richards preached from these
words "if the Lord be God serve him" [1 Kings 18:21] the power of the Priest
Hood
rested upon & the principles of Eternal truth were
presented so plain that no opposing power could withstand
them when he closed I arose & bore testimony to the
truth of what they had herd. The church minister
in the parish sent a spy to attend meeting to carry him
word what we preached. as soon as meeting closed, I put
my hand upon his shoulder & asked him what he thought
of our doctrin he replied "I think it is of God" he appeared
asstonished when he left the house. almost evry person I
conversed with said they wished to be Baptized as soon as
an oppertunity offered. several were Baptized by Elder
Green on their return home, one was Baptized after meeting
by Benjamin Williams, Priest. We ordained Ishmael Philips
to the office of a Priest & Blessed 7 children Sum Total
6 Baptized, 8 confirmed, 2 Priest ordained, Blessed 13 children,
healed 2 that were sick spent the night at Priest William.
Distanc of the day 7 miles


~ Friday


19th I arose early in the morning & Baptized & confirmed
one. a number of others soon came to us & wished to be Bap
tized. We immediately walked to the river Lug, & we being

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hendered a short time in looking for a suitable place for Baptizing
a man by the name of Pitt came to us filled with the Devil
& wrath at the head of a mob & commanded us not to Be Baptized
in that river & threatened us much if we did so. Elder Richard
Preached to Mr Pitt & warned him to repent & be Baptized
or he could not be saved. But the Devel raged to such
a degree in this man & his company we thought it wisdom
to omit it on this occasion. We did so & retired & went
our way, with this wicked man & the rest of the mob follow-
ing us shouting, hooting, & yelling as though a part of hell
at least had broke loose. the Saints were strengthened seeing
that they were not of the world but the world hated them
& we also went our way rejoicing that we were counting
worthy to partake of thes things. We clensed our feet
by the way side as a testimony against Mr Pitt for rejecting
our testimony, & forbiding, & hindering, others from Entering
into the kingdom of God. may the will of God be done conserning
that man, I pray that we may ever be reconciled to his
will in all things. We walked to Froom hill & found Br
& sister Benbows both in Better spirits than I have ever
seen them before. I Baptized one, & administered unto
one that was sick spent the night at Brother Benbows 8 [miles]
Total 2 Baptized one confirmed one healed


~ Saturday


[FIGURE]
June 20th I spent the day in company with Elders
Richards & Kington in making arangments for the
conference it was an exceding busy day we had a
great variety of busyiness on hand among the rest I
Baptized 8 Persons & we confirmed 14 administer[in]g
to 2 that were sick. Elder Richards received 2
letters I Blessed 3 children. The power of God is among
the people the Lord is making a short work in this
part of the Land. the churches in this part of
the vineyard now number more than 500 souls
whare a little more ^less^ than four months since ther
was not one to be found or the fulness of the
Gospel
herd. Praise the Lord O my soul for all
his goodness to the children of men, prase ye the
Lord O his Saints. spent the night at Br Benbows

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~ Sunday


Minutes of A conference held at Standly Hill Bishop ^Castle^
Froome
Herefordshire England on the 21st June AD 1840


The preachers & members of the Frooms Hill circuit of the
United Brethren met at the house of Elder John Cheese on
Stanly Hill Herefordshire England June 21st AD 1840
at 10 oclock AM according to previous notice, when the meeting
was called to order by Elder Thomas Kington & Elder
Willford Woodruff was chosen president & Elder John
Benbow
clerk of the meeting.


After prayer by Elder Richards, & remarks by the president
concerning the business of the day it was
Moved by Elder Kington seconded by Elder Benbow that
this meeting be hereafter known by the name of the Frooms
Hill conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints organized & esstablished by the will & comandment
of God in the United States of America on the 6th Day of April
A.D. 1830. This being the 15th Day of the third month of the
eleventh year of the rise of the Church. Carried unanimously


Mooved by Elder Richards seconded by Elder Kington that
Thomas Clark James Hill
Charles Price Samuel Jones, be ordained Elders


Also John Jones John Morgan
Joseph Shinn Samuel Badham
Henry Jones John Dyer
James Baldwin be ordained Priest


Also that Robert Hill James Shinn
George Brooks James Watkins Be ordained Teachers


Carried unanimously & ordained under the hands of Elders
Richards & Woodruff


Mooved by Elder Kington seconded by Elder Richards that


John James Priest have the care of the churches at Frooms Hill
John Morgan Asisistant
John Parry Priest Standly Hill
Joseph Pullen Assistant
Robert Hill Teacher
James Barnes Priest Ridgway Cross
William Possons Priest Moorend Cross
William Jinkings Assistant
Thomas Jenkins Teacher
Jonathan Lucy Priest Colwall
Thomas Jones Pale house
William Williams Teacher
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John Preece Priest Ledbury
Joseph Firkins Assistant
Samuel Warren Priest Keysend Street
Joseph Shinn Assistant
James Shinn Teacher
James Baldwin Priest Wind Point
John Allard Teacher
George Allen Priest Woferwood Common

Rough Leasowe
Birchwood
Tunbridge &
Duns Close will
all be united in one branch called Duns Close branch


Samuel Bondham ^Badham^ Priest care of church at Duns Close
James Williams Priest Assistant
Edward Philips Priest Ashfield & Crawcutt
George Brooks Teacher
John Meeks Priest Old Starridge
Henry Jones Assistant
John Gaily Priest Hope Hope Rough
Benjamin Williams Shucknell Hill
Ishmael Philips Assistant
John Powel Priest Lugwardin
John White Assistant
John Dyer Priest Mardon
Francis Burnett Assistant
James Watkins Teacher
William Evens Priest Stokes Lane
William Davis Assistant
John Sanders Assistant
Thomas Vernon Teacher
John Fidoe Priest Bishop Froome

Carried unanimoussly


Mooved by Elder Richards seconded by Elder Kington
that Elder Thomas Clark have charge of the churches at
Duns Close
Old Starridge
Ashfield &
Crawcutt


Elder Samuel Jones Keysend Street
Wind Point
Colwell
Pale house
Malvern Hill

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Elder Philip Green Shucknell Hill
Lugwardin
Mardon


Elder John Cheese Stokes Lane
Woferwood Common
Bishop Froome


Elder Charles Price Ledbury
Ridgway Cross


Elder James Hill Hope Rough
Stanly Hill


Elder John Benbow Frooms Hill
Carried unanimously


Mooved by the President & seconded by Elder Richards that Elder
Thomas Kington be the presiding Elder of all the churches
composing this conference. Carried unanimously


Meeting After remarks by the President Meeting adjourned
to 2 oclock P.M. During recess 10 persons were Baptized
Assembled at 2 oclock according to adjournment & admi-
nistered the sacrament to several hundred Saints after which
20 were confirmed & 20 children blessed under the hands
of Elders Richards & Woodruff accompanied with observations
from the President explanitory of the ordinance.


Mooved by Elder Richards seconded by the President that
Elder Thomas Kington represent this conference to the general
conference at Manchester on the 6th Day of July next. Carried


Mooved & carried that the clerk of this conference present
to the presiding Elder Thomas Kington a copy of the minutes
of this conference for safe keeping Also a copy to present an
the general conference at Manchester


These minutes were then read article by article & accepted
by the conference.


The President followed by Elder Richards then proceded to
give such instruction to the Saints concerning the order of the
Church & the duties of the members, as the Spirit directed,
& bore testimony to the multitude of the truth of the work
followed by Elder Kington when it was moved by Elder
Richards & seconed by the President that this conference
adjourn to the 21st Day of September next 10 oclock A.M
Carried unanimously


After prayer & singing the assembly dispersed & the Elders &
officers went into council & chose Elder W Woodruff President
& Elder John Benbow clerk. Opened by prayer by Elder Richards
Moved by Elder Richards & seconded by Elder Kington that we
procede to establish & organized monthly councils of the officers
of the frooms Hill conference to commence on Friday the 3 day
of July next 7 1/2 oclock PM in the several Divisions respectively

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assigned to the different Elders viz) standing clerk
Elder Thomas Clark President & James Meeks, Duns Close
[standing clerk] Samuel Jones [President] William Williams Wind point
[standing clerk] Philip Green [President] Francis Burnet Lugwardin
[standing clerk] John Cheese [President] George Allen Stokes Lane
[standing clerk] Charles Price [President] Thomas Jenkins Moorend Cross
[standing clerk] James Hill [President] Joseph Pullen Standly Hill
[standing clerk] John Benbow [President] John Morgan Frooms Hill
Carried unanimously


Moved by Elder Richards seconded by Elder Kington that a
monthly general council of the officers of this conference
be holden at Standly Hill to commence on friday the 17th
Day of July next 7 1/2 oclock P.M. Elder Thomas Kington
President & Elder John Benbow standing clerk
Carried unanimously


The President then proceded to explain the nature of the
Priesthood & the duties & privliges of the several offices
& gave such instruction as their situation required. followed
by Elder Richard who explained many Important principles
connected with the building up the Kingdom.


The minutes of the council were then read item by item
& accepted, when the council adjourned & after singing
"the spirit of God" &c & a blessing by Elder Richards
the Brethren seperated with feelings of Gratitude &
thanksgiving that God had been with his people & the
spirit of union & Love had prevailed in all the deliberations
of the DAY


Willford Woodruff President
John Benbow Clerk


Remarks: The different Branches in this region are so scattered
that it has not been possible to assertain the No of members
connected with each individual Church but the whole number
of the Churches connected with the Bran Green & Gadfield Elm
& the Frooms Hill conference together with a small branch of
12 members 1 priest 1 Teacher at little Gurney is
33 Churches 534 Members 75 Officers
viz. 10 Elders 52 Priests 13 Teachers
& for the comforting of the Saints & with hartfelt gratitude
to our Heavenly [Father] we would say that it is less than four months since
the fullness of the gospel was first Preached in this region, which
is a proof that God is beginning to make a short work in
these last days W. Woodruff


I Baptized 4. Jointly confirmed 20. Blessed 20 children
Ordained 4 Elders, 7 Elders Priest, & 4 Teachers
8 miles

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Reflectiosns


From Adam man decended & prospered & blessed
untill he polluted the earth by sin & wickedness to that
degree that God destroyed the whole world by a flood
except 8 souls & they went forth & again peopled the earth
& was always blessed when they kept the commandments
of God & was cursed when they broke them. God blessed
Abram & made covenants with him & his seed. Though
Israel was in slavery as it were under Pharroio yet when
they cryed unto God & was humble God raised up
Moses & delivered them & cursed the Egyptian nation
& overthrew them, God overthrew the Canaanite
& gave the land to Israel. [Exodus 3] Nation after Nation has
risen flourish & fallen from generation to generation
Baybylon the excellency of the Chaldeans, & the glory of
kingdoms was in her turn lade in the dust, & while
the curse of God rested upon many nations for their
sins & for Israel's sake, Israel forgot her LGod &
turned to Idols, & proved the Lord to be equal in
all his wasys by scattering Israel to the four winds
of heaven overthrowing Jerrusalem, laying her pallaces
synnagogues, & Temples, in the dust to be trodden down
by the gentiles while Judah was driven like the dumb
Ass under his burthen scatterd among all nations as corn
was sifted in a sive The gentile nations took her lands
was grafted in whare Israel was broaken of & partook
of the fatness of her olive tree & for a short season
broat forth her fruit, then Rome arose & Greece
in her turn have both spread themselves like a green
bay tree & strove to have their branches reach to
heaven while built upon Judah ruin, who at the
same time is recieving doublye at the hand of God for
all his sins, Greece & Rome in ther turn fall to the ground,
& out of Rome comes forth ten kingdoms who are now
struggling for the mastery to sway the septure oer the
earth, But in vain, in vain, do ye strive O! ye gentiles
for this thing, ye are ownly fuel for the fire & tinder
for the Breath of the Almighty. Ye have not continued
in the goodness of God neither have ye sought to recover
Israel. WO, WO, WO, unto you Rome for you are
the mother of harlots & wo unto all your daughte
rs England & America not excepted, your destru
ction is sure, your condemnation lingereth not &
your Damnation slumbereth not, for you are all
drunk with the Blood of Saints you have spoiled
Judah & Ephram you have trodden dow[n] But he
will rise again & fullfill the word of God on thee!!

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~ Monday


June 22nd Elders Richards & myself spent the morning
in aranging the minutes of the conference at Elder John Ben
bows
, we confirmed one Blessed 4 children. I then Baptized
5 persons & confirmed them & also 2 others were
Baptized by Elder Clark which we confirmed this
was Just as we were about to leave of Frooms Hill to
start on our Journey for the conference at Manch
ester
, & I never before left a field of labour with as
much satisfaction as on this occasion & I felt to
render up the gratitude of my heart to God for his
Goodness to me on this occasion by giving me many
souls as seals of my ministry. for being led to this country
by the spirit of God I had traveled 80 miles through
a country of Dens population & stoped at John Benbows
& preached for the first time on the 5th day of
March 1840 & I am this day blessed with the privilege
of leaving a fruitful field in this land with
33 organized churches, Numbering 541 members
75 officers viz 10 Elder 52 Priest, 13 Teachers.
300 of the above named persons received the ordina
nce
of Baptism under my hands, & 241 were Bapti
zed
under the hands of Elders B Young, W. Richard,
T Kington, J. Chees, C. Price, D Browett, T Clark,
S Jones, P Green, Also Priest John Parry, J Barnes, T Oaky
J Palmer J. Morgan, W Jinkins, J Spires, B. Williams
W. Parsons, W. Evens & J Gaily. Elder B. Young laboured
with me in this vineyard about one month. I obtained
much benefit, as well as all the Saints from his instruction
& council for he is mighty in council & endowed
with much wisdom. Elder W. Richards Also laboured
with me two months which was a great Blessing unto
me as well as many Saints for he has passed through a
great school of experiance & learned much wisdom
& sound Judjment which is readily manifest in all
councils & conferences in which we have set together
I Also Baptized one at Ledbury & confirmed him & ordained
him to the office of a Priest Robert Gomery
Business of the day


I Baptized 6, Br Clark 2, Elder Richards & myself
confirmirmed 99 ordained one Priest Blessed 4 children
walked to Ledbury & spent the night. Distance 8 m


~ Tuesday


23rd Elder Richard & myself parted with the Saints in
Ledbury & took coach & rode to Worcester 16 miles
from thence to [FIGURE] Birmingham 24 miles this is the first time
we I ever visited Birmingham which is the centre of England
after spending several hours together in visiting the city

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we took the parting hand with each other & Elder Richard
took the cars for Manchester & I took coach for West Bromwich
5 miles & called upon Sister Mary Packard at Mr's Duffrell
Church Tavern West Bromich she informed me that Elder
Turley was in another part of the town & had commenced
Baptizing. Sister Packard accompanied me to Brother John
Robinson
Gritts Green near Bromwich thes friends received
me kindly but informed me that Elder Turley had gone to Birmi-
ngham
[FIGURE] I wrote him a letter to return & see me. I had not
been in the house but a short time before two men came in full
of wrath & anger & brought a blind girl & demanded me to heal
heal her & work a miracle that they might have a sign to make
them believe. After telling them what the character was of tho
se that sought signs one of them by the name of John Hadley
brought much railing accusation against me & rejected my testi
mony. Elder Turley had been preaching hear three weeks & had
commenced Baptizing he had Baptized 9 persons. several
came in in the evening to inquire into these things & 4 offered them
selves for Baptism. I spent the night with George Murrall 46 m[iles]


~ Wednesday


24th I had an interview with Elder Turley I was truly
happy to see him he read a letter to me that he had received from
his wife containing many important things amoung the rest
sayes that Elders Orson Hide & John E Page were set apart
at the conference in Commerce Illinois in the United States
on the 6th Day of April 1840 to go to Palestine to visit the
Jews there &c. & will call upon us on their way. The
letter also stated that my wife Phebe W Woodruff was
at the conference. & in good health.


I preached in the evening at west Boomwich at the house of
Br Walker 4 were Baptized by Elder Turley which we
Jointly confirmed I spent the night with Mr Murrell


~ Thursday


25th I spent the day in West Bromwich & preached
in the evening one was Baptized by Elder Turley
we ordained one Priest & one Teacher I spent the night
with Elder Turley at Enoch Wood


~ Friday


26th We took the omnibus at the Junktion & rode to
Lane end at the Staffordshire Potterries via Wolverhamp
ton
& Stafford 38 miles. It would be a difficult task
to give a description of the country from Birmingham to
Wolverhampton. I never saw any thing that comes so
near the description of the Lake of fire & Brimstone
spoken of by the Revelator John [Revelation 20:10] as several miles of
that country for it is one universal mass of coal pits &
Iron mines & while thousands of human beings are

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under ground at work in the midst of fire, Brimston,
sulpher, Gas & cole &c. the whole face of the earth &
heavens air & horizon, men, women, & houses, are
filled & coverd with the composition of fire, cinders
Gas, sut, & smooke of their miserry & labours that
assended up out of their piles, firnesses, & pitts froom
day to day & from year to year. in fine, it is more
like Hell in comparrison than any place I have as
yet visited. (Uncommon) A boy by the name of
Thomas Skelsey 15 years of age is becomeing quite noted
between Wolverhampton & Burslem by following
the coaches or omnibus on foot & keeps pace with the them
the whole distance, he runs about 40 miles in 6 hours, he
has run through & returned in one day making 80
miles in about 12 hours when he gets weary he
takes hold of a strap on the hind end of the coach with
his hands but runs as usual. On one occasion he
run 14 miles in one hour & fife minutes he is a poor
boy & his ownly object is to get a living by recieving
what money the passegngers saw fit to give him about one
shilling per day he does this running with bare feet on
accadamized rodes.


We called upon the Saints at Lane end from thence to
Stoke & felt truly to rejoice to once more meet with
the Saints in this region. We preached in the evening
at Stoke had an interview with Elder Cordon spent the night
at Stoke distance of the day 40 miles


~ Saturday


27 [FIGURE] I had an interview with Elder G. A. Smith & I
wrote a letter with Br G. A. Smith & T. Turley to President
Joseph Smith jr I spent the day in Burslem. I herd a
Letter wrote read from Sister Tailor in Commerce
giving an account of the conference in that place. 70
were Baptized. Elders Hide & Page were set apart
to visit the Jews at Palestine. The President of the
United States had rejected the Petition of the Latter
Day Saints to have their wrongs redressed, & as the
Judges, Governors, & President of the United States
had rejected the Saints & turned a deaf ear to
their cries, the Saints have now appealed to the highest
tribunal even the court of HEAVEN & called
upon God as their deliverer. May the Lord spedily answer
their prayers I pray. I spent the night a[t] Mr Battleby.


~ Sunday


28th Sunday we held a camp meeting at Stoke
we had a large congregation Elders G. A. Smith, T Turley,
& A Cordon Preached in the fore part of the day

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& Elders W. Woodruff H. Glover & G A Smith preached
in the afternoon 2 were Baptized & confirmed 2
were healed by the laying on of hands. spent the
night with G. A. Smith at Sister Battlebys 6 miles


~ Monday


29th Minutes of a conference held at Hanly, Staffordshire,
England, on the 29th Day of June 1840


The various churches of the Staffordshire Potteries
met in conference at the preaching room in Hanly on the
29th of June 1840. Meeting was called to order by Elder
A Cordon Elder George A. Smith was chosen President
Elder Alfred Cordon was chosen clerk
Meeting opened by Prayer
Moved by Elder W Woodruff seconded by A Cordon that
Isaac Whittaker be ordained an Elder
Also James Lockett Samuel Johnson
William Bradbury John Rowley
Samuel Hancock Orsmond Shaw be ordained Priests
& John Hulme Charles Stephenson
John Warrall be ordained Teachers
Carried Unanimously


The above persons were then ordained under the hands
of Elders W Woodruff & George A Smith
The President then called upon the official members
to represent each individual branch



E[lder] P[riest] T[eacher] D[eacon]
James S Walker Prst Represented the church at Tunstall 5 members 0 2 1 0
Wm Bradbury Prst Rep Burslem & Hanly 61 members 3 6 2 1
Wm Smith prst Rep church of New Castle 13 members 0 1 1 0
Wm Hulme Priest Rep Stoke 17 members 0 2 2 0
Isaac Whittaker Elder Rep Lane End 35 members 1 0 0 0
Also Cheadle 1 member 0 0 0 0
Richard Rushton Prt Rep Leek 36 members 0 2 0 1
Total 168 members 4 13 6 2

It was Moved & carried that the above Branches b organized
into a conference called the conference of the Staffordshire Potteries


Moved & carried that


James S. Walker Priest take charge of the church at Tunstall
Williams Vernon Priest Burslem & Hanly
William Bradbury Priest Assistant
William Smith Priest New Castle
William Hulme Priest Stoke
Elder Isaac Whittaker Lane End
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Richard Rushton Priest take charge of the church at Leek


Moved & carried that Elder Alfred Cordon be the
Presiding Elder over the churches comprising this conference
Also Orsmond Shaw be the standing clerk for the same


Moved & carried that Elder Alford Cordon be a delegate
to represent this conference to the general conference
at Manchester on the 6th day of July nex


Moved & carried that the Delegate present the minutes of
this conference to the general conference


The minutes were then read & accepted by the conference


Moved & carried that this conference adjurne to the 28th Day
of September next


Conference closed by Prayer by the President


George A Smith President
Alfred Cordon Clerk


Business of the day I jointly ordained 1 Elder 6 Priest &
3 Teachers & confirmed 2. I set in council with the
officers after conference & also preached at night to
the Saints spent the night at Sister Battleby 4 miles


~ Tuesday


30th I walked to Burslem from thence to Hanly &
attended Meeting Elder Turley preached {[2 words of illegible shorthand]}
I spent the night at Sister Battlebys 5 mi


~ Wednesday


July 1st I rode in company with Elders Smith
& Turley to Manchester whare I found Elders
B Young, H. C. Kimble P. P. Pratt W. Richards
at 149 oldham road Manchester. Distance 35 [miles]
we had a pleasent time together Elder Richards & myself
spent the night together at Brother Brewshers No 4 Gray ct


~ Thursday


2nd I spent the day at 149 Oldham road in writing
I was informed of a remarkable vision of Sister Ann
Booth
which I have written on the following page
I spent the night at Br John Walkers Cookson strt No 10

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A Remarckable Vision


I Ann Booth wife of Robert Booth of the Town
of Manchester England had the following vision on the
12th Day of March in the year of our Lord 1840.


Being carried away in a vision to the place of depart
ed souls I saw 12 prision one above another vary
large & builded of solled stone. On ariving at the door
of the uppermost prision, I behoeld one of the 12 Apostles
of the Lamb who had been martered in America
standing at the door of the prision holding a key with
which he unlocked the door & went in & I followed
him. He appeared to be of a large size thick set. Dark hair
Dark eyes & eyebrows of a smileing countenance, & on
his head was a crown of Gold or sumthing brighter.
He was Dressed in a long white robe with the sleeves
plaited from the sholder to the hand. Upon his breast
were four stars [FIGURE] apparrently like gold and a golden
gridle about his loins. his feet were bear from above
the ancles downwards and his hands were also bear.
As he entered the prision he seemed to stand about
3 feet from the floor (which was of Marble) as if
the place was not worthy for him to stand upon. A
vary ^brilient^ and glorious light serrounded him while the
rest of the prision was dark. But his light was pecu-
liar to himself & did not reflect upon others who were
in the prison who were surrounded with a gloom of darkne
ss. On the right hand near the door stood John Westley
who on seeing the glorious Personage raised both hands
& shouted Glory, honor, Praise, & Power be asscribed
unto God & the Lamb forever & forever Deliverence has
come. The Apostle then commenced to preach the
Baptism of repentance for remission of sins and the
gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands.
When the hunderds of prisoners gave a shout with a
loud voice saying Glory be to God forever & ever
The marble floor was then removed & a river of water
clear as cristle seemed to flow in its place. The Apostle
then called to John Westley by name who came forw-
ard quickley and both went down into the water &
he Baptized him & coming up out of the water he
laid hands on him for the gift of the Holy Ghost at the
same time ordaining him to the Priesthood of Aaron
The Apostle then retired to the place whare he stood at

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first, and John Westley then proceded to Baptize
A man by the name of Killham the leader of the New
Connection of Methodist and next John Madison & then
Scott, & John Tongue, the three latter were Methodist
preachers with whom I had formerly been acquainted
the next he Baptized was my Grandfather (Edmund
Whitehead
) & the next was my uncle (John Whitehead)
& the next was my sister (Elizabeth Olland) & next
Joseph Lancashire & next Samuel Robinson & the
next was my own Mother all these had lived & died
Methodist & I had been personally acquainted with
them all. And after this he Baptized all the prisoners
amounting to many hundreds After they were
all Baptized the Apostle laid his hands on them &
confirmed them evry one. then instantly the darkness
dispersed & they were all surrounded & envelloped in
A Brilient light such as surrounded the Apostle at the
first & they all lifted their voices with one accord
giving glory to God for deliverance. My Grandfather
then came to me & blessed me saying the Lord bless
the[e] forever & ever. art thou come to see us deliverd
My mother then came to me & clasped me in her arms
& kissed me three times & said the Lord Allmighty
bless thee forever & ever. I then awoke out of
the vision & felt so happy & overjoyed that I
knew not how to remain in bed. But waking my
husband we arose & taking the Bible I opened prom
providentially to the text Isaiah 24th they shall be
gathered together &c. more & more astonished, I
opened agained the Bible I again opened the Bible to the 1st
of St John
The light shineth in darkness &c. and again the
third time I opened it & immediately cast my eyes upon
the 3rd chapter of Peter 18 19 20 speaking of the spirits
in Prison
. Being before ignorant of these texts & opening
upon each providentially I was asstonished beyound meas
ure. I would further state that at the time I had this
vision I had never herd of the Death of David W. Patten
whom I have since learned was one of the Twelve
Apostles of the Latter Day Saints in America & was slain
in the late persecution in the fall of 1838. But in the
vision I knew it was an Apostle who had been slain
in America. Perhaps many will think lightly of this
vision But I hereby sollemnly testify that I actaully
saw & herd in a vision what I have here related & I
give my name & set my seal in witness to the same
well knowing that I must stand before the Judgment Seat of
Christ & answer for this Testimony.

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SIGNS IN THE LAST DAYS


On the their was a sign in the Moon
the people at Great Marlvern Hills in Herefordshire Eng
took a view of it through their glasses, the appearance
of the moon was ias if it were painted red & while
looking at it one part of it fell in peices & the appearan
ce of a soldier was seen in the moon with a white feath-
er in his cap the Number that was on his cap ^was^ vary plain
& a figure 8 on his shouldier, they saw his firelock &
gun ready for Battle & his dress was clearly seen


On the while the man that
tends the gas lights at the Carpenters Hall was light-
ing the chandaliers for a publick discussion
12 of them burst in peaces Elder O Pratt stood
beside of me at the time, the man said he had
never seen such a thing before, this was to light
the Hall to accomodate Mr Berry who pledged
himself to prove the Book of mormon fals & water
Baptism
not essential unto salvation


A Dream. On the I fel asleep & Dreamed I
was at my Fathers house in Farmington Con my father
had caught some fish, I thought I would go to fishing
to, I went under the saw mill & the trench was full
of pickerel father shut down the gates & the fish started
to run down stream with the water I run down to
the bottom of the Island jumped into the trench, & caught
a great many large fish with my hands as they came
down. I then went to the mill & Brother Asahel Woodruff
who has been dead two years came & broght many fish
& showed me which he caught in the trengch, we then comm-
enced eating peaches with other friends & talked about
& rejoiced in the glories of IMMORTALITY


"The Rev R. Aitken AM. of London says,
As the prophecies concerning the birth, life, & death, o[f] our
Lord were litterly fulfilled at his first coming,
to the division of his garments and to the casting
of lots upon his vestures so evry prophecy & promise
respecting his Second Coming—throne—kingdom—reign
judgment—power—with the changes predicted in the
world—elements—nature—condition of animals and the
like, shall be literally accomplished." Truth
Una. Kila. Shile. Oshena.

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~ Friday


July 3rd In company with the Twelve I visited the
musiam at Manchester M England which was an interesting
sight to behold every kind of Beasts, Animals, fowles &
birds fish & evry creeping thing, serpents, & all things
that live on land or in the sea Also evry kind of fruit
& minerals ores & precious stones. we saw the greatest
Dimond in the world that has as yet ever been discov-
ered it was nearly the size of a goose egg, it cost
£122000000 one hundred & twenty & two million Lbs
stirling this was not the dimond itself but its represe
ntation in a cristol stone. I also saw one Animal
16 feet high. After spending several hours in visiting
this place I then visited the printing office of
W. R Thomas 61 spring gardens I saw them print a
form of the Hymn Book printed by the Latter Day Saints
I dined at Br Rigby, 149 Oldham road


~ Saturday


4th of July I took an interesting walk with the
Brethren through the Zoologicall garding [garden] near
Manchester when we returned to Manchester
I found Elders Kington & Browet at the Star
office I spent the night at the Star office 6 m[iles]


~ Sunday


5th Sunday I met with the Elders & Saints
& a large congregation of the citizens of Manchester
at the Joiners Hall for public worship, the Saints
have hired this hall it will seat an assembly of
about two thousand I preached in the fore
part of the day. In the afternoon I communed
with 4 or 500 Saints the whole congregation
would number near 1000. Elders Hadlock, Kington,
Fielding, Cordon, & others testified to the congregation
Elder Cordon preached in the evening to a large congregation
several were baptized spent the night with P P Pratt

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~ Monday


MINUTES OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE


A general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints was held in the Carpenters Hall Manchester on the 6th day
of July 1840 it being the 1st day of the 4th month 11th year of
the Church when the following officers of the travling high
council
were present viz. Elder B Young P P Pratt Wd
Woodruff J. Taylor Wd Richards H. C. Kimball & G A. Smith
other officers, viz., high Priest, 5; elders 19; Priest 15, Teachers
11, & Deacons 3. The meeting being called to order a little after
10 oclock by Elder W Clayton, it was moved by Elder
Young seconded by Elder Woodruff that Elder Pratt be
chosen president of the conference which was carried unan-
imously. Elder W Clayton was chosen clerk
The meeting was opened by prayer by the President &c


After which there was 41 churches represented in
England & Scotland containing members & officers as follows
Officers are included in the first Number given


Churches 41
Saints 2513
Elders 56
Priest 126
Teachers 61
Dea[c]ons 13
Sum Total of official members 256.

Increase for the last three months is (see April 15th)


Saints 842
Elders 22
Priest 74
Teacher 23
Deacons 5
Total 124
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Moved & carried that Elders Thomas Kington,
Alfred Cordon, & Thomas Smith be ordained High Priest
And John Albiston, be orda John Blezard, William
Berry
, John Sanders, John Parkinson, James Worsley,
& John Allen be ordained Elders
& Joseph Slinger George Walker John Smith Robert
Williams
, William Black John Melling &
John Swindlehurst be ordained Priest
The above named persons were ordained under
the hands of Elders Young & Richard's
much other business was transacted & the
meeting closed by Blessing by Elder Young


P P Pratt President
WmClayton Clerk


Elders B. Young & P. P. Pratt ordained a man to
the office of an Elder in the army of the English
about the last of June who is going direct to the
east Indies & will carry the gospel to that people
he sailed in good spirits & determined to preach
the gospel to the people of the East Indies he set sail
about the [blank] of July May the Lord bless him & make
him an Instrument of doing much good. July 18th


Elders G. A. Smith & A. Cordon ordained
William J. Barret of Burslem England 17th years of
age to the office of an Elder on the 11 day of July
& he set sail at London for South Australia
a voyage of 16000 miles on the 17th of July 1840
to preach the gospel to that far distant people
South Australia is a new colony setttled by the
English now about 10000 souls & rapidly increasing
thus doors are opening in all parts of the world for
the rapid spread of the fulness of the gospel

we received a letter yesterday from Elder Barret
which he wrote Just before he sailed. he exhorted us to
be faithful & pray for him he was clothed with the
power of the Priesthood & the Holy Ghost the spirit of
prophecy
& Revelation & the Importance of his mission
he testifyed in the name of God that he should return
to Zion bringing his sheaves with him. He took our add
ress & J. Smith Jr in the U. S. & says he will write. O Lord bless him

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~ Tuesday


July 7th I met with the Twelve & many officers in coun-
cil at the Star office whare much important business
was transacted & council given. a place of labour in the
vineyard was assigned to each officer untill the next con-
ference. I dined in company with Br & Sister Richards at
Brother Bewsher No 4 Gray street we then met the 12
in front of the Infirmary & we walk to a paper storehouse
whare Elders Young & Pratt had made a contract for
Paper sufficent to print 5000 copies of the Book of
Mormon
after seeing the paper weighed & paid for which
amounted to £107 {shorthand} we then walked to Br Millers & eat
& drank with about 20 Elders which was a plesant time we
then walked to the Star Office & the quorum of the Twelve
sat in council & voted that P. P. Pratt might go to New York
& get his family, & Elder Theadore Turley should
lead a company of Saints from England to commerce
in the U S A, & after some other business the council
adjourned untill tomorrow morning to meet at this room
I spent the night with Elder Fielding at Sister Ann Booth
{Distance of the day} 6 miles


~ Wednesday


8th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Phebe {I spoke of some things I should send
her by Elder Turley} I spent the Day in Manchester & the night
with Elder Tailor at Brother Greens


~ Thursday


9th I wrote a letter for the Star spent the night
at Br Walker at No 10 cookson street


~ Friday


10th [FIGURES] I wrote 4 Letters directed to the following
persons, Ezra Carter, Eunice Woodruff, Ilus F.
Carter
, Lucian R. Foster & forwarded to
New York by P. P. Pratt who was going to New York
to Bring his family to England. I spent the night
with Elder Kimble at 76 Loom street at Allise Whipp


~ Saturday


11th I spent the day mostly at the Star office in wri
ting {I purchased several small articles to send to Phebe}
in the evening I assisted Elder B. Young & several
of the sisters in doing up (325) of the 3rd No of the
Millennial Star which was sent to Liverpool for P P.
Pratt
to take with him to New York


~ Sunday


12th I attended meeting at the Joiners Hall Manchester with the
Saints B. Young preached in the morning we communinged with
the Saints in the afternoon & I preached in the evening we con
firmed 4 & Blessed 2 children I spent the night 149 oldham road

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~ Monday


July 13th I received a lengthy & interesting Letter from
[FIGURE] Letter from Phebe W W Phebe W. Woodruff from which I made some
extracts to be inserted in the Star which will appear in
the 4th No. My wife informs me in this Letter that
the Rev Mr Bogart a Methodist Preacher who was the
Leader of the Missouri mob in the persecution of
the Saints, has shot a man during the Election who
died in few hours. Mr Bogart has had his trial &
is to be hung on the 4th day of July next. Also that
an Indian with his wife & daughter has embraced
the fulness of the gospel & Been Baptized in Commerce
the Indian is an Interpreter of six tribes, & the Indian
says all of those tribes will receive the work, & two
Elders with their families (Brothers Butler & Emmit)
have gone out among the Indians on a mission &c
As this is the first commencment of the work among
the Lamanites I Pray God the Eternal Father in the
name of Jesus Christ to roll on his work among that
people & turn ther captivity & spedily overshadow
them with the light of the fulness of the gospel of
Jesus Christ. Roll on O ye mighty wheel of the Kingdom
of God untill ye becom a mountain & fill the whole
earth. [Daniel 2:34-35] Let the day which has now broke close no more
untill Judah rejoices & Israel is made glad &
Ephraim's Nobles are of himself & his Governour procede
forth out of the midst of him. [Jeremiah 30:21] Let the prayer of
the widow, & the cry of the orphan assend into
the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth, let the heavens
witness their tears & record them on high, untill
the Almighty shall come out of his hiding place
& avenge those widows & orphens of the spilt Blood
of their Martered husbands & Fathers which was
shed by the Iron hand of the Inhabitants of Missouri
for the word of God & the testimon of Jesus Christ
Let the American Nation spedily learn that their is
still a God in Israel who holds the destinies of
all nations in his own hand & at whose command
goes forth the issues of life & death. O Lord cloth
thy Saints with salvation & thine Elders with the
power of God. Give thy Prophets wisdom, means, &
power, to esstablish Zion & her stakes to be throne down
no more forever; Make thy no Apostles men after thine
own heart & swift witnesses to the nations of the
earth let council, wisdom, & the fear of God rest
upon them untill all thy purposes are accomplished
concerning them which thou wilt Deign to perform!!

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~ Tuesday


14th Sarah Emma is two years old this day may the
Lord preserve my wife & children from sickness
& Death untill my return O Lord I commit them into
thy hands, feed, clothe, & comfort them & thine shall
be the glory.


I spent the day in Manchester, in company with
Elder Young I took supper at Br John Smiths
{I went to the store and bought Phebe a dress, Sarah Emma a dress, Wilford} 3 {yards of flannel
and} 22 {dollars which I left with Elder Young to send to my wife all} 1 4 11 1/2
I preached in the evening at Br Blacks & spent the
evening night at the Star office with Elder Young
I had an interview in the afternoon with Sister Richards
[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Phebe & sent it with the {parcel and [goods]}


~ Wednesday


15th I parted with Elder Young & the Saints in Man
chester
& rode to Burslem had an interview with Elder
G. A Smith & Cordon & the Saints spent the night at
Burslem I Brought 110 Stars for A Cordon & 550 for
T. Kington & about 100 hymn Books 35 miles


~ Thursday


16th I visited Stoke & Stone Lane End. the Saints
were Joyful to see me or manifested themsellves so
I preached at Hanly & Baptized one [FIGURE]
I was Presented with a small splended China Box as
A present from the Saints in Stoke upon Trent England
{with the following inscribing: Phebe and Wilford Woodruff. A present from Stoke on Trent England. It
was worth about ₤} 3. {The names were spelled wrong and I had them altered. They were spelled as
follows:} Willeard, Pheab, Woodrooff. {We supplied the jewelry for it. I also have} 3 {china [vials]}
One {to Phebe,} one {to Sara} one {to Eunice and} 4 {thimbles. They were from Kurt and Sally} 10 m[iles]


~ Friday


17th [FIGURE] I wrote two letters to Phebe to go in a bun-
dle of things. We received a letter from Elder William
J. Barret
, of Burslem who is now at London. he was
ordained an Elder under the hands of Elders G A Smith
& A Cordon he this day sets sail at London to carry
the gospel to South Australia a voyage of 16000 miles
he was in good spirits & felt the power of God & the
spirit of his mission he took our address & J Smith Jr
& sayes he will write, as soon as he esstablishes his mision
^[FIGURE] Sara Sarah Emma died this day^


~ Saturday


18th [FIGURE] I wrote two letters one to Elder Turley &
one to the Saints from fox Islands at Montrose
I walked to Leek in company with Elder G A Sm
ith
. Leek is the Metropolis of the Morelands. We
saw a large stone cross in the church yard erected
many centuries since in honour to some of the cardinals
in 1645 the rebels of Scotland broke the head of it of[f]
& built a fire around it & the smoke of it still remains 10 [miles].

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~ Sunday


19th Sunday I Preached in Leek John Jones came to
oppose us & his carriage broke down & flung him in
the mud he came to meeting but the Lord shut
his mouth & he could not utter a word but left
the room as soon as I closed Elder Smith preached
in the evening & 6 were Baptized under his hands
we ordained one Priest & one Teacher several were
healed by the laying on of hands. I then walked to
Burslem & spent the night with Br Simpson.
I saw a letter direct from South Australia which
spoke well of the country {Distance of the day} 10 m


~ Monday


20th I done up my bundle with much pains to send
to Phebe by Elder Turley I enclosed 5 {sovereigns and a china pitcher}
[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder Young


~ Tuesday


21st Elder Smith & myself sent our bundle
to Manchester to the care of Elder B. Young. We
Also parted with the Saints at Burslem & took
coach & rode to Birmingham whare we spent the
night & it was not unprofitable to us in many respect
We attended the seventeenth Anniversary of the
Birmingham Auxilliary to the Baptist Missionary
society at the town Hall on tuesday evening July 21 1840
This Birmingham town Hall is one of the most splended
buildings in Europe it contained the largest organ
in England if not in the world it was 52 feet in highth
it contained 3000 Pipes & 603 stops the pipes were
from 3 feet square [blank] in^side^ diameter down to the smallest
dimentions it has Also 63 stops


The hall would seat about 5000 & it was full
the chair was taken at six oclock the best talents in
Europe were gathered together & displayed on this occasion
the object of the meeting was to get money & send missi
onarys. We left the house about 10 oclock & called
upon John Turley here I had an interview with the
Saints from West Bromwich. I took lodgings near
Mr Wm Turley. Charlotte Turley is worthy & is ready
to be Baptized distance of the day 45 m


~ Wednesday


22nd We took coach & rode Worcester from thence
to Ledbury. Elder G. A. Smith remained in Ledbury &
preached. I walked to Dymock held a meeting & spent the
night 45 miles


~ Thursday


23rd We walked to Frooms hill & found the Saints
strong in the faith & increasing fast in numbers & preparing
to emigrate with the Saints in the United States 12 mile

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~ Friday


24th [FIGURE] I received a letter from Father & Mother & sister
Eunice Woodruff which I was truly glad to get. I found
Brother & Sister Benbow strong in faith & willing to
make evry sacrafice in their power for the gathering of the
Saints we had an interview with Elder Kington we spent
the day at Br Benbows had an interesteng meeting


~Saturday


25th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Bishop Ripley & confirmed
one person & administered to 6 that were sick I
walked to Moorends Cross & spent the night 4 mile
[FIGURE] I received a letter ofrom Elder W. Richards


~ Sunday


26th Sunday I walked to ridgway cross & preached
& confirmed 8, Blessed 8 children, & lade hands upon
many that were sick. I walked to Moorends Cross &
Preached & confirmed 2. I returned to Ridgway
Cross & communed with the Saints & had an interest
ing time which will be the last time that I break
Bread unto many of those Saints, as they are about
to emegrate & gather with the Saints in Commerce &
Montrose. A company of about 50 is about to start
for America from Herefordshire England about
40 of which will go by the free charity & philanthro-
py of Elder John Benbow. I walked after meeting to
Froom Hill & spent the night {Distance of the day} 9 miles


~ Monday


27th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder's Young & Richards
I Preached at Frooms Hill & confirmed 2 & lade
hands
upon many that were sick. Elder Smith
preached at Standly Hill


~ Tuesday


28th
[FIGURE] I wrote a Letter to Elder Taylor & wrote
a recommend for Elder John Benbow & Jane
Benbow
. I spent the day in writing


~ Wednesday


29th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Phebe which I sent
by the hand of Sister Benbow I walked to Br
Fidoe & preached at Br Pullins & returned to
Frooms Hill & spent the night distans 4 miles


~ Thursday


30th I walked to Ledbury in company with
Br G. A. Smith & spent the night at Br Pullins 7 miles


~ Friday


31st Elder Smith & myself took the dimentions of Led
bury
church found it 200 feet long 100 broad covering
1/2 acre & occupying one acre the Tower was seperat from
the main building was 40 feet square at the base 260 feet
in highth we walked to Keysend street & to Turkey hall 10 m[iles]
one window cost £200 or $1000

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~ Saturday


Aug. 1st We walked to Haw Cross & to Dymock &
spent the night 8 miles


~ Sunday


2nd Sunday I preached twice in Dymock &
Elder G. A. Smith preached in Ledbury

I am happy to learn on our return to the church
es in Herefordshire & adjoining country that the
work of God [is] rolling on rapidly upon evry
hand The Elders & Priest are universally blessed
in ther ministry in this part of the vineyard
they are Baptizing daily Elder Richardson has
Baptized about 40 since his arival & Elder Key
about 20. Elders Kington, Browett, Benbow, Cheese,
Clark, & others have Baptized many. We have
Baptized 40 this day in different parts of the
vineyard in this region. There has been about
250 Baptized in this region since the conferenc
which we held in this region. ^repetition^ The churches here
now number about 800 all of which have embraced
the gospel within five months from the Church
of England
& all other Prodtestant churches. We have
Baptized several clarks of the Church of England
& aosm of the leading Musicians. Elder G. A. Smith
& myself have not Baptized any ourselves
since we came this last time But we Preach the
Gospel, council, & lay on hands for confirmation
but call upon others to Baptize. We are looking
for Elder Kimball evry day & as soon as he
arives we shall take our leave of the Saints here
& go to the city of LONDON & warn the inha
bitants thereof & Preach the gospel unto them
I Pray the Lodrd to send the Angel of his presens
before us & prepare the way that much good may
be done in the name of the Lord. I feel thankf
ul to our Heavenly father for opening such a spedy
& effectual door in this region of country

I confirmed one at Dymock & spent the night at
Elder Kingtons


~ Monday


3rd I walked to Ledbury & met with Br Smith
[FIGURE] I wrote two letters one to Elde Young &
the other to Turley. I forwarded two Blank
license to Elder Young for licensing rooms to preach
in we spent the night in Ledbury

[FIGURE] I received a letter from Elder Young

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~ Tuesday


Aug[ust] 4th We walked to Frooms Hill found the
Saints in good spirits & health & the work progress-
ing spent the night at Elder Benbows 8 miles


~ Wednesday


5th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter for the Mill Star & one
to Young & Richards Elder Smith & myself preached
at Frooms hill & confirmed 3. We have had
warm or hot sun shine for several days which is
almost the first weather we have had that
has appeared like summer for we have had a cold
wet season


~ Thursday


6th [FIGURE] I sealed up a package of 42 letter &
my Journal from Montrose to England
with 1 & 3 No of the Star to send by Elder
Turley to Mrs Woodruff. It contained all of
my corresponding letters since the 8th of Aug
1839. We spent the day & night at Frooms hill


~ Friday


7th A pleasant day we spent the day visiting the
Saints we confirmed the Parish church clark & his
wife who had been Baptized & Joined the Saints
his name was Robert Hill of Canfroom Parish
[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder Turley 5 miles


~ Saturday


8th [FIGURE] One year ago this day I left my family in
Montrose to take a mission to England I started with
Elder Tailor & corossed the Missisippi river in a canoe sick
with the ague & without money But I am now in the
south part of England in company with Elder
G. A. Smith & enjoying good health & I pray the Lord
to give good health to my wife & children


[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Col Lyman Wight jointly
with Br Smith [FIGURE] I also wrote a letter to Elder
Wm Smith


~ Sunday


^9th Held camp Meeting with G A. Smith & Turley^


~ Monday


10th [FIGURE] I wrote 8 Letters 2 to Phebe {sent} 1/2 {sovereign}
1 to Epraim Luce, one to Nathaniel Thomas one to
Margarett Smoot all enclosed in a wrapper to phebe
1 to William Benbow one to Brigham Young & one
to Eunice Woodruff. Elders Smith Turley &
myself Preached in the evening at Standly Hill &
had a good time we spent the night at Frooms Hill

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~ Tuesday


[FIGURE] Aug 11th {Elder Benbow loaned Elder Turley} 20 {pounds and gave me} 15 {for our London mission}
We took the parting hand with Elder Turley who
started for Liverpool to prepare a ship for about 80
Saints to emegrate to America 40 of which Elder J
Benbow takes with him & pays their expenses to
America out of Mercy to the poor Saints Let the
Blessings of Almighty God rest upon him forever &
ever He Gave Elder Turley £100 to secure the
Passage of the Saints. We took the parting hand with
Brother & Sister Bendbow & the Saints at Froms
Hill
to see them No more untill I meet them in
NAUVOO U. S. A. Aa they are about to emegrat
there, we walked to Ledbury, & spent the night
[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to B Young & one to Elder Glover 7 [miles]


~ Wednesday


12th We walked to Dymock & found Elder Kimball
at Elder Kingtons he had come from Manchester
to meet Elder Smith & myself for the purpose
of Going to the city of London. Elder Kimball had
two letters direct from America one from his
wife & the other from father John Smith to
his son George A. Smith. Sister Kimball inmforms
us of the Death of Bishop EDWARD PATRIDGE
who DIED May 27th 1840 & his oldest Daughter Died
the week before. The Loss of Bishop Patridge will be greatly
felt by the Church he is one of the wisest & best men
of the Last Days He was like Nathaniel of old in whom
there is no guile, [John 1:47] he has passed through much Persecuti-
on
for the word of God & the testimony of Jesus Christ in
1833 he was Imprisioned & besmeared with tar & feathers
in 1839 he was again Imprisioned & passed through the
great persecution of that year & he has been a member
& Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
almost from the Beginning. But he has now gone to
rest & to receive his crown of Glory


[FIGURE] Father John Smith Informed us in his letter of some
remarkable signs that lately appeared among the Saints
viz on the 14th of June 1840 on Sunday five {persons}
men members of the Church saw two men ride across the
Missisippi ^river^ from Commerce Missisippi River from Montrose
to Nauvoo one man was on a white horse & the other on
a bay or red horse the waters parted under their feet
& fire flew when therir tails moved & they observed the
clothing of the men. A few month previous to this a man
was seen walking across the river by several believers &
others the unbeleivers said probably a mormon was

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going across to steal sumthing. this is the effect that
signs have on those that seek them.


I walked in company washith Elders Kimball & G. A. Smith to
Br Benjamin Hill at Turkey Hall in Glostershire we preached
at Lime Street {Distance of the day} 12 m
Mrs Woodruff wrote a short epistle in father Smiths letter


~ Thursday


13th We walked to the Leigh & held a meeting with the
Saints Elders Kimble, Smith, & myself, all spoke to the
people we had an interesting time. After meeting
I Baptized 4 & jointly confirmed 7. we spent
the night at Elder Browetts 7 miles


~ Friday


14th I spent the day at the Leigh In the evening we
met the Saints at Elder Browetts for a council meeti
ng we had an interesting time Elder Smith spoke first
& recommended the Saints to spend 5 minutes each day
in getting an Idea in their minds from the scriptures
& in one year they would have 365 new Ideas in their
minds which would form a fountain of Intelligence
& knowledge which would benefit themselves & man
kind. After meeting 2 were Baptized & we lade [hands] on
one man & confirmed him & healed several that were
sick we spent the night at Elder Browetts


~ Saturday


15th we spent the day in the Leigh writing I wrote
[FIGURE] 3 Letters one to Elder Whittaker one to Br John Rowley
one to Brother Hume [FIGURE] also one to Young &
Richards & one to G. Simpson we Baptized &
confirmed one


~ Sunday


16th Sunday we held a camp meeting at the Leigh Elders
Kimblall & Smith & myself spoke both in the forenoon &
afternoon a large congregation was together we Baptized
4 & confirmed 7. ordained one Elder & two Priest GJohn
Horlick
was ordained an Elder, George & William Harlick
was ordained Priests the two latter had come 12 miles
to received the work after they were Baptized we
confirmed & ordained them at the same time. we com-
muned with the saints & had an interesting time


~ Monday


17th We took the parting hand with the Saints at the
Leigh & rode in company with Elder Browett to Chelten-
ham
& called upon Sister Clark at Mrs Smiths No 3
Union St we then called upon Br Thomas Browett at
No 11. Hanover St we then called at the Temperance
Hotel & spent the night Pop[ulation] of Cheltenham 40,000 5 mile

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~ Tuesday


AUG 18th 1840 [FIGURE] London
We took coach at Cheltenham ^9 AM^ & rode 40 miles through
a level country having quite the appearance of the
Illinois & Missouri prairies occupied altogether for
farming, we past three villages & thousands of acres
of wheat & barlyey fields in the midst of harvest part
of which was cut & part was standing, we past thro-
gh Oxfordshire & in about 8 miles of the Oxford
University
the Largest & most noted univesrsity
in the world which consists of 20 colliges endowed
& five Halls not endowed at which place all Europe
ans finish their studies, before they consider thems
elves perfect schoollars we took the railroad we
saw vast herds of cattle sheep & deer &c, we passed
in sight of Stow & the wychwood forest containing
7,500 acres of timber in which thousands of cattle
feed it is also a noted place of resort for sportsman
to hunt Deer & hares &c. We arived at the farington
road station
& took the cars afor London at 1 oclock PM
Passed through Relicks & had a plain view of old
ruins, & as we passed we also had a fair view of
the splended Winser Castle, after travling 70 miles
on the rail road we were landed at the city of
LONDON at 4 oclock, making 110 miles from
Cheltenham to London which we travled in 7 hours
& did not stop more than two minutes at any time
we rode to the centre of the city we then left the
coach & walked across London Bridge into the
Borough & called upon (Mrs W. Allgood 19 King street
Borough London, which is Mr Allgood's Address, she
is own[ly] sister to Elder Theadore Turleys wife she
treated us with kindness gave us some refreshment
& then directed us to a publick house wheare I wrote
[FIGURE] a letter to my wife & spent the night at Kings Arms King stree Borough
I am now in the great city of London
the largest most pnoted & poupulous
commercial city in the world containing a
population of about (1500000) one million five
hundred thousand people. I am In company
with Elders H. C. Kimball & G. A. Smith. We are the
first Elders of the church of Latter Day Saint
that have ever walked the streets of London
O, London as I walk thy street & behold the mass
of human beings passing through thee & view
thy mighty pallaces, thy splended mansions, the

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costly merchantdize wharewith thou art adorn
ed even as the capital of great Babylon, I am
ready to ask myself what am I & my Brethren
here for, & as the spirit answers to warn thee
of thine abominations & to exhort the[e] to repent of
thy wickedness & prepare for the day of thy visit
ation thy mourning thy calamity & thy wo. I am
ready to cry out Lord who is sufficient for
these things, O Mighty God of Jacob cloth us with
thy power. Let the power of the Priesthood rest
upon us & the spirit of our ministry & mission &
enable us to warn the inhadbitants of this city
in such a manner that our garments will be clean
of their Blood & that we may seek out the honest
in heart & the meek from among men & have many
souls as seals of our ministry


we spent the night at kings Arms, King street, Borough
London distance of the day 114 mile


~ Wednesday


19th [FIGURE] I wrot another letter to Phebe & enclosed it
in the one that I wrote to her last evening. {I enclosed a
sovereign and sent Phebe in the letter} I also wrote a letter to Elder Turley
I[n] which I enclosed my letters to Phebe & others which
we sent to him. We took a walk a mile or two into
the city passed London Bridge twice & returned
& spent the night at Kings Arms, King street, Borough
their is so much passings of Drays & horses & singing
& hollowing att all hours of the night in the streets
that it is with difficulty that I could sleep at
night. Elder Kimball & myself bought each of us an umbrella 4 m[iles]


~ Thursday


20th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elders Young & Richards
& also one to Br Francis Pullin we took a walk
through the city we called to see Rev J. E. Smith
18 Duke st Lincolns Inn Fields


Also we visited John Pye 16 Cursitor st Chancery
Lane he was a full believer of Jo in the prophecies
of Joanna Southcott & one of the society we then ret
urned through speed st & had a view of the Noted St
Pauls church
the largest in the world excepting the
church at Rome ^or Vati[c]an o[f] rome dedecated St Peter^ we returned through King James St
crossed the London Bridge took tea at 19 King street &
walked through union st went to Zions Chapel Water
loo Road & herd a downright comical serman deliver
ed by Mr Armstrong an Atkinite preacher I spent the
night at 58 King st at Mr's Loftus 6 mi

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~ Friday


21st This was the most interesting day of my life
as far as viewing the splended works of man
was concerned. I started in coompany with Elders
Kimble, & G. A. Smith, for a walk over the city of
London we crossed over London Bridge, through
King Williams st & passed through several other
streets visited the cup & garden, passed through
St Martin street & court, & Leicester squair &
Sidney Alley, Coventry st, Picadilly, Glasshouse St
& we passed through most the whol length of
Regent street one of the most splended streets in the
world, we passed through Langham place, All Souls
church
with a spire naked from its base to the point
we also passed through Oxford St. We returned
by the way of St Pauls Church a description of which
I shall give another day.


To end the sceneries of
this days walk, we visited the Noted monument
erected in commemoration of the DREADFUL FIRE
OF LONDON in the year 1666 built under the inspec
tion of that great Architect SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN
we entered a door at its base (paid /6 on entering) & assended
345 black marble steps which brought us 200 feet
into the air, about 100 feet higher than the highest
dwellings we steped on the outside of the piller surround
ed by an Iron railing which at once presented to our
view an indescribable scenery upon evry hand.
Here we were standing about 200 feet in the air
upon the highest & finest modern column in the
world & with the glance of the naked eye we could
overlook & survey the largest most noted, populous
& splended city upon the face of the whole earth
even a city containing a million & a half of human
beings, & such a splendid prospect & grand scenery I
never before beheld, we were situated so as to overlo-
ok nearly evry part of the city east of us lay the splended
tower of London & the Mint, North the Mansion
of Lord Mayor of London. North West St Pauls Churc[h]
West, Westminster Abby & the house of Parliment, south
lies the River Thames with five large arched Bridges
acrossed it in full view, & another which is not seen from
the pillar making six, five of which are hewn stone
& one is all of solid cast Iron, viz Southwark Bridge
while London, Blackfriars Waterloo, westminster &
Vauxhall Bridges are all stone. South of the River
lies London Borough & in addition to this were
hundreds of churches, chapels, & spires standing

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in the midst of one universal dens mass [o]f brick & stone
buildings, covering about six miles squair of ground
while viewing this scenery in a clear day we were
conversing with a Prussian traveller (citizen of Berlin)
who had travled much over Europe & Asia & other
parts of the world, & he declaired we could not
find another spot upon the face of the earth that
would present to our view as grand a scenery as
the one before us. This monument was 24 feet higher
than Trajan's Pillar at Rome. This pillar cost £14,500
or $75,500 dollars. The following is inscribed upon
one side of the monument in LATIN

In the year of Christ 1666 the second
day of September from hence at the distance of two hund-
red & two feet the hight of this column about midnight
a most terrible fire broke out which driven on by a high
wind not ownly wasted the adjacent parts but also places vary
remote with incredible noise & fury. It consumed 89
churches, the gates of the city Guild hall many public struc-
tures, hospitals, schoosls, libraries a vast number of stately
edifices, 13,200 dwelling houses 400 streets of 26 wards
it utterly destroyed 15 & left 8 others shattered & half
burnt. The ruins of the city were 436 acres from the
Tower by the Thames side to the Temple Church &
from the North east Gate along the city wall to Holborn
Bridge. To the estates & fortunes of the citizens it
was merciless but to their lives vary favorable (ownly
eight being lost) That it might in all things resemble the
last conflog^r^ation of the world. The destruction
was sudden for in a small space of time the same
city was seen most flourishing & reduced to
nothing three days after when the fatal fire
had Baffled all human councils & endeavorsurs,
the opinion of all, as it were, by the will of heaven
it stoped & on evry side was extinguished [past]

6 m[iles].

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~ Saturday


22nd [FIGURE] P I received a letter from Mrs Woodruff under
date of July 2nd which I was truly rejoice to receive,
[FIGURE] I wrote her one in return a double letter one yesterday
& on[e] to day {and enclosed} 1/2 {sovereign for Sarah and Wilford} we also received
a letter from B. Young & a copy of the 4th Star. I
spent the day in writing. I walked out in the evening
near the house of Parliment, & bought a good
pocket watch paid £2.90 about equal to $12 I returned
& spent the night at 58 king st 3 miles


~ Sunday


23rd went to Zions Chapel & herd the celebrated
Rev Mr A^it^ken preach 2 sermons he i[s] a talented man
has come out against the secxts & established chu
rches of his own but he has got as far as he can & knows
not what to do, sumthing like the followers of A
Campbell
in America. In fine the whole sectarian
world is in confusion & trouble & knows not what
to do. Mr Akens said in his sermon said that the gentils
with all their present glory would soon be glad to take
hold of the skirt of a Jew & say let us go with you
he also says that most are ignorant of the meaning &
fulfillment of the Bible & will remain so untill it
is revealed by the spirit of God, but notwithstanding
Mr Akins has som sublime truths yet he is building a great
house woutithout any foundation by rejecting the
first principles of the gospel. We also attended
meeting at Zions Chapel Waterloo Road & herd
Mr Robert Aitken deliver an interesting warning
to the gentiles in the evening, he presented some
of the most sublime truths that I ever herd deliverd
by a sectarian priest, also he whiped the present
religioneist of the day at a tremendious rate, he said
they would go to Hell as a body for their religion was
ownly a cloke to cover adulterers & evry evil work
he said the judgments of God would spedily overtake
them. he prophesied of many judgments that woul[d]
spedily come, he wept over the present state of
things we retired & spent the night at our logings
4 mi


~ Monday


24th We removed our logings whare we obtained a
room for all three of us at Mr Robert Merryfield
No 15 Gloster row, Grange Rowad


[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elders Young & Richards
we visited St Pauls Cathedral & went all throug
the lower court & could see the splender of most of
it. It is the largest & most splended & expensive church

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in the world at the present time excepting the Vatican ^church^
at Rome dedicated St Peter. It is 500 feet long from E to W.
& 285 wide from N to S. & 404 fet. high
& it contains 47 monuments of fine marble erected
over the tombs of certain Lords, Bishops, Generals, Earls
& other Titles who have distinguish themselves in the
military service of Great Britiain & otherwise Lord
Nelsons Monument is the largest & most noted, their
Bodies are placed in vaults under the building & their
monuments mostly erected on the floor above. This
cathedral bears up three lofty spires & the whole
Building is splended inside & out. It was first built
by St Augustine in the year 610. It was destroyed
by fire in 961 & rebuilt the following year. It was
not till the reign of Athelstan that London became
the metropolis of England & it was to this prince more
perhaps than to any of his predecessors that the cath
edral of St Paul
was indebted for its permanant esta-
blishment & preeminance. In 1086 this cathedral was
again destroyed by fire which also involved the greater
part of the Metropolis in ruin. Maurice who was then
Bishop of London had been chaplain & chancellor to
King William conceived (says Stow) the vast design
of erecting the magnificent structure which immediately
preceded the present cathedral which was sufficiently
erected by 1099 to admit of public worship. But It was
againe partly Burned in 1132 & again in 1135–6 it sus-
tained considerably injury, the central tower was comple
ted in 1221, & they continued to add unto it from time
to time. The lofty spire of the catheeddral was fired
by lightning in 1444, & not repaired till 1462, in June
1561 the spire was again set on fire which destroyed
spire & roof, & Queen Elizabeth commenced to repair
it which was afterwards accomplished by Laud &
King Charles the first who expended £104,330. 4s. 8 p.
but Immediately dissentions arose between the king &
parliment, & the whole cathedral suffered beyound any
former example. the revenues of the church was confisc
ated, the money & materials siezed by the parliment
& the whole dody of the buidding was converted into
stables & Barracks for draggoons &c But It was
again repaired [during] the reign of Charles the second but It was
not finished before it became a pray to the flames in the
great fire of London in 1666 which desolated the
chief part of the Metropolis the above is a brief history
of St Pauls Church untill 1666,

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The now present building or new cathedral was
built under the direction of Sir Christopher Wren
the first stone was laid on the 21st of June 1675 &
the highest stone of the pile was laid at the top of the
lantern by Mr Christopher Wren the son of the Architect
in the year 1710 & the last finishing & adorning the
church was Issued in 1715 by George the first
the whole expens of erecting this magnificent structure
was about £736000 ^£1,576,076 15.s^ or $3,680,000 ^$5,880,380^
entire dimentions, Length of the church from east to west
is 500. the breadth of the body of the church is 285 feet
the hight from the pavement in the street to the top of the
cross over the Dome is 404 feet. Two campanile
towers at the west end are each 222 in highth the
general highth of the wall is about 90 feet. It was
40 years in building commenced 1675 ended 1715
It covers over two (English) acres of ground)
I again visited this cathedral on the 7th of Sept &
I visited evry part of it from the lower floor to
to the Ball I walked all through the whispering
gallery a person can hear a whisper from any part of
it & when the door shuts together it penetrate
the ear like peels of thunder I next visi[t]ed the


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I purchased a pamphlet giving a full history of the whole concern

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~ Tuesday


25th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder Turley & enclosed
our letter & sent them to him to convey them to America
we directed them to Liverpool. we visited Mr George
Boulton
pin & needle hook & eye manufacturer we went
to his shop & saw them make pins through evry
process of it from the wire to the finish we attended
a tea total meeting, at the Temperance Hall


We engaged the hall
for a public meeting that we might preach the gospel
to the people we could not have it untill the 7 of sept
Elder Smith made a short speech in the tea total mee-
ting we returned & spent the night at our lodging 5 m[iles]


~ Wednesday


26 we all started out to try to get some doors open
for preaching the gospel Br Kimball went to one part
of the city Br Smith & myself visited another part
we called upon two Baptist ministers, we asked
one for his chapel & the other we warned &
left an address we attended meeting in the evening at
the Methodist chapel in long lane


~ Thursday


27th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Phebe sent by the hand
of Sister Elizabeth Ravenscroft I also wrote
a letter to Sister Elizabeth R. We attended a
tea total meeting (or temperance) at the Temperance
Hall in St Georges Road near Elephant & Castle
South London. By request of the committy I address
ed the meeting upon the subject of Temperance & was
followed by Elder Smith we gave out an appointment
to preach upon the gospel at the same place on the 7th
of Sept, we are making evry exertion to find some
saints or those who are willing to obey the gospel
in this city of London But as yet our searching
has been in vain, Priest & People are all Bound up
in Bundles of tradition there Bands are made strong
& the whole city is given to whoredoms & all man
ner of wickedness & is ripe for judgment. Still
we are determined to spare no pains but to search
dilligently that we may seek out the honest in heart &
the meek of the earth


~ Friday


28 We all started out in the morning to go through
the city of London to see if we could find any
man that had the Spirit of God & after wander
ing several miles through the city not knowing
whether we went we came to an Ephraimite

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walking in the street we steped up to him & spoke
to him though It was the first time we had ever seen
him. Br Kimball asked him if he was a preachedr
he said he was he seemed to have a good spirit
his name was Manning he had Been to America
he was a native of Gloucestershire had come to
London for the purpose of going to South Australia
But he was now in trouble he had Just Buried
one child & another lay at the point of death.
Br Kimball told him his child should live, he gave
us some information whare we could preach &c.
after leaving him we passed by St Luke church
visited Smithfield market, returned by St Pauls
crossed London Bridge & returned to our room in
Grange Road 15 & after taking some refreshment
Brother Kimball & myself took a walk to Debtford
Parish. Called at Mr Holyoak grove st to see Mr
Manning he was not in we saw his child that
was sick he was Better, after leaving the house
& walking a short distance we herd sin[g]ing we
found it was a meeting we went in & herd a
Calvinest preach by the name of Winters
he gave us an invitation to call & see him he treated
us kindly but he was a great spiritualizer. We retu-
rned to our room & soon Brother John Hulme
called to see us he brought us a Bundle of papers
& a letter from Elder Richards. I retired to rest &
had an Interesting dream in ketching fish {Distance of the day} 12 [miles]


~ Saturday


29th We again went over the city of London
to see if we could find the children of God &
we found one man & his household that received
our testimony & opened his doors for us to preach
we appointed a meeting at his house for Sunday
evening I think he & his houshold will soon be
Baptized his name is CORNER 52 Iron monger
row St Luke Parish near the church. We had an
interview with Br Hulme we returned acrossed
Black friars Bridge over the Thames distanc 6 m


~ Sunday


30th Sunday FIRST FOUNDATION OF THE
FULNESS OF THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL
IN THE CITY OF LONDON


We having spent 12 days going to & fro through

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the city of London to try to find a people that
were willing to receive our testimony & obey the
fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, but finding
evry door shut against us we were now determin
ed in the name of God to go into the streets & lift
up our voice & warn the people accordingly Elders
Kimball, Smith, & myself, walked 3 miles into the
city, & stoped in Tabernacle square Old Street road
here we found a man preaching to the people of the
Aitken Society & when he closed another man got
into the chair to preach belonging to the Calvinest or
Presbyterians & Just as he was about to speak Elder
Kimball informed him that there was a preacher
from America present who would like to speak when
he got through The preacher then informed the peo-
ple that there was an American preacher present &
he proposed for him to speak first Elder G. A. Smith
then got into the chair & spoke about 20 minutes &
was followed dy the other preacher Elder Smith
informed the people that there was two other Amer-
ican preachers present that would address them
if they had an oppertunity & when the Calvenist
preacher closed, Elder Kimball asked him if there
would be any objeecction to our preaching there at 3
oclock he says No not all. What denomination do
you belong to? to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints. O I have herd of them, they are a bad
people, they have done much hurt, they divide churches
we dont want to hear you. He then got up into his
chair & said to the people I have just herd that the
last man that spoke belongs to the latter Day Saint
& he spoke all manner of evil of us, & scandalized
us before the people without hearing us ^or^ knowing
any thing about our principles. Elder Kimball them
asked him to let him step into the chair & give out
the appointment for a 3 oclock meeting but he would
not let him & Just as he went to step inoto the chair
another preacher of the same order ketched up the
chair & run away with it Elder Kimball then rais
ed his voice & informed the people, that some Amer-
ican preachers would preach there at 3 oclock at
which time we were all three of us on the spot, &
the conduct of the preacher & the excitement upon
the subject brought a large congregation together I
opened the meeting by singing, & prayer & spoke abou[t]
30 minutes from Gal 1, 8, 9, upon the first principles of
the gospel
. I was then followed by Elder Kimball who

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spoke about the same length of time the people gave
good attention to what we said & seemed to be much
interested in what they heard, & we dismissed our
meeting in the midst of good feelings. Mr Corner invited
us home, soon after we arived at his house Elder
Kimball felt impressed to returned Back to the place
of preaching, & when he got there he found a
large company talking about the things which they
had herd, & they wished him to speak to them again
& he did so & spoke lengthy & several invited him
home, and while he was there, a man that was a
preacher came to Mr Corners whare Br Smith & I
was & I gave them a brief account of the great
work which God was doing in these last days & they
received the things which I spoke unto them & Mr
Corner offered himself for Baptism which is the
first man that has offered himself for Baptism in
the city of London to us we appointed next evening
to administer the ordinance unto him & his hioushold
or as many as would receive it we took supper
with him & returned home by the way of London
Bridge
the whole Bridge & streets was coverd with
people so thick that a person could scearcely get along
I returned home weary & spent the night at our
logings But was unwell through the night with the
Bowel complaint. But I felt thankful to God for
his mercies unto us for giving us the privilege
of preaching once to the people of London & of having
one soul as a seal of our ministry 7 miles


~ Monday


31st We walked into the city & called upon
Mr Corner 52 Iron monger row, St Luke parish
While on our way we received a letter from
Sister Eliza Bromley she stated she had a dream
that we should soon Baptize a man that would
do much good, after reading the letter & ariving
at Mr Corners, he went forward with us to a
public Bath & was Baptized under the hands of
Elder Kimball, & after returning to his house we
all three laid our hands upon him & confirmed
him which is the first man that has receved the
work in the city of London as a seal of our
ministry. We returned home & felt to thank
God for his goodness in giving us one soul. his
wife manifested much interest in the work &
thinks of Being Baptized soon. Brother Corner
has been a watch maker nearly all his life 7 m[iles]

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~ Tuesday


Sept 1st I walked out in the after noon with
Elders Smith & Kimball to visit some of the great
works of man, we visited the Thames Tunnel
which is considerd one of the greatest wonders
of the world. We entered the Tunnel on the
south side of the river Thames at Rotherhithe
& after going about about 80 feet down into the
earth we entered the archway on the left which
was finished 1120 feet which was beatifully
lighted up with gas we walked through it under the
river Thames, with the river & shiping over our
heads & in some places not more than 15 feet betw
een the top of the arch & the bed of the river there
is two archways the whole length of the tunnel &
openings which afford free communication from one
archway to the other, this is considered the greatest
piece of Invention & most splended work ever acc
omplished by man in modern times. We wrote our
names & profession & residence in a record about und
er the centre of the river we then came out of
the Tunnel, & rode in a skiff 2 miles to the Tower
of London
which was built by the romans but is now
occupied for the garrison armory & Jewelry of the
British Navy & army &c we did not spend much time
it visiting this for it was late & we could not go thr
ough the different appartments on our return home
we saw near London Bridge exhibited a representation
as large as life in full costume the death of Marco Botzaris
Don Carlos & his staff. The Du[c]hess De Berri, the Infa-
nt Don Sebastian, Maroto Cyril & other officers.
And the atrocious Murderers Gould, Oxford,
Courvoisier, & Bailyey Greenacre & Sarah Gale.
We returned home to our lodgings & spent the night
I was quit ill through the night with the Bowel complai
nt which I have had for several days 8 mil


~ Wednesday


2nd I arose quite Ill with my complaint spent the
day mostly to my room. Elders Kimball & Smith went
in to the city to visit the people found some that
harkend to their testimony. London is the hardest
place I ever visited for esstablishing the gospel. It
is full of evry thing but righteousness, but we do
not feel discouraged in the least we are determined
in the name of the Lord to set up the standard of truth
in this city & to seek out the honest in heart & the
meek from among men & warn all as far as in our
power that the world may be left without excuse

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~ Thursday


3rd I felt some better this morning But am confin
ed most of the day to my room Elders kimball &
Smith took a walked into the city


~ Friday


4th Elders Kimball & Smith took a walk to Debt
ford
, & I took a walk into the city called upon
Br Corner found him in good spirits. I also called
upon A Mr Panther 17 Wharf City road Basin, as he
was a directer of a Metheidist chapel I asked him for
it to preach in, he said he had a school house that
would hold about 500 he said I might have that
on Sunday & he would give up his chool for that
purpose so I gave out an appointment iat Bowl
Court
137 Thornditch. I conversed with several
others who received my testimony one woman said
she would be baptized. I returned home by the way
of the Smithfield Market which occipies about 20
acres of ground, & it was in the time of the fair
& I never saw such a scenery before. In fact
it would be a difficult task for a historian to descr
ibe the particulars of 20 acres of ground coverd
over with Cattle, Sheep, Caravans of Beast, Lions
Tigers Leapard, Bears, Wolves, Elephants Camels Zabras
horned horses, wild Boars, monkeys, serpants, & evry
description of beasts, Animal & reptile exhibited in Euro-
pe
, these connected with large bands of music, men
woman, & children of almost evry grade & rank
prostitu[t]es & merchantdize of evry name & nature
oshters, shrimps, mustles, crabs, lobsters fish, cakes
bread, meet, beer, soda, crockery toys clothing of all
kinds old & new, umbrellas, pears, Apples, plums, &
grapes & almost evry thing els that anybody ever
saw. A Giant women was exhibited 7 feet high
a sheep weighing 600 lbs. & a live serpent 12
feet in length which a women would wind around
her bare neck & bosom to show her courage &c.
Should a Missourian from the western wiles of
America kwhose knowledge extends ownly to his
gun, corn crib, & hog pen behold such a scenery
he would think he was in another world, what
affect it would have upon him I know not but
one thing is certain that any man that loved
virtue peace & retirement would turn from
such a scenery with his heart sicken within him
knowing that virtue peace nor righteousness could
not long dwell in such a sink of confusion &
iniquity 8 m[iles]

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~ Saturday


Sept 5th [FIGURE] Elders Kimball, Smith, & myself
visited Westminster Abbey
& went through evry appartme
nt of it & saw all the tombs & monuments of the
Kings, Queens, Princes, Lords, & noted men that have
ever been entombed within its walls one part of
the Abbey was built in the year 600 having stood
over 1200 years most all of the Kings & Queens of
England are in this Abbey that have died for the
last 1200 years we saw the perfect likenes of Queen
Elizabeth, Mary, & Ann, Lord Nelson, & Pitt & others
we saw the full coronation dress of Queen Ann. We
saw the chair & sat in it, in which Queen Victoria
was crowned & all the kings & Queens for the last
800 years, this chair is coverd with gold tissue It
contains a stone under the seat upon which all the
Scottish chiefs & kings were crownd since they wer a
people it is reported to be Jacobs pillar [pillow] this chair has
been in use more than 800 years. This Abbey is
composed of Eleven chapels (ownly seperated by walls or petitions)
viz St Benedict, St Edmund, St Nicholas, Henry the Seventh
St Paul, St Edward the Confess, St Erasmus, Abbot Islip,
St John, St Andrew, And St Michael, & these chapels
contain the bodies, tombs & monuments of 13 Kings viz
Edward I, III, V, VI. Charles II. Henry III, V, VII.
James I. George II. Richard II. William III. And Sebert
King of the East Saxons who first built this church &
Died July 616. Also 13 Queens viz Athelgodo Queen
of Sebert who died Sept 13th, 615. And Phillipa. Matilda
Mary I, II, & Queen Mary of Scotland. Elizabeth. Catherine.
Queen Anne, & Editha. Eleanor & Caroline. And of 6
Princies. 11 Dukes. 7 Duchess. 1 Marquis. 7 Lords. 3
Vicount. 8 Countess. 3 Barrons. 16 Earls. 11 Admirals
10 General. 5 Col, 3 Majors. 10 Capt. 4 Lieut. 16 Bishops.
6 Divines. 15 Doct. 52 Sirs. 153 Gentleman And
48 Lady's making 421 persons who have been deposited
in vaults in this Abbey & Monuments erected to their
Memory. Here we see freequent marks of violence from
O. Cromwell in defacing some of the tombs, monuments & brass
work with which some of the Abbey was adorned. Here we beho
ld the art of man with all its combined force & power spun to
the finest thread & expanded to the fullest extent in the building
& finishing of this Abbey as a general whole but more esspecially
that part called Henry Seventh Chapel. And A visit to this
ABBEY is not ownly worthy ot the Attention of all travel-
lors but to occupy A place in the Journal of any Historian
fond of British ANTIQUITY 6 m[iles]

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~ Sunday


6th Sunday I preached in the morning at Bowl
Court
237 Shoreditch was followed by Elders
Kimball & Smith. Also we held a meeting in
Tabernacle square at 3 oclock & Elders Kimball & Smith
preached in the street & I followed them in
Bearing testimony one man arose & opposed us &
was angry becaus of the truth of God, & conti
nued opposing untill the conversation was stoped
by the police. We met again in the evening at
Bowl Court to preach to the people as we had an
appointments But when we got there, we found
a plan contrived by several of the preachers for
one of them to preach lest some of the peopl would
believe our doctrin & when we saw this we went
our way, & found four other persons that received
our testimony & offered themselves for Baptism 10 m[iles]


~ Monday


7th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder Browett &
walked to Br Corner's & visited several
other friends. {Brother Corner would make me a [illegible] watch for} 5 10
two offered themselves for Baptism. On
my return home I passed through Smithfield
market & it was fare time with them & such a
scenery I never saw before I visited St Pauls church
or cathedral after visiting the lower room which
we visited on the 24th Aug I then walked on circular
stairs into the whispering gallery which is round &
exceding large & a person can hear a whisper distinc
tly from any part of it. I nex visited the Cupola
& all parts above it untill I got to the ^[FIGURE]^ I then went in to
the top of the Brass ball upon which the cross stand whic
is as high as any man can go It brought me 400 feet
in the air over the city. I wrote my name & returned to the ^Earth^
On ariving at our boarding hours I found Elder
kimball & Smith who had just returned from
a visit with the Rev. R. Aitken A.M. he
treated them kindly acknowledged their doctrin
to be true but was afraid of deception his
mind is in a disturbed state. We held a meeting
in the Temperance hall in the evening which
was well lighted with gas But we had almost
bear walls to preach to as their was ownly
about 30 persons present. The truth is the
minds of the people here in London are taken up
with evry thing but the things of God & righteous
ness
. I preached to the people about one hour
& was followed by Elder Kimball. after paying
7/6 for the use of the Hall we returned to our lodgings.

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~ Tuesday


8th [FIGURE] I spent a part of this day in vis-
iting places & things connected with
the Crown. We all three started
together & walked up king & Union Street, passed by
surry chapel, Built & occupied for many years by
the celebrated Rev Rowland Hill, whose body now
lies under the chapel from thence we continued
west to Westminster Bridge which we walked over
which brought us direct to West minster Abbey
& to the house of parliment. we walk through the
house of Commons & of Lords we sat in the chair
whare the speaker of the house of Lords had sat
for many years. In this room all the speaches were
made by Mr William Pitt concerning America before
the Revolution. In this room all the laws were
made that ha now governs from 172,452,000
to 200000000 of human beings. As the house of
Commons was burned down about 6 years since this
room is now occipied by the house of Commons &
there is annother house now built which the hous^e^ of
Lords at the present time occupy. One would naturly
suppose that a room fitted up to contain the hous of
Lords of Commons would be sumthing extra, grand
expensive & fine but it is not so but the revers it is
exceding plain & undecorated. On entering the room
one would sooner think he was in an American school
house rather than in a house of Lords or of Commons
from this we visited St James Park, whare [we] saw the
a company of 200 foot soldiers or guards on parade
accompanied by a full band of music. After which we
saw the Queen's Horse guard on parrade one hun
dred in number with there bodies coverd with steel
which glissened much in the sun they were all
mounted upon Black mares which were fast & gay
we visited the monument erected in honor to His
grace the Duke of York it was 135 in highth. here I
parted with Elders Kimball, & Smith. I walked the
whole length of St James park It has a pool in the
centre & mansions & pallaces around it. I first visit
ed the mansion of Queen DOWAGER widow of the
Late King William IV I next visited the mancion
of the Duke of Southerland which was quite splended
I then visited Buckingham Palace one of the
most splendid palaces in Europe or the world
this palace is for the Royal family it is now
occupied by her Majesty Queen Victoria & his
Highness Prince Albert, it covers a number of

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acres of ground, & evry door, enterance, & gate
was strongly guarded by armed soldiers. I walk
ed nearly around this palace & while there I
had the privilege of seeing his Royal Highness
PRINCE ALBERT While he rode from his
Palace across St James Park he was mounted
on a gray horse was followed by his groom
on a sorrel horse. He was not accompanied by
her Magesty Victoria or any other person except
his groom, he was dressed in a frock coat &
dark pantloons, he looks well fresh & healthy
& in the bloom of life as he is but about 20 years
of age. I did not see her majesty as she was at
Winsor at the present time. I also visited the
National Gallery, & saw all the paintings which
the nations has gathered together which are consi
derd the most sublifme of any in the world
after leaving the gallery & visiting St Martins
Church
, I though[t] I had seen as much as my brain
would contain in one day. I then walked about 3
miles through the city & again met with my Brethr
en, at Br Corners 52 Ironmonger Row, St Lukes
London & after spending a little time with the
friends we again returned to our logdgings & spent
the night. Distance of the day 12 m


~ Wednesday


9th I took Breakfast paid my Bills called upon
Mr & Mrs Allgood for the last time at present.
Mrs Allgood sent a pair of twesers & a ring for
Keys to Phebe they treated us kindly, we walked
to London Bridge, we hired a kalb or a kudgall as
Brother Kimball calls it & we rode to Iron monger
Row St Lukes & Elders kimball & Smith higherd
lodgings at No 40 Iron monger row St Lukes
at which place we spent the night. Br Corner
cleaned my watch, he said it was a vary expens
ive watch when it was first made he said it
cost £10.00. It was a horizontal watch.
Caped & Jeweled in 4 holes with the first class
of Jewels & it was a centre seconds he said.
it was cheap at the Present time at £5.


~ Thursday


10th I took the parting hand with Elders
Kimball & G. A. Smith & the friends in London
having spent 23 days in that great city for
the purpose of warning the people & esstablishing
the kingdom & we all found as hard work

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to find saints & build up a church as in any
place we ever visited we Baptized one man
& ordained him a priest & 6 others gave in
there names to be Baptized on next Saturday
or Sunday & also there was some little pro
spect of the Rev R. Aitken's A.M. receiving & embr
acing the work which will open doors to many
honest souls so I felt to rejoice that our lab
ours were not altogether in viain. I took the
omnibus & rode 3 miles to the great western
rail way Padington Depot. I took the railcar
at 9 oclock & rode 70 miles passed by Winser Castle
with the British flag raised as a token that
her Magesty was there. I again took coach at
Farrington road station & rode 40 miles to Chel-
tenham
at which place I arived at 4 oclock here I
found Elder Browett & wife, Sister Lambert
& Br & Sister Crook after spending 3 hours in
Cheltenham I rode home with Elder Browett
6 miles & spent the night. On my return to
these churches connected withe Herefordshire
conference &c I rejoice to find the work univer
sally progressing with great rapidity upon evry
hand even some cases among the Nobility whare
they are becomeing convinced the work is of God
yea the Lord is making a spedy work & short in
the Earth. Distance of the day 119 miles


~ Friday


11th I spent the day at the Leigh mostly at Elder
Jinkeins, was writing {Elder Jenkins fitted my boots}


~ Saturday


12th [FIGURE] I wrote a lengthy historical letter to Elder
Kimball including my travels with him in London
It is the first letter I have ever written him


~ Sunday


13th Sunday I met in the morning with the Saints at
the Leigh & communed with them. I also preached at
2 oclock at [blank] to a large congregation who gave
good attention & manifested much interest in what
they herd. I again preached at the Leigh at 6 oclock &
4 were Baptized by Elder Glover & I confirmed them

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~ Monday

Minutes of A Conference held Sept 14, 1840


The Bran Green & Gadfield Elm conference of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints held at
Gadfield Elm Chapel in Worcestershire on the
14th day of Sept 1840.


Their being present one of the Travling high council,
one High Priest, 9 Elders, 19 Priest, & 4 Teachers.
The meeting was called to order by Elder Kington
when It was moved wy Elder Woodruff & second
by Elder Richardson that Elder Thomas Kington
be chosen President of the conference. Carried unanimously.
Elder H. Glover was chosen clerk


Meeting opened by Prayer by Elder Woodruff
after which Elder Woodruff gave an address to
the Saints present


It was then moved & carried that Thomas Hayes
Priest be ordained to the office of an Elder Allso that
John Burton, Robert Clift jr Thomas Browet,
Edward Jinkins, Francis Pullin, John Allard,
John Allen, & Joseph Hill be ordained Priest
Also William Matthews, James Hill, & James Pitt
be ordained Teachers, & Joseph Simmons be ordained
Deacon. The above named persons were
then ordained under the hands of Elders Woodruff
& Kington


Elders kington, Richardson, Kay, & Woodruff then
made some important remarks to the officers
concerning their teaching & dilligence in the vineyard
the meeting then adjourned to 2 oclock


Met at 2 oclock & opened by singing & prayer
when the President called upon the officers to represent
the different branches of the Church. Elder Kington
represented the church at Dymock, as follows
2 Expeled, 3 removed, & now numbering


members [Elders] [Priests] [Teachers] [Deacons]
44 2 2 3 0
[represented the church at] Kilcott [Elder] James Palmer 12 0 2 1 0
[represented the church at] Twigworth [Elder] John Hill 11 0 2 0 0
[represented the church at] Bran Green Elder Wm Jinkeins 7 0 2 0 0
[represented the church at] Ryton [Elder] Thomas Brooks 7 0 2 1 0
[represented the church at] Lime Street [Elder] John Smith 17 0 2 0 0
[represented the church at] Deerhurst Elder Charles Hays 30 1 1 0 0
[represented the church at] Apperly [Elder] John Vernon 19 0 3 0 0
[represented the church at] Norton Elder John Horlick 9 1 0 1 0
[represented the church at] Leigh [Elder] John Spires 27 2 3 0 0
[represented the church at] Gadfield Elm [Elder] Thomas Oaky 21 0 1 [blank] [blank]
204 6 21 6 0
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M[embers] E[lders] P[riests] T[eachers] D[eacons]
204 6 21 6 0
[represented the church at] Haw Cross Elder Wm Jinkins 13 0 1 0 0
[represented the church at] Cheltenham [Elder] Thomas Browett 3 0 1 0 0
[represented the church at] Bristol Elder H Glover 2 0 1 0 0
[represented the church at] C Cranham Elder John Horlick 2 0 2 0 0
[represented the church at] High Laden Elder Jinkins 3 0 0 0 0
[represented the church at] Westonn Elder Browett 1 0 0 0 0
Total 228 6 26 6 0
Barrow & scactering 25
253

Moved & carried that Elder Kington represent this
conference to the general conference to be held in
Manchester on the 6th Day of Oct 1840


The minutes were then read & accepted by the unan
imous vote of the conference


After several exhortations from the Elders accompanied
by much of the Spirit of God It was mooved & carried
that this meeting adjourn to the 14th of Dec next
to be held at this place


The meeting was dismissed by blessing from Elder
Woodruff


Thomas Kington President
Henry Glover Clerk


~ Tuesday


15th [FIGURE] I walked from Turkey Hall to forty Green
I wrote a letter to Lady Roberts a companion to
Lady Dowdswell, & sent it to her by the hand of Sister
Brooks. Lady Roberts is of the Nobility, a Lady of
wealth, of Rank, has at her command the Languages
has withdrawn from the Church of England & has travled
much in search of truth, & looking for the fulfillment
of the ancient Prophets, she became acquainted with
the fulness of the gospel through a female servent
in the employ of Square Dodwdswell which I had Baptized
& as soon as she began to investigtate the subject
the Spirit of God rested upon her & convinced her of the
truth of the work & she obtained the four finumber
of the Millennial Star which we had printed & fearing
she should not be able to obtain them she copied the
whole of them of with her pen She red the Book of mormon
& coppied a part of that in the same manner. She
became perfectly convinced of the truth of the work
& said she would go a thousand miles but what she
would see some of the Twelve & be Baptized under
their hands & hearing that I was in London she was

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about to take a Journey there to see me & the other
Brethren & Be baptized. She will not inform any of
her relatives or rank of her intentions untill she is
Baptized thinking she will then have more power
to commence her testimony & warning among those sitting
in high places. She has two Brothers ministers of the
Church of England. After sending her an address by
letter, she returned me a virble answer by Sister
Brooks thanking me kindly for the interest I manifested in
her welfare, saying she should address me by letter in
few days. I then walked to Haw Cross & preached &
spent the night at Br Smiths 5 miles


~ Wednesday


16th I walked to Dymouck & Joined Elder Kington
at his house in attending their regular weekly prayer
meeting. Elder kington had been faithful in warning
the inhabitants of Dymock & had gatherd together about
50 Saints which had much stired up the people to anger
against the saints esspecially Mr John Simons the
Rector of the church in Dymock manifested much of
the spirit of the Devil by stiring up mobs against
the Saints which had disturbed the meetings of the
Saints in several instances, & on this occasion as we
began to gather together, the beat of drums, pails, pans,
& sticks, was herd through the street, & the mob soon
collected & parraded in the streets in front of the house
we closed the window shutters & doors in the room
whare we ware, & I opened meeting by singing &
prayer & no sooner had we commenced than the mob
armed themselves with eggs, Bricks, rocks, & evry thing
els they could lay their hands upon & began to throw
them upon the house like a shower of hail stones for
nearly an hour they dashed in the windows scatterd
stones, Brick, & glass, through the rooms, broke the tile
on the rooff & continued such depredations untill
the close of the meeting, & the Brethren feeling
disposed to try what virtue their was in the English
laws which were strict against such procedings
I proposed to accompanied them to go into the midst
of the mob to se who they were that there might be
testimony against them. But they would not permit
me to go with them lest I should receive an injury from
the shower of stones but several of the Brethren went
themselfs into the midst of the mob & took the name
of the leaders & returned to the house in the midst of
stones, & Brick bats, though without Injury the mob

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soon broke up & after clearing our rooms of brick, stones
& glass we lay down & had a good nights rest 5 mil
[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elders kimball & Smith


~ Thursday


17th I spent most of the day in Dymock & in the
evening I walked to Ledbury & spent the night
at Br Pullins 5 miles


~ Friday


18th I walked to Froom's hill & found the Saints
in good spirits I learned by letter that Elder
Turley left Liverpool on the eighth of Sept on board
of the North American with 200 Saints I was inform
ed that Brother & Sister Benbow & all the Saints left
in good spirits I spent the night at Brother John Coles


~ Saturday


19th I spent the day at Brother Coles in writing


~ Sunday


20th I preached in the morning at Froomes Hill & also
communed with the Saints at 3 oclock & also with
the Saints at Standly Hill at 6 oclock & I had an
interesting day


~ Monday


Minutes of the Standly ^Froom's^ Hill
CONFERENCE


The Frooms Hill Conference of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints met at Standly
Hill
Herefordshire on the 21st of Sept 1840 according
to previous Appointment. Their being present one of
the Travling high council, one High Priest, 17 Elders
33 Priest 11 Teachers


Meeting was called to order by Elder Kington
when It was moved by Elder Kington, seconded by
Elder Richardson that Elder Willford Woodruff
be chosen President of the conference carried unanimously
Elder Daniel Browett was chosen clerk


Meeting opened by prayer & singing by the President
who made an address concerning the business of
the day


It was then moved by the President & seconded
by Elder Kington that
John Meeks John Gaily
William Web & Henry Jones
Samuel Badham Be ordained Elders

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Also Charles Fields Jonathan Davis
Charles Taysom Thomas Vernal
James Shinn James Evens
John Hill Thomas Harber
William Foxsel Thomas Hardane
Henry Fidler William Jones
Joseph Need Edward Oakey
George Brooks & James Watkins
William Johnson
John Bayiley Be ordained Priest


& William Field Edward Jinkins
Edwarbd Clark Thomas Vernal
James Price Timothy Gittins
Benjamin Holland & Francis Birch Be ordained Teachers
which was carried unanimously


The above named persons were then ordained under
the hands of Elders Woodruff, Kington, Richardson
& Kay. Meeting then adjourned one hour


Met at 1 occlock opened by singing & prayer
The official members was then called upon to
represent the several branches of the Church when
Elder John James represents the Church at
Frooms Hill. 1 Died 17 Removed now numbering


membe[rs] E[lders] P[riests] T[eachers] D[eacons]
117 1 4 1 0
Elder Joseph Pullin [represents the church at] Standly Hill 8 Removed & now numbering 57 1 3 1 0
George Edings P[riest]. [represents the church at] Moorend And Ridgway Cross 6 Removed 68 10 1 0 0
Jonathan Lucy P. [represents the church at] Calwall 17 1 1 0 0
Thomas Jones P. [represents the church at] Pale House 14 0 1 1 0
Francis Pullen P. [represents the church at] Ledbury 2 removed 22 0 5 0 0
Er Samuel Warren [represents the church at] Keysend Street 1 removed, 2 Expeled, 1 Dead 79 2 5 1 0
James Baldwin P. [represents the church at] Wind Point 1 Dead 31 0 3 1 1
Er George Allen [represents the church at] Woferwood Common 18 1 1 0 0
Er Samuel Badham [represents the church at] Dunsclose 24 1 2 1 0
Edward Philips P. [represents the church at] Old Stariridge 27 3 [0] [0] [0]
Er John Gaily [represents the church at] Hope Rough 15 1 [0] [0] [0]
Benjamin Williams P. [represents the church at] Shucknell Hill 13 [0] 2 [0] [0]
Elder Philip Green [represents the church at] Lugwardin 14 1 5 [0] [0]
John Dyer P. [represents the church at] Marden 51 [0] 12 1 [0]
Elder William Evens [represents the church at] Stokes Lane 1 Dead 31 2 4 1 [0]
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[Members] [Elders] [Priests] [Teachers] [Deacons]
[Elder] Edward Philips P[riest]. [represents the Church at] Ashfield & Crawcutt 1 Dead 55 5
[Elder] John Fidoe P. [represents the Church at] Bishop Froome 10 1
[Elder] Eld. George Allen [represents the Church at] Clifton upon Tame 15 2
[Elder] Samuel Williams P. [represents the Church at] Marlvern Hill 1 remov 21 1 1
[Elder] William Pitt P. [represents the Church at] Derla Common 3 1
[Elder] Eld. Joseph Pullen [represents the Church at] Willington Heath 2
[Elder] Eld Thomas Kington [represents the Church at] Dinmore Hill 2 2
[Elder Thomas Kington represents the Church at] Garway 26
[Elder] Eld Woodruff Scattering 22
Total 754 14 51 9 1

Moved & carried that Elder Thomas Kington
represent this conference to the general conference
to be held at Manchester on the on the 6th Day of Oct 1840


The minutes were then read & accepted by the
conference by a unanimous vote
when an address was deliverd by the President accomp-
anied by the spirit of God to the joy & consolation of
a multitude of Saints


Mooved & carried that this conference adjourn
to the 21st Day of Dec next at this place


Meeting closed by singing & prayer by the President


(Willford Woodruff President)
(Daniel Browett Clerk)


The Bran Green & Gadfield Elm & Froom's Hill
conference is now composed of



Churches 420 420
Members 1007 1007
Officers 113 113
viz 19 Elders 78 Priest, 15 Teachers 1 Deacon

The whole of the above church has been built up
within six months & a half

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This hath been a busy day with me & after
standing upon my feet from morning till night
I am called to shake hands with hundreds of
Saints who possess glad hearts & chererful
countenances, & it is with no ordinary feelings
that I meditate upon the cheering fact that
a thousand souls have been Baptized into the
New & Everlasting Covenant within half a
year in one field which God has enabled me to
open & I Pray God to Accept the gratitude of my
heart for his mercies & blessings unto me in this thing
& enable me to stand with these Saints & all the
righteous in the celestial kingdom of God


I walked home with Brother Oaky & spent the
night, & after standing upon my feet 8 hours
in conference, conversing much of the time,
ordaining about 30, confirming some, healing many
that were sick, shaking hands with about 400
Saints, wa[l]king 2 miles, & Preaching 4 hours in
the Chimney Corner, I then lay down & dreamed
of ketching fish


~ Tuesday


22nd I spent the day at Br John Coles in writing
There was two dead Bodies carried by the house
whare I was sitting to the Burial to day they were
both aged & the man vary wicked he had often wished
his wife Dead & Boasted what a joyful time &
high scrape he would have when she did Die. She
Died on the 18th & he Died in few hours after
[on the] same Day, was found dead in his room with his
Door locked, the woman was 90 years of age
& the man 80 their names was James & Sarah
Love
this is the fourth Day since they Died
the English custom is to keep the Dead 4 days.
I was called to visit a young man who lay danger
ously Ill & in danger of the Lock Jaw from a cut
of the ancle & bruse of the knee I rebuked the
the inflamation & paine of his body & he was made
whole.


I Baptized 1 Edward Jones game keeper
to John Freeman I confirmed 2 {Distance of the day} 4 m


~ Wednesday


23rd [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder Richardson
I was called to visit a young man who was dangero
usly ill with a fever he convenanted to keep the
commandments of [God] & I annointed him with oil &
rebuked his fever & he began to recover. I also
visited an aged Saint upon her Dying bed I Blessed
her & she rejoiced in the fulness of the gospel even

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in Death I held a Prayer meeting with the Saints
& spent the night at Brother Coles


~ Thursday


24th I spent the Day in writing. The church
ministers are vary much stired up in this region
because the Saints are gathering together evry
exhertion is made against the the work of God
the clergy are foaring they will loose their
flock & the Lord is delivering the flock out of
their hands the ministers of the Church of England
see this, & they are alarmed in earnest they are hold
ing conventions & meetings to contrive schemes &
plans to overthrow & stop the work of God. In some
instances they do not have more than 10 or 15 persons
in their church on the Sabbath & they really begin to
think sumthing strange is happening. Truth will prevail


~ Friday


25th [FIGURE] I wrote an address to Elders H C Kimball
& George A. Smith. As I was again about to take my
leave of the Saints in that region I called & visit
ed several of them in the evening & I Baptized
2 & confirmed them & after visiting the
Saints untill midnight I took the parting hand
with them & started my Journey at 12 oclock


~ Saturday


26th I rode from Frooms Hill in the night in a horse
cart to Worcester 15 miles I there took coach & rode
40 miles to Wolverhampton, 8/. took Omnibus & rode
2 to railroad station /6 then took railroad & road
30 miles to Whitmore Station 7/ took Omnibus
& rode to Hanly 9 miles 2/ then took Gig & rode to
Burslem 2 miles 1/ Thus after constant travli
ng 18 hours 98 miles which cost 18/6 I was joyfully
received by the Saints in Burlsem, & on my
arival Sister Cordon put into my hands [FIGURE] a letter
from Elders Kimball & Smith in London which
was Interesting & allso 7, 8, & 9th Numbers of the
Times & Season from America which was a
feast to my soul indeed as it was the first No
of that paper I had seen for many months


~ Sunday


27th Sunday I walked from Burslem to Lane
end
& Preached, to the Saints & had an interesting
time I then walked to Hanly & Preached &
communed with the Saints. I then walked to
Burslem & Preached to a large congregation & had
the Spirit of God 15 miles

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~ Monday


Minutes of the Conference of the
Staffordshire Potteries Sept 28 1840


The conference met at Hanly Staffordshire
on the 28th Sept there being present one of the
travling council 4 Elders 11 Priest 5 Teachers
& 2 Deacons. The meeting was then called
to order by Elder Simpson when it was
moved & carried that Elder W. Woodruff be
chosen President of the conference & Osmond
Shaw
clerk. The meeting was then opened by
singing & Prayer by the President who addr
essed the meeting concerning the business of
the day. It was moved & seconded that
John Rowley, & William Knight be ordained Elders


Also William Salt William Plant
James Grocott John Rowley
Charles Stevenson John Mason
John Wardle John Wood
Thomas Amison William Mountford
John Taylor Enoch Thomas
Thomas Page & John Hunt be ordaind Priest


Also George Wainwright Samuel Rowley
John Grocott W [blank] Hancock
Richard Brough & Joseph Hudson be ordained Teachers


Also Joseph Booth Benjamin Mycock
James Martin & William Booth
William Bolton Be ordained Deacons
carried unanimously


The above named persons were then ordained
under the hands of Elders W Woodruff &
George Simpson. The President then called upon
the official members to represent the various
Branches of the Church when



members [Elders] [Priests] [Teachers] [Deacons]
Wm Bradbury P[riest] represented Burslem & Hanly Churches 87 5 12 4 2
[Wm Bradbury P[riest] represented] Badly Edge [Churches] 6 0 2 1
Edward Edge [represented] New Castle 15 4 1 1
Elder John Rowley Stoke [Churches] 18 1 4 1 1
Thomas Amison P [represented] Lane End 39 1 3 1 1
Er Richard Rushton [represented] Leek 45 2 4 1 2
Spencer Walker P. [represented] Tunstell 11 3 1 1
Total 231 9 32 9 9
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Moved & carried that Badley Edge be organized
a Branch


Moved & carried that Elder Cordon represent
this conference to the general conference to be
held at Manchester on the 6th of Oct 1840


Moved & carried that this conferenc adjourn
to the 28th Dec. The meeting then concluded
by singing & Prayer, & in the afternoon the
officers met when Elder Woodruff addressed
them at length & gave much council & advice
& the Blessing of God was with us through
the day


5 Baptized after
conference


Willford Woodruff President
O Shaw Clerk


~ Tuesday


29th I Baptized one & Preached in Tunstell


~ Wednesday


30th I spent most of the day in writing I preached
in the evening at Burslem to a crouded congregation
the power of God rested upon me I warned
the people to prepare for the great judgments which
are at the door


Oct 1st I Preached at Hanly to a full Room
awful solemnity pervaded the congregation
the Spirit of God is upon the people the people
see that God is doing a work


~ Thursday


^Oct 1st^ 2nd I walked to Hanly from thence in company
with John Tailor Priest to Stoke I here found Broth
G. A. Smith, who had Just returned from London
I was glad to see him we then walked to Lane
End
whare I found Br Kimball I was also
glad to see him Sister Bromley furnished us
with sumthing to eat we then walked to the
water & I Baptized 2 Sister Taylor & Martin
we then walked to the preaching room in
Lane End & met an over whelming congregation
I testified unto them of the things of God
& was followed by Elder Kimball the power
of God was upon us the people feel it to be
a day of warning & not of many words we conf
irmed 6 & 3 others were Baptized making
5 in all we spent the night at Mr William W.
Player
a methedist preacher 8 miles

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~ Friday


Oct 2nd Elder Kimball & myself arose from
our bed in the morning with the power of God
resting upon us yea the spirit of God is like
fire shut up in my bones. O my God, why is
thy spirit thus upon me why is mine eyes
this morning a fountain of tears what art
thou about to do O my God that causes this
thing. I ask the[e] father to tell it unto me in the
name of Jesus Christ thy Son. Thus saith
the Lord God unto thee my servant Willford
this is my spirit that resteth upon thee
to enlighten thy mind to show the things to com[e]
not ownly upon thee but upon all my faith
ful servants upon the face of the whole earth
therefore lift up thy voice & spare not for
I am about to perform a great work upon the
face of the earth saith the Lord, mine indign
ation is about to be poured out without mixtur[e]
upon the heads of this nation & all the nations
of the earth & they shall not escape, the cry of the
poor, the wedow & orphan is assending into
mine ears saith the Lord & I am about to
avenge the cry of mine elect by laying low
the oppresser & executing the decree of mine
heart upon all the ungodly from among men
therefore I put my spirit upon the[e] & say unto
thee lift up thy voice & spare not & call upon
all men to repent that come within the sound
of thy voice & many souls shall be given unto
the[e] & great shall be thy reward & eternal shall
be thy glory saith the Lord.


The people are much stired up throughout
the Potteries they feel as they never felt
before they believ that sumthing in earnest is
coming in great distrese is resting upon the
peopl the poor are perishing for bread through
the streets I walked to Stoke & we preached
to the people the power of God was upon us 3 were
Baptized & we confirmed them we spent the
night at Stoke 3 miles


~ Saturday


3rd We walked to Burslem & spent the night 4 mi


~ Sunday


4th {Sunday}, we both met with the Saints at Hanly
at 2 oclock & I preached at Burslem in the evening
I was sick during the day with the cholera. 4 [miles]

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~ Monday


5th I took coach in company with Elder's Kimball
& Br Kneadham for Bir Manchester I had a shake
of the ague on the way & was quite sick, when
I arived at Manchester I had an interview with Brs
Young, Richards, & O Pratt & many other Brethren
I [FIGURE] wrote a letter to Phebe & spent the night at Br
Richards with Br Young & Kimball. Distance 36 m


~ Tuesday


MINUTES OF THE GENERAL CONEFERENC


A general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints was held in the Carpenters Hall
in Manchester on the 6th Day of Oct 1840 it being
the 1 day of the 7th month of the 11 year of the Church
when the following officers of the Travelling High
council were Present viz ^Elders^ B Young Orson Pratt
W Woodruff W. Wodruff. Willard
Richards
H. C. Kimball & G A Smith, other officers
High Priest 5, Elders 19, Priests 28, Teacher 14
& Deacons 2.


The meeting being called to order at 10 oclock by
Elder Brigham Young it was moved by Elder
Young seconded by Elder Woodruff that Elder
Orson Pratt be President of the conference which was
carried unanimously. Elder George Walker was chosen clerk


After Singing & Prayer by the President their was
27 conferences & churches represented viz

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viz



Conferences & Churches 41
Saints 3626
Elders 81
Priests 222
Teachers 764
Deacons 26
Sum Total of official member 383

Increase for the last three months see July 6th is

Saints 1113
Elders 25
Priests 96
Teachers 135
Deacons 13
Total 127

After much other business was transacted
the meeting dismissed by Prayer


O Pratt President
George Walker Clerk

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~ Wednesday


Oct 7th ^John Burry^
I sat in council with the Twelv & many
other Saints at the Star office, we all attending
A discussion in the evening held at the Carpenters
Hall Garrett Road Manchester A Mr Baurretty
attempted to prove the Book of Mormon fals
& water Baptism or Baptism by immersion not esse-
ntial to salvation he was answered by Elder
Corden who proved the Book of mormon true
& Baptism by Immersion a gospel ordinance &
essential to salvation the Discussion was before
1500 people Elder Cordon had the privilege of
preaching to the people. 12 chimneys in the chandeliers ^birst on lighting in the evening^


[FIGURE] I wrote a long letter containing two
mamouth sheets giving an account of my
travels from Montrose to the present time
which I sent to Elders E Robinson & D. C. Smith by
the hand of Elder Samuel Mulliner


~ Thursday


8th I sat in council with the Twelve at the
house of Elder Riichards & spent the day at his house
I received three letters from Herefordshir


~ Friday


9th Father Peter Melling the patriarch of the the
Church in England bestowed a patriarchal blessing
upon my head & also upon the head of Br & Sister
Richards


~ Saturday


10th I purchased a hat & travling bag


~ Sunday


11th Sunday Sister Jennette Richards had a
[FIGURE] son born this morning 15 minutes past 10 oclock
he was as large & fine a son as I ever saw
his name is Heber John Richards. Sister
Richards is comfortable.


We attended meeting at the Carpenters Hall. Elder
B Young Preached in the morning I Dined at
Br Brewshers in the afternoon we communed
with the Saints Elder Kimball & myself con-
firmed 9 persons. We took tea with Sister Katherine
Betes
the Prophetess. Elder Young preached at
night in the Carpenters Hall to an attentive congr
egation of about 1500


[FIGURE] We commencd a letter Historical & religious to
E Robinson & D C Smith


~ Monday


12 Elders Young, Kimball, Richards Woodruff &
G. A. Smith bought each of us a broad cloth cloak
all made Just alike I spent some time reading

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the proof sheet of the Book of Mormon. I bought
two pair of pantaloons. I spent the night at Br
Rigbys's after taking supper at Br. Miller's.


The people are much stired up in Manchester, ther[e]
will soon be persecution arise against the Saints
in this town, the work is progressing the servants
of God have preached in the streets, & the town
is warned, & the methodist Preachers are much stired
up against it. They gathered together at a house
& sent for a young Brother, a Priest, by the name
of James Mahon who had the gift of tongues to
come & meet them & speak to them in Hebrew, & if he
did not speak to them correctly in Hebrew they
would rise up against the work & try to overthrow
it. they are watching for iniquity & trying to
stir up the people against the work of God.


~ Tuesday


13th I spent a part of the day in reading the
proof sheet of the Book of Mormon I spent the
night at Br Richards in company with Elders Young
& Kimball. I conversed much with Catherine the Prophetess


~ Wednesday


14th I parted with Br's Richards Young & Kimball
took coach & rode to Burslem. I met many of the
Saints at Br Johnsons I felt vary unwell in
Body & much dep'ressed in spirits in consequence of
the awful persecution & trials which is manifest
ing unto me daily by the power of God that is soon
to fall upon the heads of the Saints both in Europe
& America. Brother Samuel Hancock Priest came
to see me was some troubled in mind he had a vision
a few evenings before in the prayr meeting he saw much
wars & trouble among the Saints he saw a number
of the Elders & Priest in the potteries torn from their
families by press gangs, put in Irons, & forced to go
to war, for war was sore among the Nations.
A number of others had similar views & many
of the Saints at the present time feel a great wait
resting upon their minds as though great trouble
awaits both the Church & world. Distance 36 m


[upside-down text]
Addresses
Reuben Hedlock No 3 East tarbett street Glasgow
Orson Pratt, No 40 North -
Richmond St Edinburghgh Edeinburgh
Theadore Curtis Hillsborough, Ireland, in the
care of William Johnson
John Tailor 72 Burlington St Liverpool
[end of upside-down text]

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~ Thursday


15th I arose refreshed by sleep but had a wait
upon my mind, which has been upon me for ma-
ny days the spirit of which manifests great trouble
& persecutions of the Saints in general, throughout
Europe & America & that many will fall away, that
the U S A will rise against the Church & that
they will be driven from whare they are & that
great trouble awaits the world universally
I had a long conversation with Catherine the
Prophetess upon these things while in Manchester
She spoke of many things past & to come, & among
the many things she says Br J. Smith jr with
his councillors are on their way to England & will
be here soon. She says my family suffer the
most for clothing of any thing at present. She says
my wife has many sorrowful hours & sighs much
in my abscens. I herd a letter read while in Manchest-
er from Doctor Foster to O. Pratt which contained
many important items he speaks of some of the proph
esies of Joseph concerning the building of the house
of the Lord
in Nauvoo many trials of the Saints
perils among fals brethren &c. I speak of these things
because there are many testimonies in Europe & America
as touching the perils which are at the door.


I parted with the Saints in Burslem & walked with Br's
Bradbury & Vernon to Hanly called upon Br Tailor
& others, walked to Stoke Dined with Elder Rowley
& friends then walked to Lane End found some
Saints morning because of the troubles which God
had manifested unto them was at the door. I held
a prayer meeting with the Saints Elder Cordon
was present. I exhorted the Saints to trust in the
Lord & not in man then if any of the Saints or
Elders denied the faith they need not fall with
them for any man denying the Lord does not destroy
a commandment of God nor any true principle. 4
were Baptized while I was in the Potteries. I spent
the night at Elder Whittakers. Distance of the day 8 mile
I had an interview with Sister Eliza Bromley during
the afternoon, & she related to me the following
vision which she had on the 8th inst


Lane End Staffordshire Oct 8th 1840
At one oclock at noon there came a deep sleep upon me
& I slept one hour. I was awoke with a hand touch-
ing me I looked around me & saw one s a personage
standing by the side of me clothed in linen his

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face had the appearance of much meekness love &
light I said Oh, he said fear not. he came & touch[ed]
me with his hand then fear departed from me I said
doth the Lord love me so much, he said it is thy faith
in the servents of the God of heaven. Though [Thou] hast
clothed the Naked & fed the hungry & the God of
heaven will feed thee forever & forever, & the desire
of thy heart shall be granted thee in Gods own time
No weapon shall prosper against thee for thou art
sealed up unto the Lord. think it not strange when
you see many fall away & some of the Elders of this
Church for the scriptures must be fulfilled many
are called but few are chosen thou hast desired to
see this day, & when thou goest to thine inheritants
I will go with thee & take care of thee. one thing I
say unto thee. thou must not think because some
will fall away from their stedfastness that they
were not called to their office. Some have desired
their office & some will fall by their desires, see
thou desire no one thing but that which is given
thee from the father if the Father gives a desire there
will be the assurance of the gift, & as desire incr-
eases there will be the greater love to the servants
of God this is the mark the servants of God have
to go by & is a mark Satan cannot give be patient
in all things & humble in thy walk before the world
& the Lord will make the[e] a blessing to thy friends &
enemies they tears have come up before the Lord
& are more in number than thine enemies, thy tears
shall condemn many if they do not repent. Love
all thy enemies as Christ loveth thee for this is
the Law of God, & I arose up & said I will, &
he smiled & seamed as though he was going away
I said tell me sumthing els before you go. he
smiled & said keep these from the world, I
said must I not tell no one? he said thou
wilt know by the spirit of God that is within
thee who to tell thou hast asked for wisdom &
it will be given thee he turned around from me
& a greater light overshadowed me & he disappeared


Eliza Bromley


~ Friday


16th I took coach at Lane end & rode in company
with Br's Cordon & Burn through Stafford Wolverham[p]-
ton
West Bromwich to Birmingham 44 miles


I visited Theadore Turleys fathers family Sister
Charlotte Turley was sick I lade hands upon her

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& she was healed. I visited a Mr Parrott who was
sick but he had an evil spirit in him that rejected the
truth & I did not lay hands upon him. I preached at
night at Br Joseph Tate 24 Park st Birmingham this
is the first time that I have preached in Birmingham
there is 4 Saints in Birmingham sever[al] others are rea
dy for Baptism there will be a spedy work in that
town through the mercy of God & the labour of Elder
Cordon I spent the night at Br Tate's


~ Saturday


17th I took the rail cars in Birmingham Aat 10 oclock &
arived in the city of London at 3 1/2 P.M. being 113 miles
in 5 1/2 hours. I took [FIGURE] the omnibus & rode to 52
Iron monger row, St Lukes, London at Br Corners house
here I found Elder G. A. Smith we were glad to once
more meet with each other, we hired logings & sitting room
at P. Morgan 40 Iron Monger row St Lukes we have
to pay vary high for evry thing here in the city of London
lodgings, board & sitings & evry thing els with the greatest
prudence we cannot get along much short of a pound per
week each person & what few Saints there are at present
in this city are vary poor & not able to assist us at
present but I trust in the Lord to soon open a door
in this city whareby the cause of God can roll forth
but it certainly is the darkest prospect all things conside
rd of any place I have been in since I have been in the
vineyard but the Lord is with us & we are not discour
aged


~ Sunday


18th Sundey we met with the Saints at Br Corners
three times read in the Book of Mormon gave instruction
& broke bread unto them we had a good time though
there was ownly about half a dozen present, & I felt the
spirit of God bear testimony that there would be a work
in London. we retired to rest in good season & I felt
well in my mind & slept untill 12 at night I awoke
& meditated upon the things of God untill near 3 oclock
& while forming a determination to warn the people in
London & overcome the powers of Darkness by the assis
tance of God; A person appeared unto me which I conside
rd was the Prince of Darkness or the Devil he made war
with me & attempted to take my life. he caught me by
the throat & choaked me nearly to death. he wounded
me in my forehead, I also wounded him in a number
of places in the head
as he was about to overcome me
I prayed to the father in the name of Jesus for help I then
had power over him & he left me though much wounded
3 personages dressed in white came to me & prayed with

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me & I was immediately healed & delivered me
from all my troubles


~ Monday


19th [FIGURE] I wrote two letters one to Elder Richards
& the other to Elder Kington I spent several
hours in visiting the British Museum the accou
nt of which is as follows A Visit to the
BRITISH MUSEUM
London Oct 19th 1840. In company with
Elder G A. Smith I purchased a Book from which
I make an extract of the following SYNOPSIS
of the contents of the BRITISH MUSEUM
FORTY SECOND EDITION London 1840
("The foundation of the British Museum originat
ed with the will of Sir Hans Sloane, who accu-
mulated, in addition to a considerable Library of
Books & Manuscripts, the largest collections of
objects of natural History & works of art of his time.
These he directed should be offoered after his death,
which took place in 1753, to Parliament. The offer
was accepted: & the Act of 26 Geo. II, which directed
the purchase, also directed the purchase of the
Harleian Library of Manuscrips & enacted
that the Cottonian Library which had been
given to the Government for public use in the
reign of Will. III, should, with these, form
one General collection.


In the Spring of
1754 the mansion in Great Russell Street,
then known as Montagu House, was purchased
as a repository for the whole. Between 1755
& 1759 the different collections were removed
into it, & it was determined that the new instit-
ution should bear the name of BRITISH
MUSEUM. Till the arival of the Egypt-
ian Antiquities from Alexandri in 1801
Montague House was competant to the reception
of all its acquisitions. The Egyptian Monumen-
ts, most of them too massive a character for
the floors of a private Dwelling, fir[s]t suggested the
necessity of an additional building, rendered still
more indispensible by the purchase of the Townley
Marbles in 1805. A Gallery adequate to the
reception of both was completed in 1807; after
which, although the Trustees meditated, & had

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plans drawn for new buildings, none were under-
taken till 1823, when, upon the donation from his
Majesty King George IV of the Library collected
by King George III, the Government orderd drawings
to be prepared for the erection of an entire no Museum
a portion of one wing of which was to be occupied
by the recently acquired Library. This wing on the
Eastern side of the then Northern, & a part of the
western compartment of a projected Square have
been since completed. The Townly Gallery at pre-
sent joins on to the centere of the western compartment
& Montagu House, the old building of the Museum,
continued to form the general front. On entering
the Gate of the Museum from Great Russel Street, a
quadrangle presents itself, with an Ionic colonnade on
the South side, & the main building on the North; the
side buildings being allotted for the dwellings of
the officers. The house itself measures two hun-
dred & sixteen feet in length, & fifty seven in hight
to the top of the cornic[e]. The architect, Peter Puget,
a native of Marseilles, & an artist of the first eminence
in his time, was sent over from Paris by Ralph, first
Duke of Montagu
, for the sole purpose of construc
ting this Splended mansion. It was the repetition
of a building first designed in 1674 by Dr. Hook,
which was destroyed by fire in 1686.")


I again visited this Museum & went through
evry appartment of it on the 9th of Dec in company
with Elders B. Young & H. C. Kimball, The forego-
ing account, of this Museum is ownly its origen, they
have continued to build & add thereto untill it cover[s]
or surrounds five acres of ground, & it now cont
ains a vast number of rooms sum of them sev
eral hundred feet in length, & this Museum now con
tains the greatest variety of curiosityes of evry
kind name & nature Ancient & Modern, consisting
of all Natural History, Beast, Fowl, Birds, Fish, serpe-
nts, ores, minerals, Antiquities, of all nations—
sculptures, Mummies, hieroglyphics & Papyrus
Though I felt interested in a visit to evry apart-
ment of this Museum which is considerd the grea-
test collection in the world & open to the free
inspection of the publick, yet I felt the more
deeply interested in that Part called the gallery
of Antiquities esspecially the Egyptian. The
Antiquities consists mostly of Greek, Roman Jewish
& Egyptian, & some british. Among the vast

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number of sculptures, was Nero, Trajan
The God Ammon, Shakespere, Huercules, Appollo,
Thalia, Diana, Domitia, Homer, Minerva, &
hundreds of others. An article called the
Portland Vase is the choiceest article of any
one thing among the Antiquities as it is the ownl[y]
thing of the Kind known in the world. This celeb
rated Barberini vase was more than two centuries
the principal ornament of the Barberini Palace
it was found about the middle of the sixteenth
century two miles & a half from Rome in the road
leading from Frascati. [FIGURE] The materi[al] of whi[ch]
the vase is formed is glass, the figures which are
executed in relief are of a beautiful opake white
& the ground is in perfect harmony with the figu[re]
& of a dark transparent blue. This superb specim[en]
of greek art was deposited in the British Muse[um]
in 1810 by the Duke of Portland. Among the
Egyptian Antiquities, is a large number of Tombs
coffins, mumies, Hieroglyphics & Papyri enough
if translated into the English language to mak[e]
one hundred volums as large as the Bible. I felt
more interested in this part than any thing I
saw as they were from three to four thousand
years of age, & would no doubt if translated
have revealed many glorious things sacred &
historical concerning the early ages of the worl[d]
Abram & the Prophets &c. Having formed an
intimate acquaintance with one of the over-
seers of the gallery of Antiquities, He explained
many things to us concerning these things
which were interesting unto us, we saw a
Tomb said to be that of Allexander the
great
, & among many thousands of other things
was Napolian Boneparte private snuff box
which cost 300 guineas, A piece of the Tower
of Babel, many lamps from Babylon, & many
relics from the ruins of Hercuilaneum &
Pompei. Many articles in Bronze, Roman
Lamps, Dice & tali, stamps, for sealing casks,
Roman weights, Mirrors with engravings,
Celts, Bracelet[s], cups of crystal, agate &c
Hinges & nails, Brooches, Buckeles, locks & keys
spears & knives, Bits, spurs, ornaments for harness
fragmants of chains, A Bronze statue of Nero
when he was Young. though some of these ar[e]
vary ancient they do not vary much in shape from

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those now in use, Many Antiquities & Greek
inecriptions from Athens, And almost an endless
variety of articles from all of the Ancient cities
of Greece, Rome, Egypt, & Jerrusalem.

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~ 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


~ Wednesday


21st [FIGURE] 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
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London we returned home & held a prayer
meeting at Father Corners 52 Iron monger Row
St Lukes London. Distance of the Day 10 miles


~ Thursday


22 [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Brother Thomas
Clark
. We hired Mr J. Barretts Academy
57, King Street Square, Goswall Street
(the enterance Door in President Streett for three
mont[h]s to preach in. I went to the printer
& got 500 hand bills published which cost
me 11/ this to give notice of our meeting
on my return from the office Elder Smith
presented me with three [FIGURE] letters to read &
also the No 10) of the Times & Seasons one
letter was from Elder Richards & one from Father
John Smith to his son George A. & while reading
it I was informed that my Daughter Sarah
Emma Woodruff
was DEAD [FIGURE] this is the first
information I have had of it. May the Lord
comfort her mother in her afflictions, & preserve
her life & health & her son for my sake,
[FIGURE] I wrote two letters one to Brother Francis
Pullin
& one to Elder Samuel Warren


In the evening in company with Elder
G. A. Smith I attended A Missionary meeting of
the Weslian Methodist in the Weslian City road
road Chapapel ^Wesleyan^ Chapel London I[t] was considered
one of the greatest missionary meetings ever held
in the city of London the chair was occupied
by the LORD MAYOR of the city of London
He was a noble looking man, his watch guard
consisted of six gold chains which were large
& heavy. The object of this meeting was for the
Wesleyan Methodist to send out foreign missionari[es]
& to make collections enough to clear themselves of
a debt of £50000. the most splended talents of
Europe were gatherd together on this occasion Ministers
of the Church of Scotland, of England, & of the
Wesleyans were present in large numbers, the mee
ting opened early & continued untill after 10 [ocl[ock]]
oclock. There was much policy manifest in this
combination of ministers & power of the differen[t]
churches for the purpose of Gathering collections I
herd speaches from 10 or 12 Ministers. One
Scotch Minister Says as he arose & addressed the
chairman & meetings My Lord & Wesleyan

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friends let my tongeue cleave to the roof of my
mouth [Psalm 137:6] & my right hand forget her cunning
when I will not take a Wesleanyan by the hand
& call him Brother. A church Minister sayes
My Lord & Wesleyan friends, I wish you
while looking at the Church of England to cover
her imperfections with the cloke of charity
& while observing the Church of Scotland to
do the same & I would readily cover the impe[r]
perfections of the Wesleyan Society but I know
not whare they are, I would not hesitate to cove[r]
the imperfections of the Church of Rome was int
in my power but they are all Scarlet. A
Wesleyan arose & viz Mtr Robert Young of
the Queen street circuit ^chapel^ & Says. We are
highly favored on this occasion by having for
our chairman the Lord Mayer of London the
chief magestrate of the most renowned city in the
world & My Lordship has like Cesar submited
himself to the worship & accknowledgement of
Christ, in this condesention, but when rightly
considered is not my Lordship as highly honord in
presiding over this vast body of respectable citizens
this evening who have met together on so important
an occasion as he would be to reign upon a
Throne for the Angel in heaven honour evry
effort that is made on earth for the spread of the
gospel & the saving of the souls of men, mMy
Lord & christian friends, how did the Ancient
Apostles prevail, they were illiterate & unlearned
men, they had neither money, nor influence thei[r]
doctrins were unpopular, yet they esstablished
the gospel, Maintained the Doctrin of Christ &
caused the Nations to tremble, yet this was all by
the power of God & not of man. My Lord our
circumstances are different from thers, we
have influence & wealth, we have splended
chapels & respectable bodies, & our numbers are
many, yet If God is not with us we cannot
prevail." (I shouted Amen) My Lord & christian
friends two things are necessary to accomplish
the object o[f] this meeting viz the spirit of God
within [us W] us & a collection of money witho[ut]
sufficient to pay off our church Deabt & send
missionaries abroad &c. thus speach after
speach was made untill 10 oclock when a collection
was taken up After which the

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Lord Mayor of London arose & addressed a cro-
uded assembly of about 3000 person[s] in the cCiteey
Road Chapel (which was the first chapel ever built
by Mr John Wesley) the Lord Mayor says It is with
pleasure that I have been permiteted to preside over
this respectable body this evening on so important
occasion the memory of which will be i[n]delibly
fixed upon my mind as one of the most pleasing
events of my life, & I trust I shall ever be as
ready to perform evry Duty required of me by the
citizens of London as I have been to meet with
our Wesleyan friends this evening, the house rung
with applause, & the congregation dispersed the
Lord Mayor was conveyed to his Mansion in his
private carriage drawn by two Steeds whose harness
decorated with gold & silver which were glistning in
the sable shadses of night,


But in the midst of all this scenery who can imag
in my feelings none but those placed in kike [like]
circumstancs though I had a mission & a message
to the Inhabitants of London & stood in there mids[t]
ready to deliver it as soon as God opened my way
yet I was as little unknown by them, as Jonah
was to the citizens of Niniva while in the whales
Blelly & I clearly saw & realized that notwi-
thstanding this great display of talent, power &
policy, to send missionaries to the heathen they
as much need an humble messenger of God to
teach them the first principles of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ as Niniva Did a Prophet to cry repen
tance
unto them, I retired home alone meditating
upon the signs of the Present generation


~ Friday


23rd [FIGURE] I received two letters one from Sister
Sarah Foss & the other from Brother Ilus F. Carter
I was truly glad to hear from our Maine friends
we [FIGURE] wrote 3 letters one to A Cordion, one to G Simps[o]n
& one to W. Richards signed Woodruff & Smith


~ Saturday


24th [FIGURE] We wrote a lengthy Lengthy letter jointly to
Elder Elias Smith. I spent a part of the day in cir
culating & posting up our hand bills which contained the
following inscriptions "He that judgeth a matter before he
heareth is not wise" The Latter Day Saints meet
for public worship at Mr J. Barrett's Academy,
57, King Square, Goswell Road—

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(entrance Door in President Street) Evry Sabbath
at Three & half-Past-Six o'clock, P.M. Also, on
Tuesday and Thursday Evenings each week at Eight
o clock. LECTURES will be deliverd by Elders
WOODRUFF AND SMITH Late from—
America, who respectfully invite the citizens of
LONDON to attend. The first Principles of the
Everlasting Gospel
in its fulnes—The Gathering
of Israel
—The Second Coming of the Saviour—
and the restitution of all things spoken of by all
the Holy Prophets will be among the subjects
Illustrated. "The Latter Day Saints Millennial
Star
," published Monthly & other publications can
be had at 52 Ironmonger Row St. Lukes.
City press Long Lane Doudney and Scrymgour.


~ Sunday


25th Sunday we for the first time preached
in J Barretts Academy at which Place we met
about 50 persons at 3 oclock & I preached unto
them Elder Smith Preached in the Evening, but it
is the hardest matter to awaken an interest upon
the subject of any place I ever visited. After morting [meeting]
I walked about 5 miles before I retired to rest, I had a
pleasant Dream about ketching fish & eating frui[t]


~ Monday


26th [FIGURE] SEW We obtained a package of
seven letters, one to H. C. Kimball from J Taylor on
the Isle of Man, one from father John Smith on[e]
Elias Smith, & one from Elder O. Pratt, direct[e]d
to George A. Smith, & one from Hiram Clark on[e]
from Phebe W. Woodruff & Albert Petty & one from
Sister Margarett Smoot directed to W Woodruff
the Letter from Phebe & Sister Smoot gave an
account of the Death & burial of our oldest child
SARAH EMMA, who Died July 17th 1840
being two years & three days old The following
is an extract from Sister M Smoots Letter


To the memory of Sarah Emma Woodruff who
Died July 17th AD 1840
Thus the Iron hand of Death
Lade heavy on & stoped the breath
Of one who lived but to Beguile
our moments as if with a smile
Beloved she lived beloved she Died
Her fathers Joy & mothers Pride
Beloved of all who did her see
Yea & more beloved by me

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There was no bell here to toll
But many a briny tear did fall
With look our own hearts did tell
Little Sarah Dear farewell
Yes little Sarah lovly one
Sleep on Sleep on, till Christ shall come
Then thou wilt rise shake of[f] thy dust
BAnd be numbered with the just


Brother Woodruff except of this piece of compo-
sition from one who had evry feeling but that
of a parent for your departed Sarah
M. T. Smoot


Phebe's letter was Dated July 18th 1840
The following is an extract


My Dear Willford, what will be your feelings, when
I say that yesterday I was called to witness the depar-
ture of our little Sarah Emma from this world, yes
she is gone the relentless hand of death has snatched
her from my embrace—but Ah! She was two lovely
to kind, to affectionate, to live in this wicked world when
looking on her I have often thought how I should feel
to part with her I thought I could not live without
her esspecially in the Absence of my companion.
but she has gone the Lord hath taken her home to himself
for some wise purpose. It is a trial to me, but the Lord
hath stood by me in a wonderful manner I can see & feel
& that he has taken her home & will take better care of
her than I possibly could for a little while untill I shall
go & meet her yes Willford we have one little Angel in
heaven & I think it likely her spirit has visited you before
this time. It is hard living without her She used to call
her poor Pa-Pa & putty pa-pa many times in a day she left a
kiss for her pa-pa with me just before she died. She eat
her dinner as well as usual thursday was taken about 4 oclok
with a prestness for bre^a^th the Elders lade hands upon her
& anointed her a number of times, but the next day her
spirit took its flight from this to another world with-
out a groan. To day Willford & I with quite a number
of friends accompaning us came over to Commerce to pay
our last respects to our little darling in seeing her decently buried
she had no relative to follow her to the grave or to shed a
tear for her but her Ma & little Willford [FIGURES] I have just been to
take a pleasing melancholy walk to Sarah's grave, she lies alone
in peace. I can say that the Lord gave & the Lord hath
taken away & blessed be the name of the LORD
{May the Lord bless yourself and return you home again is the prayer of your sickly and afflicted companion} P W. Woodruff

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~ Tuesday


27th We recieved two letters one from
Cordon & one from W. Meigh.
[FIGURE] we wrote two letters one to J Tailor & one
to O Pratt. I preached in J Barretts Academy


~ Wednesday


28th [FIGURE] I finished a long communication
written to the Editors of the Times & Season[s]
signed H. C. Kimball, W. Woodruff & G. A. Smi[th]
it was a religious & Historical letter commenced
12th Oct & finished 28th I copied it off &
it filled 4 sheets full. I recieved one letter
from G Simpson we wrote two one to Cordon
& one to W May.


~ Thursday


29th We Mailed two letters for America on[e]
to the Editors & one to Elder Lorenzo Barnes
[FIGURE] we recieved 3 letters one from Rushton
one from P P Pratt & one from W Richards with
a present of £1.


~ Friday


30th [FIGURE] We recieved a letter from Elder Hedloc[k]
& wrote him one in reply
[FIGURE] I wrote a long letter to Phebe W. W. A Petty
M Smoot, & G. W. Robinson I addressed it to
G. W Robinson P[ost] M[aster] of Nauvoo In answer to
thers of July 18th


~ Saturday


31st We recieved one letter from O Pratt &
[FIGURE] wrote him one in reply & mailed the one to
Phebe &c. [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Hiram Clark &
we wrote one to Geo Simpson & one to R Rushton, I
wrote one to Samuel Jones making 5 in all


~ Sunday


NOV 1st Sunday It seems to be a hard matter
to esstablish the truth in the city of London
there is so much agoing in the city to draw the
attention of the people that it almost required
a trump to be blown from heaven in order
to awaken the attention of the people to
the subject of the fulness of the gospel I
freequently think o[f] Pauls perils in the city, their
was a great differance between Paul who was
without purse or scrip & the Pharasees who had thei[r]
large reward for Divineing, so it is with us in trying
to warn London without purse or scrip Still we
have to pay high for all we eat, drink, sleep, room,
fire, candles, & a room to warn the people in &c.
& we are out of money but still we feel to put
our trust in God. The Sectarians still have their sallaries

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[FIGURE] I wrote 3 letters one to Br & Sister Richards one
to P. P. Pratt one to Whittaker. I preached in the after
noon in the Academy to about 30 & in the evening
to about 50 we broke bread unto the Saints
& their seems to be some interest manifest among the
people this evening in inquiring into the subject I
pray the Lord to open our way before us


~ Monday


2nd [FIGURE] J H I received two letter[s] one from my Mothe[r]
Woodruff who informs me that Uncle Joseph Hart
is Dead he Died


[blank space]


I also received one letter from Elder John Rowley
[FIGURE] I wrote a long family letter to Father Woodruff
family in answer to their[s] of Farmington Sept 30th
I printed it all & spoke upon a great variety of things


~ Tuesday


3rd We recieved one letter from Osmond Shaw
Elder Smith & myself again visited the British Musieum
I having formed a private or intimite aqcquaint
ance with Mr W. Palmer the keeper of the Egyptian
Antiquities & It being a private day not open to
public exibition he accompanied us through the vario
us appartment & spent several hours in explaini-
ng to us the most important things relating to th
e whole collection of Egyptiam Jewish Greek & Rom
[a]n antiquities which were vary interesting
Among the hundreds of thousands of things exhibited in
thes gallery's of Antiquities, Is the Portland Vase which
was found about the middle of the sixteenth century two
miles & a half from Rome in the road leading from Frasca-
ti
which is the ownly thing of the kind now knowm
in the world. We also saw Napolian Bonaparts private
Snuff Box which cost 300 Guinea's. We saw the Tomb
of Allexander the great. The head of Nero & Trajan the
God Ammom. Lamps from Babylon, a piece of the Tower
of babel, many relics from the ruins of Herculaneum and
Pompei &c

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~ Wednesday


Nov 4th [FIGURE] We received 3 Letters I received one from Elder
John Cheese containing a post office order of £2.10 a dona
tion from the Saints we received one letter from O. Pratt
& one from Emma Cordon. We wrote onte to O Pratt &
[FIGURE] one to Osmond Shaw & one to Rowley


~ Thursday


5th The Efagy of Guydo [Guido] Fawkes is before our door
this morning attended by about 100 boys they are
carrying him through the streets of London in
memory of the great gun powder plot on the 5th of Nov
1605. I received two letters one from Elder
Samuel Jones containing £1 & good news
[FIGURE] {Phebe} I received a letter from Phebe & Elder Wm
Clark
which gave me great joy it was Dated
Sept 8th 1840 Mrs Woodruff bears her affliction
with patience & resignation, haveing lost one child,
& the other is sick, but her own health is quite good
at present she is at Father Clarks & comfortable for
temporal things. Elder Wm O. Clark says do not
trouble yourself about Phebe & little Willford for they
shall not want any thing that I can bestow & may
God hold it as an everlasting covenant between me &
thee. He further says the temporal state of the
Church was never in a more prosper state than at the
present time. No mobing at the present time in this
country but gathering vary rapid a number of
familie[s] arived from England Phebe had had
an interview with Br Wm Benbow


[FIGURE] We wrote two letters one to Elder Geo. W.
Robinson
& one to Elder W Richards I wrote
to Phebe in Robinsons letter & gave her an account of
all the letters I had sent her


~ Friday


6th I mailed the Letter to Robison & Phebe at
the American Coffe House. I recieved a letter fro[m]
E Bromley we wrote her one in return
[FIGURE] I wrote one letter to John Cheese, & one to Sam
Samuel Jones in answer to thers. I attended a
Funeral in Saint Luke's Church, herd the parson read
a funeral ceremony which was solumn, & he commi
tted the body to the tomdb with the fullest assurance
that she would arise in the first resurrection &
have part in a cele[s]tial glory, & evry infidel in england
is buried under the same cerimony this was in
the largest Parish Church in London. John Wesley preach[ed]
in it when he was living

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~ 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


~ 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


~ 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 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 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
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

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~ Tuesday


10th I took the parting hand with Elder G A. Smit[h]
who started for Birmingham so I am now left
alone again [FIGURE] I finished writing the letter to
Father & Mother Carter & mailed it I wrote lengthy
& answered Sister Foss Letter. I wrote a letter
[FIGURE] to Elder W. Richards. I preached at 8 oclock
at the Academy


~ Wednesday


11th I spent the day in writing


~ Thursday


12 [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to the week Editor
of the weekly Dispatch publish in London in
answer to an article which he published against
the Latter Day Saints [FIGURE] I received two letter
one From Sister Ann Dawson to G A Smith
& the other from G. A. Smith. I walked through
London city, crossed the bridge & visited
Mr Allgoods family they had been quite sick
but were much better. I wrote Br Amison
[FIGURE] a letter & Also Elder G. A. Smith. I feel
a little lonely here in London since Br
Smith left me though not because there
is not people enough in London for there
is plenty but a person is placed in a gret
variety of circumstance[s] that is travelli
ng in the world as we are. I preached at night
& while preaching Br Wm Pitt from Dymock
came into the room. I was surprised to s[ee]
him as I was not looking for any one he
spent the night with me at my lodgging 6 m[iles]


~ Friday


13th [FIGURE] I received a letter from O. Pratt I wrote
[FIGURE] one in return to him I also wrote a letter to Br
Browett. We took a walk to London Bridg[e]
visited St Pauls Church, the Bank of England
& many other places. It was a vary rainy
day & they think there is nothing worse than a
rainy day in London. On our return home
we found the people flung into great confusion in
consequence of a visit from a country cow
who had never been in London before & did not
understand the Law or custom of the citiy
& she began to chase the people & when I saw
her men women & children were runing for
there lives & the cow at there heels & just befor[e]
she got to us she drove one man through a door

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head first into a shoe store with her hornes
She not being satisfyed with this the next
lunge she made she jumped head first thrugh
a window into a Tailors store carrying
window & sash wish but not liking her positon
she soon backed out & run down the street
committing depridations as she wendt with her
owner in a waggon upon a run after her. it
was evident the cow was mad crazy o fright
end or els she did not [k]now how to act in a
city. It was not long since that a mad Bull jumpd
through a large window in London into a china
shop & he commit great damage for the more the
china rattleed around him the more he tor[e] it
to pieces & he was a vary unwelcome visitor 6 m[iles]


~ Saturday


14 A plesant day we spent the day in visiting
different parts of the city of London, we walked
through the Oxford road, went all through
the Pantheum which was quite interesting we visited
St James Park & Buckingham palace her Majesty
the Queen Victoria was there we next visited the
Westminster Abbey, we crossed Westminster
Bridge walked up to London Bridge crossed it
passed St Pauls Church & the Bank the general
post office walked to St Lukes to 'opt some refresh
ment & walked to Br Biggs 52 Kingsland Road
returned passed through golden lane to Smithfield
markedt & returned to 40 Ironmonger Row
St Lukes London & spent the night the distance
of the day 15 mils


I dreamed that Charlotte Stanley was dead Af[t]er
she was lade out I assisted to remove the corps into
another place while doing this she came to life whic[h]
much surprised me and as I called her by name
^I^ she awoke I also herd in my dream that another
friend was dead but I did not recollect the name I
think I shall soon hear from my friends


~ Sunday


15th Sunday [FIGURE] ({Wd Wd Wd} its {not a first rate [cousin]}) I wrote
a letter to P. P. Pratt sent him several peaces of a
News paper viz abot the Latter Day Saints, Inund-
ation in France with great destruction Election &
fraud in the U. S A &c I preached in the afternoon
& followed Br Pitt in the evening, After which several
of the followers of Joanna Southcoat got up & detained
the congregation by preaching there principles there

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are several parties belonging to her societ[y]
this party that spoke call themselves the
ten tribes of Israel they gather to England
which they consider the promised land they
wear long beards & circumcise keep the law
of Moses
& omit the first principles of the
gospel
Baptism &c, they are the ownly ones tha[t]
will have a body like Christ Abram all the proph[ets]
& Apostles will have a body inferior to theirs &
will inherit a Celestial Kingdom, while
they say they will inherit the kingdon of God whi[ch]
they consider a far greater than the celesti
al, & they have many things to foolish & incons
istant to be believed by rational man.
I communed with the Saints after meeting


~ Monday


16th [FIGURE] I received two letters one from Elder
Thomas Clark containing a gift of £1 in a post
office order, & one from Elder D Browett
informing me of the progress of the work in
Herefordshire & surrounding country
[FIGURE] I worote three Letters one to T Clark one to
D Browett one to T Kington & family. I
spent several hours in conversation with one of
the Israelites or Joannas above spoken of


~ Tuesday


17th I took the parting hand with Elder
Wm Pitt who started for Ipswich may the
Lord bless him I pray [FIGURE] I received one letter
from Thomas Amison I preached at night it was
a stormy night


~ Wednesday


18th [FIGURE] I recieved 2 letters one from T Kington
one from E & A. Oaky. I printed a full sheet
[FIGURE] B to Brothers Azmon & Thompson Woodruff
I had a long interview with five followers of
Joanna Southcoat they have many fals & foolis-
h notions


~ Thursday


19th [FIGURE] I received 4 letters two for myself &
2 for G. A. Smith one from O. Pratt, from Wm Pitt,
R Hedlock, one from preston with no name I had
an interview with Joshua W Walker, & with Br
Hulme [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to O pratt

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I preached at night in the Academy. Br Hulme A
capt of of one of Pickfords Boats on the London
canal was present with two of his hands, which
he had Baptized as he was A priest. Br Hume spent
the night with me


~ Friday


20th I [FIGURE] received one letter from Elder Kington
[FIGURE] I wrote 4 letters, to R. Hedolock, T Amison,
Wm Pitt, & T. Kington. I dined at Pickfords
wharf with Capt Hulme on bord of his boat with
three saints


~ Saturday


21st [FIGURE] I received two letters one from G A Smith
one from Wm Pitt I wrote 23 Letters one to
[FIGURE] E & A Oaky one to Geo A Smith, & Wm pitt
[FIGURE] Victoria II was born this 21st day of Nov 1840
at 2 o'clock P.M. the citiy Bells of London are
ringing in celebration of the same, so England has
a Princes Victoria


~ Sunday


22nd Sunday I spent the fore part of the day
in reading & conversing with Father Corner Corner
& his family I preached at 3 o'clock & at half
past sis 4 offered themselves for Baptism, but we
have laboured vary hard & with much expens to ac-
complish little in London but may the Lord roll on his
work here I broke bread unto the Saints


[FIGURE] P I commenced a vary lengthy letter this morning
to Phebe. I made extracts from about 30 letters
I requested my wife to present it to the Editors
of the Times & Seasons to publish such extracts
as they thought fit


~ Monday


23rd [FIGURE] I received two letters from G. A Smith
& Wm Pitt I spent the day in writing in the letter
to Phebe


~ Tuesday


24th [FIGURE] I wrote two letters to G. A. Smith &
Wm Pitt I preached in the evening


~ Wednesday


25th [FIGURE] I received a letter from O. Pratt I wrote
[FIGURE] a letter to O Pratt I also received a letter
from the Secretary at the general Post Office
in London informing me that the letter could
not be found which was sent me containing
£2 two sovreigns which was robed or stolen

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~ Thursday


Nov 26th [FIGURE] I recevived a letter from Br John
Taylor
[FIGURE] I mailed the letter at the American Coffee
House which I wrote to Mrs Woodruff & the editors
of the Times & Seasons, which was the largest letter
I ever sent my wife. on my return from the Office
I called into an auction store whare they were
selling penknives, watches, time Peaces, which to
outward appearance were vary cheap but when
closely examined it was found they were made
on purpose for the auction sale, & the manner
the Cockneys or London Kawkers would cheat
men before their eyes is a caution to Yankies
{I purchased a card of knives and a time piece which cost me} 3 {dollars and I got cheated on both [illegible shorthand] [we] learn wisdom}
I preached at 8 o'clock & on my return to the
House I found Br Pitt who had returned from
Ipswich As Br Kington had sent for him, & when
he left Ipswich the people ware all stired, just as he
was going to Baptize several, some of the pamph-
lets were sent them which are Published against
us filled with lies which stoped them for a season
so he did not baptize any before he left we spent
the night together 4 [miles]


~ Friday


27th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Br John Taylor at Hanly
I spent several hours in looking over the London
papers of 27th from which I glean the following
Items, The River Seine risen to five metres, in France
A Law is voted by the Chambers of France to
Appropriate 1000000 frances for the reestablishme-
ntment of the communications destroyed by th[e]
late flood & also 5000000 to be divided among the
Sufferers of the Indundations of the Saone and
Rhone, the country around Paris is flooded & th[e]
lower parts of the city inundated." The floods
& indundations of France of late has been dreadful
& loss of property immense. I was informed
one River was turned entirely out of its cours[e] &
a stone found in the beb of the River bearing
the following inscription (He that findeth me shall
weep)" Several Earthquakes of late in the
Ionian Islands many persons have perished.
The Jews & Christians iIn Jerrusalen have not
the Privilege of gathering there own taxes. A ma[n]
that lately visited Jerrusalem says there is
7000 Jews there but much persecuted
6 m[iles]

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~ 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 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 [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 14840


A Visit to the College of Surgeons
At Lincons Infields Dec 7th 1840
[sideways text]
London
[end of sideways text]


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

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of the Human frame one which is vary Noted
viz the celebrated O Brian his skeleton was
8 feet in highth & well proportioned He was
8 feet & 4 inches in hight when alive, there
were others of large stature. The Joining Room
was occupied with a great variety of parts, &
whole Human Bodies & Frames in various stages
& states. Some bodies were whole & embalmed one
ownly that was Egyptian. Some the skin & flesh
was taken away & the bones, arters & sinews, left
in their Natural state, which were prepared with
the greatest pains & care, parts of the body such
as the hand & foot sc were in a prepared state with
the skin of showing the veins, sinews, nevrves
&c. many skuls were in this room showing the
effect of various disease. A number of hearts
were preserved in their natural state both from
the Human & Animal creation one from A
whales. Their were four Rooms Above which
we visited, which contained a vast variety
objects preserved in spirits, of evry description of
the Human, Animal, Amphibious, & Serpentile race
evry part of the Human body dissected & preserved
in spirits, & many Human monsters, & children
{from the first month of pregnancy to full grown children} One vessel chontain-
ed five small children born at one birth but
without life. There were some peculiar
preperations both of natural History & the Huma[n]
system by injecting quick silver in to the finest
fibres of the body, which were all for the
purpose of giving surgeons a knowledge of evry
part of the system, which was quite Interesti[ng]
to an person feeling interested in the subject of
surgery


6 m[iles]

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On my return home I was soon Joined by Elders
B. Young & H. C Kimball, who had come to London
to spend a week or two It was truly a treat
to once more meet with these Brethren we spent
the night together


~ Tuesday


Dec 1st this is the first day of winter I spent
the day with Elders Young & Kimball in visiting
the city [FIGURE] 1 I receiviend a letter from Josiah
Wesley Walker
manifesting great Boasting
& opposition against the Book of Mormon &
we met for meeting at the Academy as usual
at 8 oclock Elder Young Preached followed
By Elder Kimball we had a good time


~ Wednesday


2nd [FIGURE] I wrote A letter to Elders Lorenzo Snow
& A Cordon [FIGURE] I received a letter from G. A. Smith
we all took a walk through the city we spent
several hours with Mr B. Sanglovanni, Sculptor
& Modeller No. 23, Nassau Street Middlesex
Hospital, his wife was the Daughter of Br Rogers
we spent the evening in the City Road, had conver
sation with a Frenchman. We called into a shop [FIGURE] 10 [miles]

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~ Thursday


Dec 3rd [FIGURE] From After a long Days walk throug[h]
through the city of London we returned to
our room whare our friend Mr's Morgan presente[d]
us with a bundle of letters [FIGURE] one was from
my Dear Phebe Dated Oct 6th to 16th. It brought
much knews of interest. I also received 2 lett[ers]
from P. P. Pratt. H. C. Kimball Received a letter
from his wife Also written about the same
time, which was also interesting Brother Young
received 2 one from J Taylor & A Cordon


A Visit to the Tower of LONDON


I visited the Tower of London on the 3rd of Dec
in company with Elders B. Young & H. C. Kimba[ll]
The following are short extracts from the History of
the TOWER OF LONDON


The Tower is situated on the east side of the
city, about eight hundred yayrds from London
bridge near the bank of the River Thames. This imp-
ressive edifice, at first consisted of no more than
what at present is called the white Tower, and with-
out any authority, has been reported to have been
built by JULIUS CÆSAR, though there is the strongest
evidence of its being marked out, and a part of it first
erected by William the Conqueror, in the year
1078 [FIGURES] It contains three Batteries, the first is
called the Devils Battery, second Stone Battery third
Wooden Battery mounted with Cann. [FIGURES]
The Tower was a Palace during five hundred
years, and ownly ceased to be so on the accession
of Queen Elizabeth. Here observes Mr Penant,
"fell the meek usurper Henry VI by the dagger
of the profligate Gloucester. Here full of horrors
died by the hands of hired ruffians, the unsteady
Clarance, who can read without shuddering
his dreadful dream, which Shakespear makes
him relate to the Lieutenant's (Richard III Act 1
Scene 4th) And here the sweet innocents Edward
VI
and his brother the Duke of York, fell victi-
ms to the violent ambition of there remoseless
uncle."


The principal buildings are
the church, the white Tower, Governor's House
the Bloody Tower, the offices of Ordnance
of the keepers of the Records, the Jewel Office
the Hors Armoury, Queen Elizabeth's Armoury

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the grand Store House in which is the Small
Arm Armoury, the train of Artillery, and the
tent room; the New Store House, wharein are
three Store Roomns's Houses for the chief and infer-
ior Officers, the Mess House for the officers of
the Garrison, and the Barracks, for the Soldiers. In
addition to those there is a street called the Mint
which includes nearly one third part of the Tower.
The principal part of the houses were formerly in-
habited by the officers employed in the coinage, but now
principally by the Military, Government having erect-
ed a vary extensive and majestic structure to the north
of Little Tower Hill, for the business of the Mint
department, with houses for those officers


The Grand Storehouse is north
of the white Tower, a fine building of brick and hewn
stones; it extends in length 345 feet, and is 60 feet
broad, it was commenced by James II and finished
by William III. On the first floor of this edifice
is that magnifficent room called the Small Armoury,
in which he, with Queen Mary his consort, dined in
great state haveing all the warrent workmen and
labourers to attend them, dressed in white gloves &
aprons.


THE HORSE ARMOURY.
Here in one spacious room, 150 feet by 33 are
arranged in regular and chronological order, no less
a number than twenty two equestrian figures,
comprising many of the most celebrated kings of
England accompanied by their favorite Lords
and men of rank, all of them, together with their
horses in the armour of the respective periods when
they flourished, many, indeed, in the identical suits
in which they appeared while living. Along the
centre of the ceiling immediately over each figure
is a gothic arch in the centre of which is suspended
a banner which in gold letters on both sides, expres-
ses the name, rank, and date of existence of the
personage represented. The horses stand, mounted
by their riders, almost without any visible supp-
ort on a floor of brick raised a little from the adj-
oining doarded flooring which is appropriated to the
spectators.


1. EDWARD I, King of
England AD 1272. The armour of this figure consists
of the hawberk and its sleeves of mail, the hood & chau-
sses of the same material [FIGURE] This monarch is represent-
ed in the act of sheathing his sword.


2 Henry VI,
King of England AD. 1450 This plate armour is of the

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most beautiful form, particularly the back
plate, which, like that of the breast is made
of several pieces to be flexible. [FIGURES] the
saddle of bone work is particular curious


3. Edward IV, King of England
AD. 1465. This is a complete suit of tournament
armour, finished with the additional pieces termed
grand guard, volant-piece and gard-de-tras. [FIGURES]


4.th Henry VII, King of England
AD. 1508. This is a fluted suit of elegant form
probably of German manufacture


5. Henry VIII, King of England AD.
1520. This monarch appears in a suit of plate armour
gilt. [FIGURE] It is impossible to give a just summary of this
prince's qualities, he was so different from himse-
lf in the several periods of his life. [FIGURE] In his youth
he was sincere, open, gallant, and liberal; in his more
advanced years, he became rapacious, arbitrary,
violent, superstitious, obstinate, unjust, and cruel. He
had six wives. After he had been married 20 years
to the first, he grew weary of her, and from a pretended
scruple of conscience, put her away. His second
wife, the incomparable Queen Ann Boleyn, mother
of Queen Elizabeth, he beheaded upon slight
ground of jealousy. He was weary of the third as
soon as soon as he was married to her. The immature
death of the fourth, perhaps prevented an untimely one.
The fifth was beheaded as her predecessor Queen Anne
was, though less innocent than Queen Ann of the
crime for which she sufferd. The sixth Queen
Catherine parr
was a most religious lady, and was
so able a christian, that she had nearly disputed
her head off. Had the King lived a little longer he
would probably have made a new choice. But
he died Janury 28th 1547, after a reign 37 years
and 9 months, and in the 56th years of his age


6. Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk
1520. He also Is represented in plate armour.


7. Edward Clinton Earl of Lincoln
AD 1535. This noblemans armour is vary elegantly
gilt, and his right hand rests on a mace. He w^e^ars a long
fluted sword.


8. Edward VI, King of England
AD 1552. This figure is particularly desierving of notice
both on account of its armour, which is what was
termed russet and gilt in the most curious manner
throughout & also for the fine Attitude in which
it is placed. (Turn over 5 leeves continued) [FIGURES]

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After visiting the Tower we walked to the
Thames & waited for Elder Young who went
through the Tunnel & visited it & purchased a pattern
of the Tunnel for 13/ which presents an exact
likeness of it. We then walked across London
Bridge & returned to our Room in Ironmonge[r]
Row. We held a meeting in the evening Elder
Young preached. Distance of the day 10 m


~ Friday


Dec 4th Elder Kimball stayed at home & wrote
[FIGURE] A letter to his wife I walked through the city
with Elder Young we visited Buckingham
Palace
& West Minster Abbey & went all throu-
gh it we then returned home on our way we
saw some London Foolery, in a cart one wax figure
knocking Down another {Distance of the day} 10 m


~ Saturday


5th [FIGURE] I received 3 letters from O Pratt Wm
Pitt
, Allexander Wright. I walked out with
Elder Young to try to find the Book of Morm-
on
, as we herd it was published & for Sale in
London by some person unknown but probably
it was a fals report Elder Kimball received a
letter from Arthur Burrow Presston
[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder John Taylor I also got
a letter from John Taylor I wrote a letter to
O Pratt. Robert Williams Priest arived in London
this day & called upon us this evening we walked
to Islington & Passed by his Fathers House returned
to our Room & spent the night 10 miles


~ Sunday


6th Sunday proved an interesting Day to us
Elders Young, Kimball, & William attended meeti-
ng at St Pauls Church in the morning I met with
the Saints at No [blank]
at Father Corners & read & conversed with them. We
all met at the Academy at 3 oclock had about 50
preasent {Elder} Kimball preached to them. An independant
Minister invited me home with him to take tea I accep
ted the Invitation & had a good time I preached
the gospel to him he received my testimony & offered
me his Chappel that would hold 800 & he thoug-
ht he should be Baptized & would try to get his
society to Do the same. We again met at halpf
past six, & had the most in our room that we have ever
had. Br Young Preached & was followed by

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Br's Kimball, Williams, Corner, Hulme, &
Woodruff. We had a vary interesting
time one offered for Baptism some of the
Aitkenites were Present one purchased a
Hymn Book wished us to call upon them &
thought they would be Baptized. We then
met at Father Corners & communed with the Sain[ts]
& had a good time I rejoice at the prospect tha[t]
appears this day for an opening for I have laboured
a long time in London & the work has gone slow
but now it appears like a wide opening may the
Lord roll on his work spedily I pray


~ Monday


7th We all accompanied Doctor Copeland
to the Collage o[f] Surgeons & went through
evry appartment of it which was vary inter
esting we next visited the National Gallery &
other parts of the city & then returned to
our room & took tea Af[t]er which Elder
Kimball Baptized one at the Bath at Tabern[a]
cle Square Brothers Young, Williams & myself
walked into another part of the town, & saw
what is called life in London {We visited the Royal Theater at the
Covent Gardens in such a cold in getting to the buildings. We were in danger of having our limbs
broke. We had a view of the grandest scenery I ever beheld. On} one {occassion} occasions
{the area was full of females dressed in white which looked like lace}
8 m[iles]


[portion of page blank]


~ Tuesday


8th was a rainy day in London yet I
spent the day vary pleasantly we all conclu-
ded to visit St James Park, Buckingham
Palace
& the Queens coaches, horses, &c. Elder
Young & Br Williams went on before us to
see, the Queens horse guard parrade, & as it
rained they returned home thinking we should
not come so we did not see them during the
whole days walk. Elder Kimball & myself with
two of the Saints that accompanied us walked
to Saint James Park went through the whole
length of it, their was a pond of water in the
centre of it with many Ducks, Geese & Swans
in it, we, visited the Palace, Queens stables as follo[ws]

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A visit to the ^Museews or Pimlico &^ Stables of her Majesty
Queen Victcoria


The first stable we nentered contained her
state horses composed of 12 in number which
were the most Beautiful cream colloured Hanovarians
we also saw 12 Arabians. The Hanovarians were
the most Kind & intelligent for Horses or any thing
of the Brutal creation I ever saw, they were
about seventeen hands high & well proportioned
we visited all the stables containing her horses
which were 150 in number, which were kept
in the most perfect order for the Queens use.
We next visited the appartments containing
all the Harness for 150 horses. We saw the full
set of State Harness sufficient for sixEight
horses, which were for sixEight of the cream coulord
H^an^ovarians, which were made by order of George
the IV
they were coverd with gold plate harness
for each horse weighed 150 lbs, evry set of
harnes was vary expensive containing much plate
we had a slight view of the Queen's riding
ground as we passed along one of the Lords & others
were riding at the time. We were all weig-
hed in the scales in which Prince Albert was weighed
Elder Kimball's weight was 160, mine was
142 which was 2 lbs more than I ever weighed
before. We next visited the Coach Rooms we
saw all of her Private coaches a number of which
were vary grand & expensive, & Lastly we visited
her state coach the following is a description
of it


DESCRIPTION
OF
HER MAJESTY'S STATE COACH


Finished in the Year 1762 The most superb
carriage ever built. Designed By Sir William
Chambers
& executed under his Directions
The Paintings executed by CYPRIANT
The front Panel. Britannia seated on a throne
holding in her hand a staff of Liberty, attended dy
by Religion, Justice, Wisdom, Valour, Fortitude,
Commerce, Plenty, and Victory, presenting her with
a Garland of Laurel; in the back ground a view of

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St. Paul's & the River Thames.


THE RIGHT DOOR
Industry And Ingenuity giving a Cornucopiæ
to the Genius of England. THE panels of each side
of right Door. History recording the reports
of Fame and Peace burning the Implements of war.
THE BACK PANEL. Neptune and Amphitrite
issueing from their Palace in a triumphant car drawn
by Sea-Horses, attended by the Winds, Rivers, Triton[s]
Naiads &c. bringing the Tribute of the world to the
British Shore. Upper part of Back pannel.
Is the Royal Arms beautifully ornamented with
the Order of St. George; the Rose Shamrock,
and Thistle entwined. THE LEFT DOOR.
Mars, Minerva, and Mercury supporting the Imper[i]al
Crown of Great Britain. THE Panels of each
side of Left Door. The liberal Arts and Sciences
protected. The Front and Four Quarter
panels over the paintings are plate Glass.
The whole of the carriage and Body is richly orni-
mented with Laurel and carved work, beautifully
gilt. The length 24 feet, width 8 feet 3 inches,
hieight 12 feet, length of pole 12 feet 4 inches weight
4 tons. The carriage & body of the coach is compos[ed]
as follows: Of four large Tritons who support the
body by four braces coverd with blue morocco leather
and ornamented with guilt buckles. The two
figures placed in front of the carriage bear the
driver and are represented in the action of drawing
by cables extending round their shoulders and the
cranes, and sounding shells to announce the approac[h]
of the Monarch of the O[c]ean: and those at the back carry
the Imperial Fasce[s]s, topt with tridents. The Driver's
Foot-Board is a large scollop shell, ornamented by
bunches of reesds & other marine plants. The pole
represents a bundle of Lances; the splinter Bar is
composed of a rich moulding issuing from beneath
a voluted shell & each end terminating in the head of a
Dolphin; and the wheels are imitated from those of
the ancient triumphal chariot. The Body of the
coach is composed of Eight palm Trees, which
branching out at the, top sustain the roof, and
four angular trees are loaded with trophies
allusive to the victories obtained by Great Britain
during the late glorious war, supported by four
lions' heads. On the centre of the Roof stands
three boys, representing the Genii of England,

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Scotland & Ireland, supporting the Imperial
Crown of Great Britain, and holding in their
hands the sceptre sword of state, and ensigns
of Knighthood their bodies are adorned with festoons
of laurels, which fall from thence towards the
four corners. The inside of the Body is
lined with rich scarlet embos^s^ed velvet, superbl[y]
laced and embroidered with gold as follows: In
the centre of the Roof is the star, encircled by the
collar of the Order of the Garter and surmoun-
ted by the Imperial Crown of Great Britain, pendent
the George and Dragon, in the corners, the Rose,
Shamrock, and Thistle entwined. The hind Lounge
is ornamented with the Badge of the Order of St.
Michael
, and St George; and on the front the Badge
of the Order of the Guylph and Bath ornamented
with the Rose, Shamrock, and Thistle and Oak -
Leaf. The Hammer Cloth of the same costly
materials. The Harness for Eight Horses is made
of red morocco leather, & decorated with blue ribb-
ons, the Royal Arms & other ornaments richly gilt
and it is used when Her Majesty goes in state,
drawn by Eight cream-coloured horses and is kept
in the Royal Mews Pimlico."


The foregoing is taken from a printed hand bill presen-
ted me by one of the overseers of the Mews, who
Also informed me that one peace of cloth or triming
belonging to the coach cost £1000 pounds the whole
cost of the coach cannot be assertained but it
is an immens sum. the first story of the Muse
Mews is occupied by Horses, Harness, & coaches,
the second stories are occupied by the families
of the coachmen, & waiters of all description.
Mr James West, Her Majesty's state coachman
invited us to Dine with him and we excepted the
invitation. We saw all of his state dresses which
ware richly trimmed & ornamented with gold
one coat was exceding heavy in consequence of
the weight of Gold it contained. When we left
him he made us a present of three small orname-
nts just alike for, B. Young, H. C. Kimball & W
Woodruff, it was composed of fine polished brass
about four inches in circumferance a lion in the
centre & a crown upon the top they were worn
as ornaments upon the Queens state coach.

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We walked from this Mews to the National gallery
& after visiting all the paintings we returned
home, somwhat weary after a long walk in a rainy
day in London distance of the day 10 miles


The state coachman informed me that her Majes[ty]
would be quite familiar & even sociable in
many respects, with some of her subjects but
was kept distant by her Ministry 10 m[iles]


~ Wednesday


Dec 9th We had a long pleasant days walk this
day Elders Young Kimball & myself started from
No 40 Ironmonger Row St Lukes London in the
morning & walked to St Pauls Church & not withs-
tanding I had been over most parts of it before
yet on this occasion we went together through evry
part we first visited the body of the cathdral
see Aug 24th I gave a description of this
cathedral, but in some respects it was incorrect
being wrongly informed upon the subject. I
make A few extracts from A printed descrip-
tion of the church, which I purchased while
passing through.


[FIGURE] St. Peter's at Rome
was 145 years in building under twelve s
successive architects. But this building
was completed in forty years under the superin-
tendance of one architect, Sir Christopher Wren
under the direction of one principal mason, Mr
Strong &c.


The whole expens of erect-
ing this edifice amounted £1,564,874 14 ^S^ 6 ^[P]^
in addition to which the stone and iron encloursure
(which was cast at Lamberhurst, Kent) which
surrounds the building, cost £11,202 0 ^s^ 6 ^p^
total £1,576,076 15s about $5,880,380 ^5[,]486,361^
This sum was raised by a small tax on coal
imported into London.


In the South west transept
is a noble staircase, by which the ascent is made to
the top. The number of steps, from the floor to
the whispering Gallery is 280; including those
to the golden gallery, 534; & to the ball, the whole
number is 616.


A communication from this staircase
leads the visitor, first to the Library, whare many
most rare & valuable works are preserved.

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The flooring is remarkable, being most artfully
inlaid, without nail or peg it contains 2376 Peaces,
like the fraiming of a billard table. In this room is
a [FIGURES] painting of Bishop Compton under whom this
cathedral was built.


The next is a vary curious ceome-
trical staircase, being the first ever made in England
it has ninety steps, all supported by the bottom step.


[FIGURES] The great Bell is in a turret above
and the weight is 11,474 lbs; the clapper weighs 180
lbs the diameter of the belelss is ten feet, & the thick-
ness ten inches. The hour of the clock strickes upon
this bell, & the quarters strikes on two smaller
ones beneath.



feet inch
The length of the minute hand is 9 8
Adnd The weight . . . 75 lbs
The length of the hour hand 5 9
The weight . . . 44 lbs
The circumference of the clock's face 57 0
The length of the hour figures 2 2 1/2

The next is the whispering Gallery, where soun-
ds are increased to an amazing degree: the shutting
of the door, ^seems^ is as loud as thunder at a distance,
the least whisper is herardd round the whole circumf-
erence: and a person speaking against the wall,
appears to be Present to another on the other side of
the gallery though the distance between them is not
less than 140 feet


DIMENSIONS Feet
The dimentions of St Pauls Cathedral from east to west within the walls are 510
from North to South within the walls 280
the breadth of the west enterrance, within 100
the breadth of the west entrance without 180
To the top of cupola and base of lanthorn 330
The roof within 110
Height from the ground to the top of the cross 404
The circumference of the dome 420
The diameter of the Ball 6
From the bottom of of the ball to the top of the cross 30
Hight of Pillars in front of Porticos 40

The weight of the ball is 5600 lbs
The weight of the cross 3360 lbs


The extent of the ground whareon St. Pauls' stands
is two acres, sixteen perches, twenty three yards
and one foot.

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The stone Lanthorn which takes its rise from
the top of the brick cone or inner dome, is
reputed to be of the enormous weight of
seven hundred tons! from the whispering
Gallery, the beautiful marble flooring of the
church may be seen to great advantage, consisting
of many thousand pieces laid chequerwise,
like a draft bord black & white squares altern
ately; the centre of which represents a marin-
er's compass, (the thirty two cardinal Points)
being laid in white & red marble. In the centre
is a brass Plate beneath, which in a splended tomb,
repose the remains of the Immortal Nuelson, the
coffins of Lords Col-lingwood and Northesk lie
on each side of him; and Lady Nelson and other
members of the family, are also buried near him


The first public monument erected in this cathedral
was to the memory of John Howard in 1796 by Bacon.
The following monuments have been erected since
tha[t] period: To Lord Nelson by Flaxman,
& over it one to Captain Duff: to Marquis Corn-
wallis
, by Rossi & over it one to Captain John
Cooke
, of the Bellerophon; to Major General Dunda[s]
by Bacon Jun. & over it one to Generals Mackienzie
and Langworth; to Captain Westcott by Banks,
and over it one to Generals Crawford and Mackin-
non's
to Capt Burgess, by Banks and above it one
to Captain Hardinge, by Manning; to Captain
Faulkner by Rossi, and above it one to Capt Miller.


In the south transept are the monuments of
Earl Howe, by Flaxman; Sir Ralph Abrecrcrombie
and Lord Collingwood, by Westmacott; Sir
John Moore, and Sir Isaac Brock, by Bacon, Jun.
Sir William Hoste, by Campbell; Major General Gillespi[e]
by Chantry; and Dr Badington, by Bhenes. In the
north transept are the monuments of Captains Moss[e]
and Riou by Rossi; Lord Rodney, by the same;
Major General Hay by Hopper. General Picton,
Ponsonby, and Bowses, by Chantry; Le Marchant
by J. Smith; General Ross, and Sir W Myers,
by Kendrick; Colonel Cadogan, and General Houghie
by Chantry; Samuel Johnson, by Bacon; Sir Joshua
Raynolds
by Flaxman; and Sir W Jones, By Bacon.

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Those last erected are to the memory of Dr. Middleton
first protestant Bishop of India, by Lough and Dr.
Heber, Bishop of Calcutta, by Chantry.


In the crypt of the cathedral
are many tombs to the memory of eminent men;
among them, Robert Milne, the architect of Black-
friars Bridge; John Rennie, the designer and con-
tractor of waterloo and Southwark Bridges, Plymo-
uth Breakwater, and Sheerness Docks: a plain tomb
shows the spot whare Sir Christopher Wren is buried
with ownly the name age and date of his death; the
cathedral being considerd monument enough to hand
his name down to Posterity.


In a recess under the east window
are the ownly few remains of the old church to be
seen that escaped the great fire of London in which
the old cathedral was destroyed. A figure of Dr.
Donne in his shroud. Sir Nicholas Wootteon, and
his sister Lady Jane Wootten, Lady in waiting
to Queen Mary.


In the e[a]st end of the
crypt lies the remains of Sir Thomas Lawrence,
John Opie, James Barry, G. Dawes, Benjamin
West
, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Henry Fuseli, and
G. Dance, Presidents, &c. of the Royal Academy, &c &c


The following was upon the stone of the vault
of Benjamim West


Here lies the remains of Benjamin West Esq.
President of the Royal Academy of Paintings
sculptures & Architecture He was born at Spring-
field
, Chester County Pennsylvania North Ameri-
ca 10th Oct 17639. Died at London March 11th"


Mr West was one of the first Artist of his day
much of his painting is in the National Gallery
& other parts of London.


Having given lengthy
extracts Iconcerning the cathedral, I will procede
with an account of our travels, from the first
enterance we visited the whispering, gallery golden
gallery from thence to the Ball. we all three sat in
the Ball together 400 feet from the ground. we desen
ded, visited the Library the Bell the clock & final-
ly evry part of the building whare any visitors go &
some places whare visters do not go & last of all

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We visited evry part of the crypt among all the
tombs. It cost us 4/[6] each to visit evry part of this
cathedral. We Next went on to the top of the
London Monument we walked up & down 345
marble steps in visiting this monument, which was
202 feet high, we then crossed London Bridge, walked
to the Southwark Bridge which is all cast Iron, forty
five rods in length we walked undere it & viewed it
& then crossed it. We then Dined togethe[r]
in the citiy took a calb & rode to the British Museum
& walked through every appartment of it, which
coverd about 5 acres of Ground, we then took a
calb & returned to our room in Ironmonger Row
vary weary & spent the night, Having travled 12
miles, & walked up & down 1200 steps which
made us feel sumwhat sore, however we enjoy
ed a good nights rest 12 m[iles]


[FIGURES] 9. Franceis Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon
AD 1555. This is a suit of plate armour, richly
gilt, its wearer is resting the blade of his drawn
sword on his left arm.


10. Robert Dudley Earl of Eeicester [Leicester] AD 1560.
[FIGURES] He holds a sword in his right hand with which
he is pointing.


11. Sir Henry Lea mMaster of the Armoury. A.D. 1570
He holds in his right hand a battle-axe the head of
which rests upon his shouldier. [FIGURES] He was champion
to Queen Elizabeth. [FIGURE]


12. Robert Devereux Earl of Essex. AD. 1585.
This is a fine suit of armour inlaid with gold
the cantle of the saddle is vary beautifully engraved
and gilt, in his right hand he holds a short sword
of curious workmanship.


13. James I King of England, AD 1605. This
monarch who it will be remembered was allso
James VI of Scotland, wears a plain suit of
armour. He holds in a perpendicular direction with h[is]
right hand a tilting lance, fourteen feet long, and
two feet three inches in circumference in the thick
part with which it was customary to run at at them


14. Sir Horace Vere, Captain General, A.D. 1606.


15. Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundual, A.D. 1608


16. Henry Prince of Wales, son of James I AD 1612.
This most beautiful suit of armour l is highly

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deserving the attention of the curious. It is engra
aved throughout with subjects relating to battles,
sieges, the burning of cities, &c and is richly gilt
The point of his sword rests on his right stirrup;
a mace depends from his saddle bow.


17. George Villiers Duke of Buckingham, 1618.
This [FIGURE] was the unfortunate favorite of Charles
I who was assassinated by Felton. [FIGURES]


18. Charles Prince of Wales after wards Charles
I 1620. This figure represents him when apparen-
tly about twelve years of age. He wears a suit
or [of] ornamental armour.


19. Thomas Wentworth. Earl of Stafford,
AD 1635. The armour of this nobleman desendesd
no lower than his knees. [FIGURES] This celebrated states-
man fell a victim to the rage of a factious parliame-
nt, and Charles I never forgave himself for yieldi-
ng, to their turbulent importunities and signing the war-
rant for his execution, which took place on Tower-hill 1640.


20. Charles I King of England, 1640 The surface
of this suit of armour is entirely gilt. It is vary
curiously wrought and was presented to him by
the city of London when he was Prince of Wales.
[FIGURES] The King holds in his right hand a truncheon and
the chan fron orhead armour of his horse is fiurnished
with a pointed spear between the eyes of the anin
animal. This unfortunate monarch was beheaded on
a scaffold erected in front of his own palace at
Whitehall, Jan. 30, 1649.


21.st James II King of England AD 1685. [FIGURES]
He wears a soword by his side and has a batton in
his hand and the striking contrast which his appe
arance affords when compared with the rest of
the equestrian figures is well worthy of observation


Leaving now the examination of the last mentioned
effigy and turning to the right we enter a small
room, in which is situated one of the outer doors
of the building. On each side is a glass case
containing many vary curious articles and some
beautiful specimens of pistols, carbines muskets
fowling peieces &c of the respective times of Elizab
eth
James I, Charles I, and William III, to which
a considerable addition was made in the year 1838
In another case is a Mameluke Saddle
coverd with crimson velvet & embroidered with
gold with curious stirups, A Turkish bridle and

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and breast plate for horcse with gilt furniture
all from Grand Cario. Here are also three
swords a helmet, and girdle which belonged
to Tippos Saib.


We next enter the long room we see vario
us figures large as life, wearing the armour
of the various periods in which they lived
Kings Soldiers &c one was for a man 7 feet
high At the extremity of the room is a crusader
upon his barbed horse said to be 700 years old
The walls of the room & the ceiling are ornim-
ented with a great variety of& number of
arms and pieces of armour, ramrods, bayonets
pistols, swords & gunlocks put up in pictures
que forms and devices am[on]g which is a curious rep[re]-
sentation of St George and the Draggon.


Queen Elizabeth's Armoury


This room according to tratdition wars the
Prison of Sir Walter Raleigh. That it has
been used as a prison there can be no doubt
[FIGURES] the great strength of the walls of the white
Tower are here vary conspicuous the eastern
side being 17 feet 6 inches in thickness. In this
room the spectator will observe various spears
that were in use in Europe before fire arms, among
which are the Bill the Glaive, the Gisarme, the
Ranseur the spetum the Partizan the spontoon the
Boar Spear, Halberds, pikes &c &c And a variety
of Battle axes one two handed battle axe & two
two handed swords time of Henry VIII. a hands
om bright Target weighing 42 1/2 lbs and a vast
variety of weapons of war that I have not room
to mention. At the end of the room is a spirite[d]
figure of Queen Elizabeth seated upon a cream
coloured hor[s]e held by a page she is in a dress in
imitation of that worn by her Majesty in process-
ion to St Paul's when she went to that cathedral
in great state to return thanks and praise to
the Almighty for deliverance from Spanish thral-
dom.


In various parts of the
room. Instruments of Torture will be seen
The Thumb Screw. The Collar of Tornment
certainly taken from the Spaniards in 1588.
The Bilboa or yoke. The Cravat—an engine for
locking together the hands feet and neck [FIGURES]

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~ Thursday


(Dec 10th [FIGURE] I recieved a letter from Elder Hedlock
Elder Young one from P P. Pratt containing £5.
we walked over Black Friars Bridge called at
Zions Chapel, to attend a sacrament meeting at
Mr Aitkens society, but they knowing who
we were refused to let us in, fearing lest we should
break up their sociey. We then crossed over the
Waterloo Road & returned home We attended mee-
ting in the evening I preached was followed by Elders
Kimball & Young, who brore strong testimony
to the people 6 miles


~ Friday


11th I walked with Elder Young to the great
western Railway & took the parting hand with
him & he started for Cheltenham. I returned
& spent the day in writing [FIGURE] I received a letter fro[m]
Elder Lorenzo Snow. I visited Mr James Albon
9 1/2 Spencer place Goswell Road. He is a preacher
of the Independant order he & his houshold mani-
fests faith in our doctrin. 10 miles


~ Saturday


12th [FIGURE] I wrote a few lines to Phebe in Elder Kim-
ball's
letter to his wife, & acknowledged the rece
ption of her letter of Oct 6 to 19th. I wrote in my
Journal)


[FIGURES] We saw cannon shot chiefly
made of wrought iron, namely, spike shot
star shot, chain shot, and saw shot,
A Beheading axe of singular form. This has
long been named as the axe which took of the
head of Queen Anne Boleyn [FIGURE] It is also said
to have beheaded the earl of Essex.


In going into the grand storeho
use we pass the front of the Horse Armoury we
observed two French brass mortars which were brou-
ght from Acre in the year 1799.


The Train of Artillery


This room is nearly 350 feet in length, containi
ng a large number of chests containing arms in
readiness for use, and also a great variety or [of]
cannon


1. Is a gun made of wrought iron assigned to
the time of Henry VI AD 1422 [FIGURE]

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2. A wrounght iron peterara time of Edward IV 1461


3. part of an iron gun which [w]as a chamber to a gun


4. A 36 pounder brass cannon 13 feet long time of Henry
VII
AD 1456.


5. A 12 pounder brass cannon 13 feet 4 inches long
of the Emperor Charles V AD 1509


6. A 68 pounder brass cannon weighing upwards
of 5 tons said to have been used on the lower
deck of the ship of war called the Great Harra
it bears date AD 1542.


7. A 1 1/2 pounder flat gun of brass with 3 bores
time of Henry VIII having receptacles for chamb
ers from which the charge was fired.


8. An octagon shaped 4 pounder brass connon tim[e]
of Henry VIII.


9. A brass cannon having 7 bores time of Henry VIII


10. A 20 pounder brass cannon time of Edward VI 1548


11. A 2 pounder brass cannon (Dutch) time
of Elizabeth AD 1581


12. A 3 pounder brass chamber gun time of Elizabeth


13. 7 1/2 inch brass mortar time of James I 1610
Also a variety of old shot and a wrought Iron
carcase now obsolute


14. A highly ornamented English cannon made for
Henry Prince of Wales son of James I 1608


15. A handsome 22 pounder English brass cannon
made for Charles Prince of Wales 1621


16: A brass ornamented 5 pounder cannon times
of Charles II AD 1676


17. A 5 pounder brass gun, with 3 bores, taken at
Cherbourg AD 1758 the battle of Ramilies tim[e] AD [1706]


18. A 27 pounder brass cannon much ornamented
taken at Cherbourg AD 17658


19. A brass light 24 pounder gun time of George II 1748


20 A 42 pounder fine brass cannon 15 feet long
brought from Java, AD. 1811 [FIGURE]


21. An Iron 32 pounder upon its original carriage


22. [FIGURE] A Brass 24 pounder recoverd in the year 1834
from the wreck of the Royal George. [FIGURE] by
the ingenious diving apparatus employed by Mr
C. A. Deane, having lain under water 52 years.
([FIGURE] His Majesty's ship Royal George while lying on
the keel at spithead on the 29th Aug 1782 and
preparing for sea heaving on board a great numb
er of visitors, as well as a full crew, was thrown

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on her side and sunk by which fatal accident
900 persons, including the brave Admiral Kempenfelt
were launched into eternity)


23. A 7 pounder brass cannon from Malta 17 feet
4 inches in length


24. A Brass gun time of Charles II remarkable
on account of its extraordinary proportions


25 and 26 Two 25 pounders fine brass cannon
taken from the walls of Vigo by Lord Cobham
AD 1704 on the breech are carved the shins
of Lions the effigy of St Barbara to whom
they were dedicated also appears


27 and 28 Two 15 pounders brass Lichornes taken
out of the Tirkish frigate made at St Petersburg
Dated 1783 and 1789


29 and 30. Two beautiful one pounder brass guns
highly ornamented mounted on carriages Presen
ted by the earl of Leicester to the young Duke
of Gloucester
son of the princes (afterwards Queen Anne
who Died in his youth 1700


31 & 32. Two brass Morters taken at Cherbourg
AD 1758 each weighing 2840 lbs the iron
beds are English


33. A Brass Morter that will throw nine shells
at a time out of which the balloons were
cast at the grand display of fireworks in the
year 1748


34 to 45. Ten small cannon mounted on carriages
presented to Charles II when nine years of age
by the Brass Founders of London to assist him in
learning the art of war.


On a platform is a drum Major's Chariot, with
the Kittle Drums fixed. [FIGURE] Also a grate heating
shot with its fire irons. A remarkable Chevau-
x-de-frize. And one of the woodden guns named
policy successfully employed at the Siege of Bologne
in the year 1544, by Charles Brandon. [FIGURE]


An extraordinary engine upon a carriage intended
to throw 30 small shells at the same time from
as many mortars it is fired by a train.


You now approach the flight of steps leading
to the small Arm Armoury on the sides of which
are erected two grand trophies of war, consisting of cannon
mortars &c. Eastward of the stairs is naval the
most prominant feature of which is the actual

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figure head of His Majestys hShip Monarch of
100 guns whose keel was laid down in 1760 on
the day that King George III ascended the
throne. [FIGURE] In the centre is part of the topmast of
the Pearl frigate singularly injured having no less
than 24 shot holes in it part of the shot are still to be
seen sticking in the mast. To the left of the
mast is the steering wheel of the victory
the ship in which the gallant Nelson received his
Death wound in the moment of triumph off
Cape Trafalgar. A huge anchor taken at Camper
down, reclines against the mast, on the massive base
are laid a number of cannon, some of them of vary
large calibre most of which were taken in the great
battles of the revolutionary war.


A large brass Morter captured on board a French ship
of war in the west Indies with a variety of shot
both old & modern date


Two beautiful small field pieces were captured
at Quebec after the action in which the brave
General Wolfe fell AD 1759. A Brass Morter
weighs upwards of 6000 lbs & was employed at the
siege of Namur AD 1695 by King Williams III.
We assended the staircase leading to the small
Arm Armoury whare we beheld a splended trophy
consisting of arms & weapons ancient and modern
aranged and grouped with much taste comprising
nearly 200 varieties nearly all differing in form
or pattern. In the centre is a half column supp
orting a bust by King Williams IV by Joseph on
it are suspended suits of armour a gilt shileld
battle axe &c the mass is placed within a recess
on a platform which is supported by eight brass
cannon 6 ponunder guns taken at Waterloo
that serve as pillars. The walls are adorned
with large stars & other figures formed of sword
brass scabbards bayonets and pistols &c.


The Small Arm Armoury


On entering this magnificent room we saw
what was formerly called a willrderness of Arms
but now so systematically aranged that in a
few minutes we beheld arms for upwards of
150000 men all new flinted and ready for
immediate service [FIGURE] This room is 345 foo[t]
in length. Round the whole of the Room is
a cornice formed of Drums pistols & other peice
of Armour. we saw many arms of all

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decriptions of various dates. Some curious
carbines taken from the Highlanders in 1715
the arms taken from Sir William Perkins
charnock and others concerninged in the assination
plot, in 1696. At the east end is an Immence
serpant formed of pistols, and many other figures
formed of armour. Also A machless brass
gun which was taken from Malta by the French
who landed there in 1798 and together
with the eight banners suspended in different
parts of the room wer sent by General
Bonaparte to the French Directory in "La
Sensible frigate" which ship was captured by the
British Frigate Seahorse. The ornaments upon this
gun are exquisite in workmanship as weell as desigm
And is the ownly one of the kind in the world. [FIGURE]


THE CROWN JEWEL ROOM


we visited this room which was vary small
yet it contained jewels and property to the
amount of fifteen million of Dollars, ^25 Million pounds sterling^ ^22 Mil[lio]n pnd [pounds] sterelg [sterling]^ the follow
ing articles were named


1. The golden wine fountain 3 feet high and of the
same circumference


2 The ancient Imperial Crown which was ownly
laid aside at the crowning of George IV it is
coverd with large jewels of evry colour


3. The golden Ordb six inches in diameter edged
with pearls and girded with precious stones this orb
is placed in the kings left hand at the coronation of


4. The Queens crown is composed entirly of the Diamonds
largest size. It was made for Mary
of Modena
the consort of James II. [FIGURE] Its cost is
stated at one hundred and eleven thoushand pounds


5 The Prince of Wales's crown is of plain gold [FIGURE]


6 The Queens orb [FIGURE]


7 The Queens Diadem is composed entirely of pearls
and diamonds


8 [FIGURE] The Ampulla or Golden Eagle from which the
sovreigns are anointed with oil at their coronation


9 The golden spoon into which the oil is poured to anoint
the king. it is of equal antiquity with the eagle


10th 11. The golden Sacrament Dishes


([FIGURE] One of the Warders remarked that all the arms
in the Tower would make about 500,000 stand)

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12. The golden chalice


13-14-15. Three swords in their embroidered scabb[ard]


16-17. Two golden Tankards


18-19 Two golden salt cellars of state


20 A golden Baptismal Font wharein the issu[e]
of the royal family are christened it is upwards
of four feet in height.


21-30. Ten golden salt cellars used at the coronation
Banquit. And six golden sceptres of our King & Queens


31. Kings septre with the cross coverd with precious stones


32. The kings septre with the Dove coverd with jewels


33. An ancient septre adorned with valuable jewels


34. The Queens septre, [FIGURE] ornamented with large diamonds


35. The Queens Ivory sceptre mounted in gold


36 The staff of St Edward the King and confessor
who reigned in the year 1041. it is made of pure
gold four feet 7 inches & a half in length and
weighs 8 lbs 9 ounces. on the top is a cross and
an ord wharein a fragment of the real cross is
said to be deposited.


37-38 The Kings golden spurs And the Queens
enamelled Bracelets.


39. Moddle of the White Tower, set with jewels


40. New Imperial Crown which was made for
the coronation of her Present Majesty.
this splended and unequalled crown is of the
Imperial form with upright and almost pointed
arches bearing a diamond mound or orb of the
finest brilliants on the top cwhereof is a cross of the
same precious materials adorned with three remark
abley large pearls. In the front of the crown is a
large Jerrusalem cross entirely frosted with brillians
and in its centre a unique sapphire two inches long and
nearly as broad of the purest and deepest azure."


Thus I have written a lengthy account of ten
pages concerning the Tower of London as there
was such a variety of things to speak about and
they being so obscure in their order that I could
not give a correct Idea of the contents of the
Tower without writing leangthy.

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~ Sunday


Dec 13th Sunday We met with the Saints
at 2 o'clock & broke bread unto them Elder
Kimball preached at 3, and I preached at
half past six we had a good time all day, there
is begining to be more interest manifest in
London than ever before


~ Monday


14: [FIGURE] I received a letter from William Pitt
I spent the Day in writing & had an interesting
prayr meeting at our meeting room Mr
Albon was present & recieved our testimony
& spoke in favor & we walked home with
him & found his houshold believing


15th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder O Pratt &
one to G. A. Smith with Elder Kimball


~ Tuesday


15th [FIGURE] I received a letter from Br Griffiths
at Woolwich I spent the day in writing
in my Journal the history of London Tower


~ Wednesday


16 [FIGURES] I spent the day in writing, Br Williams
lef us in the morning for Bedford. At 7 o'clock
in the evening we repaired to a bath in Tabe
rnacle Square & we Baptized 4 persons &
we had a good time though it was cold weat
her & snowed most of the day the two
first Baptized was Mr & Mrs Morgan with
whome we have made it our home since we
first came to Ironmonger Row 40 St Lukes
the other two was Henry Corner jr & Christo-
pher Smith
, their Apprentice. I rejoice in
thes things that the number of the Saints
increases in London, for it has been a hard
case & the work has been slow from the begin-
ing but I pray God that it may roll on from
this day forward [FIGURE] E I received an interesting
letter from sister Eunice Woodruff Farmington
Nov 26-28 she acknowledged the reception of
my two letters one of the Date of Aug 10th &
the other a long Mamouth sheet printed full of Nov
2nd which they received on the 27th making 25
days from time it was wrote, & I recieved theirs
in 16 Days. She spoke about the health of my fath-
er
& family & other friends. It is truly cheering
to have good news from a far country & to hear
from our friends by letter


~ Thursday


17th Doctor Copeland spent the afternoom
with us he received our testimony we had
a good, time withh him snow storm we preached in
the evening

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~ Friday


Dec 18th [FIGURE] I wrote three letters to Wm
Pitt
, R Hedlock & Lorenzo Snow. The London
Times informs us that the British Flag is
begining to be waved for the first time in parts
of the Chinease empire. Also that the Jews
are restored in Jerrusalem to theire own rights
agaien, having equal privileges as other nations
Also that the remains of Napolitan Bounaparte
have been conveyed to Paris in the midst of
great splendor & pomp


~ Saturday


19th [FIGURE] I received a letter from G D Watt
& O Pratt & the 11 & 12 Numbers of the
times & seasons which truly brought us
cheering news from America


[FIGURE] I wrote 2 letters one to James Blakesley
one to John Griffiths. I dreamed of attend
ing a great conference in London with the 12 &
many Saints O. Hide & J. E. Page was present


~ Sunday


20th Sunday we accompanied Mr Albon
the preacher of the Independant church to his
chapel in the morning. I had visited him several
times & giave him an account of the rise &
progress of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints he received my testimony & offer
ed me his chapel to preache in which will
seat about 2000. we were introduced to
the commity of the chapel in the morning one
was A preacher who had travled much in
Russia & other parts of the world At the
close of the meeting Mr Albon gave out
an appointment for us to preach in the
chapel next Sabbath evening. We met
with the Saints in the afternoon as usual
& broke bread unto them, & confirmed four
we had a full house we allso preached in
the evening, & good feeling prevaled, after
rietiring to our room, Mr Albon called me & said
that he gave out our appointment for
us to preach in his chapel, & had informed
his congregation that he was A Latter Day
Saint, & should be Baptized & Join the Church
& that they need not consider him any longedr
a member of their body unles they would

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Join the Saints He said it made a division
among the commity some were for going with
him & some opposing I thank God that there
bgegins to be a little stir in this city, we have
had some good dreams of late about ketch-
ing fish, & I hope we may soon realize it by
Baptizing many souls for we have laboured
hard in this city for many weeks & with great
expens & baptized as yet ownly 19 souls but
we will not despise the Day of small things but
hope for more. I also had an interview with
a jgentleman that had been a member of the Irv-
inite Society but had left them he attended
our meeting. We retired to rest & I dreamed
of ketching fish, fowl, geese & Turkies, in
nets, & seeing a house on fire. Elder Kimball also
Dreamed of casting a net & ketching a good hall
of fish, two large ones, & gathering fruit
So I think sumthing will be done soon


~ Monday


21st [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder Allexander
Wright
, Scotland. We spent the afternoon
with Doctor Copeland. We accompanied
him in the evening to the {Theater Royal, Drury Lane}
Concerts d'Hiver, (which is a new invented
musical performance composed of the choi-
sest band of music in the world of about 100
musicians mostly German & French conducted
by) "Mr Ellason" (His first appearance this season)
which is the first start of any thing of the kind
in modern days. "It manifested the greatest
perfection in music of any thing known, it was
composed of almost evry instrument of music
in use." by having a view of it it gave us a
knowledge of the art of man, & what could
be perfected with instruments of music
Distance of the day 8 miles


~ Tuesday


22nd [FIGURE] I receieved a letter from George
[FIGURE] Simpson & wrote him one in return. We
walked to Mr Sangivanni's & He went
with us to Mr Filippo Pistrucci
who is also an Italian at 40 Charlotte Street
Fitzroy Square London for the purpose
of getting our likeness taken he commenced
a rough draft of both. we held a prayer meeting
7 mile

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~ Wednesday


Dec Wednesday 23rd 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 [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 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
[FIGURE] I receive a letter from Elder H Glover


~ 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

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bread & cheese & a pint of beer we made out
a supper & went to bed, & I dreamed of falli-
ng among thieves & robbers, who tryed to rob
us under pretence that we had done sumthing
wrong in London some years since I told them
we never had been in London untill within a few
months that we were Americans & had a family
there, & we had come to preach the gospel &
we would preach to them if they would open
their doors & after bothering awhile with
them I awoke, & found it to be the first
Christmas Eve I ever spent in London


~ Friday


25th CHRISTMAS Day In LONDON
The Church Bells throughout the city comm-
enced chanting for meeting at half past ten
we met with the Saints at Father Corner Room
Georges Row 24 at 11 o'clock & we tought
the Saints some plain principles, which had a
good effect, we took our Christmas dinner
with Br Morgan he had his family at home with
him the Dinner consisted of Baked Mutton
Goose, Rabit Pies, Minced Pies, & Plum Pudding
& bread & cheese, Porter & water. We spent
the evening at Mr Albums in conversing
about the things of God, we returned
home, after sitting an hour with the family
we retired to rest. This is the first Christ-
mas I ever spent in England, whare I shall
be the next Christmas day the Lord ownly
knows, & what a year to come will bring forth
we cannot tell, But may the Lord preserve
my life, my wife & child in peace I pray &
enable all the Saints to be esstablished in righteo-
usness
. Christmas is considerd the greatest of all
days in England.


~ Saturday


26th Saturday I wrote a letter to Br Wm Pitt
[FIGURE] Had an interview with Doctor Copeland then
walked to Mr Sangiovanni, 23 Nassau Street
we found him quite unwell. We Dined with
him & his wife the Dinner was composed
of Italian Maccaroni, (Lasagna) Beef Plum
Puddings, Nut Cakes, Porter, wine oranges &c
we spent quite a plesent evening in conversing
with Mrs Susannah M Sangiovanni, concerning
the gospel & the Kingdom of God She received

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our testimony & desires to be Baptized with all
her heart. She conversed much about her
fathers family & friends in America we spoke
of our wives & children which we had been
long seperated from. On our returne home
we called upon Br Corner who we found
unwell, with a bad cold, we also saw a female
who had just been run over by an omnibus
who was badly wounded. distance of the day 8 [miles]
we read in the London times an interesting
account from the German Jews a univ-
ersal call for them to return to Jerrusalem
8 m[iles]


~ Sunday


27th Sunday we met with the Saints & com
muned with them & had a good time, & in the
evening we met at An independant chapel
or Ebenezar Chapel Commercial Road. there
was the largest congregation that we have
ever preached to in London consisting of many
Denominations of Priest & People. I preach[ed]
about one hour, A wesleyian Preacher arose
& opposed me, which had a good effect for
the people seeing the spirit he was off turned
against him & the commity refused his
speaking there any more. I did not have the
spirit of preaching much in consequence of
the power of opposition, still the conduct of
the opposing party gave us friends but I
never saw a harder place than London to
build up a church in But I pray the Lord in
the name of Jesus Christ that our labours may
not be in vain in this city. we dined to
Day with Doctor Copeland {Distance of the day} 10 mile


~ Monday


28th I [FIGURE] Received 2 letters from James
Blakesley
& John Griffitts I wrote a letter
[FIGURE] to G. A. Smith, [FIGURE] I attended a Tea Total or
Temperance meeting held in a Theater in
Milton Street, which was considerd the greatest
temperance meeting held in London I was acco
mpanied by Elder Kimball & Doctor Copeland &
two other Saints. The chair was taken at an
early hour by one of the most celebrated &
noted men of the last days viz James Silk
Buckingham
, Esq, Denominated in his writings

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& publications J. S. Buckingham. I know of
no man that has traveld more extensively, am-
oung all natiouns in the nineteenth centaury than
Mr Buckingham his travels in Asia & esspecially
in India have been Published through the United States
& been read with much interest, & Mr Buckingham
had just returned to London from a tour through the
United States whare he had spent two years
in visiting nearly evry city & town from Bangor
to New orleans, & New York to St Lewis, therefore
I felt the more interested in hearing an address
from him, the house was filled, we obtained
a comfortable seat in front of him, & in conse-
quence of our making some speaches in London
is some of the Temperance meetings in advooating
that cause, some of the committy informed
Mr Buckingham that we were American citizens
& friends to the cause, which caused him to notice
us vary particular while in his address & giving adety
of his late travels through the United States, he
spoke of his Landing at New York & holding tempe-
rance meetings in that city & in Phelidelphia &
Boston, Portland, Bangor, & through the Southern
States Augusta, New orleans, Charleston, went up
the Missisippi River, held a camp Meeting at Lexington
called at St Louis, crossed the country through
Illinois & Iowa extolled the country, spoke of the
beauty of the prairies, called at Chicago went
through the whole length of the Lakes, through
Upper & lower Canida, held a temperance
meeting in the Parliamentary house, as he also
did in the house of Congress, & then returned
to England, & will publish in book form his travels
in his speech he gave much prefferance to
America as being ahead of any other nation
in Temperance & Education & perseverance
& other things that he spoke of he done justice to
the beauty of the country fertility of the soil
equality of the people &c. Mr Buckingham is
an aged man, but possesses great intelligence
intellectual powers, knowledge of human Nature
the most profound reasoner, & humble in
his appearance. After Mr Buckingham closed
his speech, several speaches were deliverd
by others, & the intervals occupyed by a band
of music, after which the room was

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was darkend by removing the lights & a
show was presented in the form of a
Magic lantern presented a man in evry stage
of drunkenness, & a score of other things
rivers, ships, cities, Lions Leapords, Bonapart
Victoria, & many other things, & we retired
quite satisfyed with our evenings entertainmen[t] 8 miles


~ Tuesday


29th Elder Kimball went to take a sitting
for his portrait I staid at home & wrote
I sent G. A. Smith a letter a paper called
The Penny Satirist containing a long account
about the Latter Day Saints taken from
the Mill Star We attended meeting at the
Academy called & spent a short time with Mr
Album, & returned home, & I dreamed of
being in the midst of serpents, & a Tiger came
& guarded me in the midst of my Enemies
I next went through Samuel Demming's
Barns to find Brother Azmon Woodruff
I thought I saw him there. I dreamed of seeing
Brother Azmon & Thompson much of late I
think I shall soon hear from them


~ Wednesday


30th [FIGURE] We received 5 letters 2 to me from
G A. Smith & Wm Pitt H. C. Kimball 3 from
O. Pratt, Br Harris, & Wm Kay Herefordshire
Elder Kimball walked out with Mr Alb James
Album
into another part of the city & had a
good time. I also walked out & visited Mr
Hender, No 4 Garden Court, Hull Street, &
had a good time he & his wife received my testi-
mony & think they will soon be Baptized.
I again dreamed of being among serpents one
bit me. We are begining to stir the Devil up
some in London we shall soon find enemies
& opposition & may the Lord Hasten it for
it will bring us friends


~ Thursday


31st This is the Last Day of 1840.
[FIGURE] I received a letter from Wm Pitt Preached
in the evening took supper with Doctor
Copeland

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CLOSE OE [OF] THE YEAPR


The first Day of 1840 found me in company
with Elders J. Taylor & T. Thurley on board of
the Packet Ship Oxford on the Atlantic in Logng
42.40 And the Last Day in company with
Elder Kimball in No 40 Ironmonger Row Saint
Lukes
London, the great Metropolis of Britian
& the world. This has been an important year
to myself, to all the Saints & to the world at
Large in many respects. Never have I spent a
year with more Interest than 1840 never have
I been called to make greater Blessings Sacrifices
or enjoyed greater Blessings. I have been called to
make a sacrafize of the society of wmy wife & children
not once beholding their faces, one of which is taken
from time, (Sarah Emma is gone to be seen no more in this
life) The whole year has been spent in a foreign nation
combating error with everlasting truth, meeting with
many contradictions of sinners who oppose themse
lves against the the Truth, Being stoned mobed
& opposed, Yet the Lord hath blessed me with a
great harvest of souls as seals of my ministry, many
hundreds have received the word with joy & gladness
& are now rejoicing in the new & Everlasting Covenant
which Saints I live in a lively hope of meeting in
the celestial Glory of our God. I feel vary thank
ful to my heavenly father, for his great goodness
& Loving kindness towards me & my Brethren During
the past year & may the Lord still be with us d
uring the following year, in fine evry year will be
more & more interesting from this time forth un-
till the winding up scene & the coming of the
Mesiah. What 1841 will bring to pass the Lord
knoweth & time will determin, But may the Lord
enable me with all the Twelve to return safe to
our own native country & to the bosom of our
wives & children, which may God grant for Chris-
t sake I pray. In looking over my Journal I find
the following is the fruits of my labours During
my Travels in England & Wales in AD. 1840
which will be found on the following pages

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A Synopsis of the travels & labours
OF W. WOODRUFF IN A.D. 1840


Traveled in ENGLAND & WALES
visited the following Towns & Cities



Towns & Cities Population Shires
Liverpool 280000 Lancashire
Preston 60,000 Ditto [Lancashire]
Manchester 350,000 Ditto [Lancashire]
New Castle, Tunstell
Burslem, Hanley, Potteries
Stoke & Longton 70000 Staffordshire
Stafford 20,000 Ditto [Staffordshire]
Wolverhampton 30,000 Ditto [Staffordshire]
Birmingham 300000 Warwickshire
Worcester 45000 Worcestershire
Hereford 50,000 Herefordshire
Ledbury 8,000 Ditto [Herefordshire]
Marlvern Hills 3,000 Ditto [Herefordshire]
Gloucester 40,000 Gloucestershire
Cheltenham 40,000 Ditto [Gloucestershire]
Oxford 30000 Oxfordshire
[FIGURE] LONDON, THE Metropolis 1,600,000 Middlesex Co

Also A large Number of smaller Towns
lying between those Above named
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Travelled 4,469 Miles
Held 230 Meetings
Esstablished preaching 53 places
Planted 47 Churches
Jointly organized the same
which nNumbers 1,500 Saints
28 Elders
110 Priest
24 Teachers
& 10 Deacons
Attended Conferences 14 =
Baptized 336 persons
57 were preachers of the 57 Day
Clarks of The Church of 2 England
Assisted in the Baptism of 86 others
Confirmed 420
& Assisted in Confirmation 50 others
Ordained 18 Elders
97 Priest
34 Teachers
1 Deacon
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Blessed 120 Children


Administered unto 120 Sick persons
by prayer laying on of hands
and anointing in many instances the sick
were healed, the lame walked & Devils
were cast out


Assisted in procuring £1000 Pounds
Sterling, for printing the Millennia Star
3000 copies of the Latter Day Saints
Hymns, 5000 copies of the Book of
Mormon
, & to Assist 200 Saints
to Emegrate to America & gather with
their Brethren At Nauvoo & Iowa


Wrote 200 Letters
Received 112 Letters


I had 4 mobs came a 4 Mobs
against me

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LONDON JANY 1st 1841


THE YEAR 1840.


It has gone, taken its departure to return
no more forever. It has bourn its report to
heaven, wheth[er] it be good or bad, its secnes
will not again return upon the stage of action
to be presented to the eye of man. To the
reflecting mind it is evident, that no period of
the nineteenth centaury hath presented greater
& more important events to the world, & lade a
foundation for still greater things to follow in
quick succession than 1840. It is also equ
ally true in various ages of the world that
those subjects & things which have been in
reality of the greatest importance to the whole
world even subjects upon which the vary tempo-
ral existance & prosperity of the Nations of the
Earth hung, have been the most out of sight, the
last to attract the publick mind, & when discov-
erd, considerd of the least consequence, scorned
& ridiculed to the last by a thoughtless multitude
who like the ox going to the slaughter know not

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the day of their visitation. This was evident
ly the case in the Days of Noah, of Lot, of Cyrus,
of the Days of Jesus Christ before the
overthrow of Jerrusalem & the dispersion
of the Jews, Among all the gentile nations
whare they have remained Deprived of the
privileges of the land of their fathers untill
the present day. We are informed it will
be in like manner at the coming of the
Son of Man. What are the signs of the
times
in this present generation even in
1840, As it was in the days of Lot & Noah
So it may be now, then the majority of
the world, did not dissern those things that
were of the most interest, but they felt the
most interested in those things that soon-
est perished. In like manner the present
generation as a mass among all the gentile
Nations do not seem to dissern or take
any interest in any of the signs of the
times of 1840 except those leading
direct, to the Money & Stock Exchanges
here the zeal, struggle & Interest of
the world seems to centre to Devise

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some means whareby they can devise some
means secure unto themselves, dollars &
cents, Pounds shillings & pence, & eart[h]ly
dominion & power, but in the midst of this
mighty struggle, there is a small portion of
the community among the Nations of the
earth, who are looking upon other singns of
this present generation as indicating a day
big with events, even the restoration of pri-
mitive Christianity, the proclamation of the ful-
ness of the Everlasting gospel
among all natio-
ns both Gentile & Jew, the restoration of the
Jews to their own land, the rebuilding of
Jerrusalem, great changes, Judgments, wars
& revolutions of the gentile nations, the
Second Advent of the Mesiah in the clouds
of heaven, & the great Millennium or rest
of the Saints of one thousand years all
of which events have been predicted by
the Holy Prophets who have Spoken since
the world began. None feel more interested
in the signs of the Heavens & the earth which
clearly indicate these great & important

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events than the Latter Day Saints.
Let us for a moment take a survey of 1840
which has been a year of interest among all
Nations. This is the tenth year of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. the Church
has never been as prosperous as through 1840
though she has just passed through a seene
of unparelled persecution by the whole
state of Missouri, who has driven, robed
& murdered many of ther Saints, & entirly
expeled from the state about 12000 of
the Church, but as the persecution at Antioch
proved to spread the work abroad evrywhare
so it has been in this case, it has spread as
it were with tenfold rapidity not ownly
th[r]oughout America, but in England Scotland
Wales, & Ireland. Some of the Lamanite or
American Indians have began to embrace the
fulness of the gospel which is an important
event in the History of the rise & progress
of the Church. While many of the Elders
have been lifting up their voices in the
most noted villages & cities of America
The Twelve have been planting the work &

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esstablishing churches in some of the most
Notable cities of Europe. During the year
1840 churches have been esstablished in
Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Worcester
Hereford, London, Glasgow, Paisley Edingborgh
& many other parts of England Scotland Wales &
Ireland. Elders have also gone to South
Australia
, the East Indies, & Germany more
than 4000 has been added to the Church by
Baptism in Europe in 1840, & two of the
Twelve have started on a mission from
Nauvoo to visit the Jews in the Holy land
of Jerrusalem. This indicates at least that
the Lord has set his hand to prune his vineya-
rd one more for the last time to prepare the
way for his Second Advent, & that he will
make a short work in the Eearth, & cause
light & truth to prevail. In the midst of this
scenery, the hand of God is evidently began to
be lade in a degree upon the nations in Judmen[t]
In the United States many have suffered
The city of Natchez was instantly destroyed
by a whirlwind. Nearly the whole country
from the mouth of the Ohio to New Orleans

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for more than 1000 miles was inundated
by water which has prooved vary destruct-
ive to all that country, & many parts that the
water could not reach Insects have help destroy
there has also been great losses sustained in oth[e]r
parts of that land by storm, hail & fire, & in
additions to many other events in America
1840 has brought a change of politicks through
out that Nation which will of course make a
revolution in Government Affairs in many respe[c]ts.
Wars & rumours of wars are among the signs
of Europe. Though England feels at the present
time as though she was swaying the sceptre over
nearly all the earth, even for the first time
waving the british flag in China, still she
is not without her troubles, she is begining
to share in that distress of nations & which per
plexity, which will be prominant among the signs
of the last days, great poverty prevails among
the working class in England & more esspecially
in Ireland, much crying for bread is heard in
the streets. Erance has had great troubles from
sources she least expected, for while she had

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been to great expens in fiting out an army of
500,000 men to assist Mehemit Ali & for other
purposes. Endeavering at the same time to fort
ify Paris by surrounding it with a strong
wall, but in the midst of this scenery they have
been suffering under one constant torrent
of Judgment, the sea has hove itself beyound
its bounds the rivers Seine, Saone & Rhone
overflowed their banks turned out of therr course
& these created a flood unpparellelled in that land
which washed away both corn & wine into the
french Lake, cities Inundated, villages destroyed
cattle drowned, towns burnt, farmers ruind
which created great trouble at home without
war The French chambers appropriated 5,000000
of Frances [Francs] to relieve the present wants of the suffers
of those inundations. But among the signs
of 1840, none are more prominant than those
of the eastern world, even in the Holy Land
Mehemeit Ali, has made much noise in the world
by invading Syria & trying to take power
unto himself, & tas the Tirkish power was
not sufficient to check him in his progress
England with other European Powers have

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interfered, & caused Mehemet Ali to lie passive
at their feet, but the effect of all these
movements have been to prepare the way for
the return of the Jews to the land of there
Fathers, & while the Lord is begining to give
the Jews favor in the eyes of Kings that they
m[a]y become their nursing fathers & Queens th[e]ir
nursing mothers, they begin to see it time for
them to make a right use of so favorable an
opportunity & immediately return & rebuild
Jerrusalem, & the call is now is now going
forth among the Jews in all nations to ret-
urn & esspecially among the German continen
tal Jews. A call of this Kind is published in
the (Der orient) a German Newspapor & among
many other things says "In no country of
the earth are our brethren so numerous as in
Syria, in none do they live in as dens masses
so independant of the surrounding inhabitants
in none do they persevere so steadfastly in thei[r]
faith in the promise of the Fathers as on the bea-
utiful shores of the Orontes. In Damascus
alone live near 60,000. [FIGURES] The power of
our enemies is gone, the angel of discord has

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long since hown down their mighty hosts, & yet
ye do not bestir yourselves people of Jehovah
what hinders, nothing but your own supineness.
"People of Jehovah raise yourselves from
your thousand years slumber! Rally round
leaders; have really the will, a moses will not be
wanting. The rights of nations will never grow
old, take possession of the land of your fath
ers, build a third time the Temple on Zion—
greater & more magnificent than ever. Trust
in the Lord who has led you safely through
the vale of misery thousands of years. He
also will not forsake you in your last con-
flict."


These things are clearly in
fulfillment of the predictions of the Prophets
from Moses to Christ, & clearly shows the
present day is big with events. Jews &
Christians have now an equal privilege in
Jerrusalem & among other privileges are
permitted to gather their own taxes which
has not before been allowed them. The
eastern world has also sufferd by Earth
quake & Storm. Several late Earthquakes
in the Ionian Islands many lives have perished

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On the 1st of Dec A dreadful storm raged on
the black Sea which caused great destruction
of shiping & life, 18 Greek vessels 3 English
& a much greater number, of Austrian
Sardinians, & Napolitans, were utterly lost
even in the channel 7 were cast away.
Thus the Lord is beginning to vex all nations
with whirlwind, flood, war Earthquakes,
Fire, & many Judgments, ass well as signs
in the Heavens & Earth of the coming of
the Son of Man still the Nations will not
learn wisdom neither practice righteousness
by the things which they suffer neither
do they dissern the signs of the times even
of 1840. What 1841 will bring to pass
time must determine. Their will be an
increas of signs in the Heavens & earth, &
still greater losses by storm tempest &
Earthquakes, on the land & sea & by fire.
Trouble will be seen in the United States Gover-
ernment wars & rumours of wars will increas
among all nations, the return of the Jews
will be hastened The Distress of nations with
Perplexity will be felt more than ever throughout

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the earth. In fine evry year from this day
henceforth will be attended, with an increase
of strange things sights, signs, & wonders
perplexities, tribulations, Judgments, wars
& rumours of wars, Revolutions & changes
overturns & Destructions, attended with
blood, fire & smoke the sun turning to dar-
kness the Moon into Blood & the stars falli-
ng from heaven, untill Babylon the great
comes in rememberance before God, & is
cast down to rise no more, & the Son of
Man
Desends in the clouds of Heaven to
Deliver Israel & reign with his SAINTS

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The following is from the London weekly
Dispatch Sunday Jan 17th 1841


1st Upwards of 100 seaman connected with
New Castle upon Tine perished in the storm
of Novembem


2nd. The American Presidents Message to
Congress, A contrast drawn by the Editor
between England and America which was
interesting


3rd England without a parliament, Publicola


4th The Schooner Veritas burned & one man


5 The Royal Speech
To be deliverd frome the Throne by her
Majesty
on the opening of Parliament on the
26th Inst.


The speach is not understood to
be the composition of the sovreign. Parliamentary
usage for a century has esstablish as a maxim
that the speech from the Throne is to be discused
as the speech of ministers who are supposed to be
responsible for it. Royal speeches are often
compulsory upon those who deliver them


6th Queen & {the} Commons a mere are at present a
mere completely ciphers


7th An Interesting letter from John Frost who
was transported to Port Arthur Van Demans Land


8 Loss of the Thames Steamer. Awful destru
ction of human life 70 persons lost 3 saved


9th Cholera at Paris 100 Deaths daily followed
by large mobs


10th Singular & {melancholy}. Death of Sam Scott
the American Diver, Sam Scott who had
Dived 140 feet for many Days off from
several Bridges in London into the River Thames
while playing tricks actually hung himself
on the 11th Jan 1841 in the presence of 10000
persons, he was born in Philadelphia in the
United States was in his 28th year of his age


11th Great Distress of the poor in Marylebone
£500 pound given to feed the hungry

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An account of A Dream of the late
Dr Phillip Doddridge


After some conversation with Dr Clark of
St Alb[an]s who had been conversing in the
evening upon the nature of the seperate [or dead]
state & the probability that the scenes on which
the soul would enter on its first leaving the body
would have some resemblance to those with which
it had been conversent while on earth that it might
by Degrees be prepared for the more sublime happiness
of the Heavenly Kingdom, this & other conversation
of the same kind probably occasioned the following
Dream


The Doctor immagined
himself dangerously Ill at a friends House in London
& after lying in this state some hours he thought
his soul left the body & took its flight in some
kind of live Vehicle which though vary different
from the gross body it had just left was still
ordered to persue his course through the air
expecting some celestial Messenger to direct him
till he was at some distance from the city, when
turning back & viewing the town could not
forbear saying to himself, how vain & trifling
are those affairs in which the Inhabitiants of those
places are so eagerly employed Appeared to me a
seperate spirit = at length as he was still continuing
his progress & tho without any certain
directions yet easy & happy in his thoughts of
the universal providen[c]e & government of God
which extends alike to all [blank] worlds he
was met by one who told him he was sent to con-
duct him to the place appointed for his abode from
whom he considerd could be no other than an Angel
but as I remember he appeared in the form of an
Man they went on conversing together till they
came within sight of a large spacious building
which had the air of a palace upon his inquiring
what it was his guide told him it was the place
assigned for his residence at present, upon
which the Dr [blank] That he remembered he read
while on Earth that the eye had not seen nor the
ear heard nor the heart conceived what God had laid
up for his servants [1 Corinthians 2:9] whareas he could easily have
formed an idea of such a biuilding from others he
had seen though he acknowledged they were

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greatly inferior to this in Eligance, the reason
the guide gave him was plainly suggested by the
conversation of the contrast that the scenes
first presented to him were contrived on purpose
to bear a near resemblance to those he had been
accustomed to on earth that he might be more
easily & gradually prepared for the glories which
would open upon him hereafter and which would
at first view quite dazzle & overpower him
by this time they were come up to the palace &
the guide taked to him led him through a kind of
saloon into an inner parlour whare was a cup
on which was empressed the figures of a vine
& cluster of grapes, he asked the guide the
meaning of it. He told him it was the cup in
which His Saviour drank new wine in his kingdom
with his disciples & that the figures carved upon
it was intended to signify the union between Christ
& his people implying that the grapes derived
all their beauty & flavour from the vine so
the Saints even in a state of Glory were
indebted for their esstablishment in Holyness &
Happyness to the union with their head in
whom they are all complete. While they
were thus conversing he herd a tap at the
door & was informed by the Angel that it was
the signal of the Lords Approach & was intend-
ed to prepare him for the interview accordingly
in a vary short time he thought our Saviour
entered the room & upon his casting himself
at his feet He graciously raised him up and with
a smile of inexpressible complacency assured
him of his faithful services finding acceptance
and as a token of his peculiar regard & the
intimate friendships with which he intended to
honour him, he took the cup & after drinking
of it himself gave it into his hands, the Dr
would have declined at first as two great a
favor but our Lord, ^replied^ (as he did to Peter when he
refused to let him wash his feet) if you drink not
with me you have no part with me, this saying
he observed filled him with such transport of
gratitude love and admiration that he was about
to sink under it. his Master seemed sensible
of it & told him that he must leave him for
the present but it would not be long before

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he would repeat his visit & that in the mean
time he would find enough to employ his thoughts
in reflecting on what had passed and contem-
plating the objects around him as soon as our
Lord withdrew & his mind was more composed
he observed the room was hung around with
pictures & examineing more attentively he
discoverd to his great surprised that they contained
the History of his own life the most remarkable
scenes he had passed through these represented in
a most lively manner it may esily be imagined
how much this would effect his mind the
many temptations & trials he had been exposed
to & the signal instances of the divine goodness
to him in different parts of his life which were
by this means all represented at once to his view
excited the strongest emotions of Gratitude
esspecially when he reflected that he was
out of the reach of any further danger & that
the purposes of divine love & mercy towards him
were at length so happily accomplished, the
exstacy of joy and thankfulness into which these
reflections threw him were so great that He
awoke but for some considerable time after
he arose the impression continued so lively
that tears of Joy flowed down his cheeks and
he said he never on any occasion rem[em]bered
to have felt sentiments of Divine love and
Gratitude equally STRIKING


I copied the above from a written Parphment in
LONDON

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The following is a part of the Doctrinal Catechism
of the Church of England


1 who are your lawful spiritual Pastors
The Ministers of the Church of England


2. What are they called. Bishops Priests & Deacons


3. Are not disenting teachers Ministers of the gospel
No they have never been called after the manner
of Aaron


4th But do they not say that God has called
them inwardly
yes but if he had called them inwardly he would
have called them in the order of his word outwardly


5 what do you mean by this? they would have
been appointed by those who have full authority


6. who are they they? the Bishops of the
Church of England


7. Who consecrated the Bishops? their spiritual predecessors


8 Who ordaineds Priests & Deacons.
The Bishops with the help of their Presbyters


9. Is it not vary wicked to assume this sacred
office? It is as is evident from the case of
Korah, Dathan, & Abiram Numb 16th


10 Who appoints Dissenting teachers?
They either wickedly appoint each other or one [are]
not appointed at all.


11 But are not dissenting teachers thought to be
vary good men. They are often thought to be
such, & so were Korah Dathan & Abiram till
God showed them to be vary wicked


12 But may we not hear them Preach? No for
God says depart from the tents of those wicked men


13 Who then are we to hear or be taught by
The ministers of the Church with whom
Christ sayes He will be with to the end of the world


14th How is Christ with his Ministers to the end of the
world. By his Holy Spirit blessing the ordainances
of prayer praise reading preaching the word together with
the Blessed sacraments.) from the pen of a London clergyman

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Signs


In the fall of 1840 in the city of Cincinnati
Ohio ther appeared a larg Ball of fire over the city
about the size of the moon apparently, at about
2 o'clock in the morning, [FIGURES] this ball of fire burst sudd-
enly causing a vary loud report, and the broken
peaces flew in all directions like blazing meteors.
The earth shook like an aspen & the [FIGURE] moon turned
as black as ink.


"Again soon after the repres
entatives of our nation had assembled in Congress
Hall at Washington in the fall of (1840) the great
chanduelier in the Representatives Hall weighing
abought six thousand pounds fell with a tremendous
crash & broke into a thousand atoms. At about
the same time the female figure representing
the goddess of liberty on the east side of the
capitol holding the balances in haone hand & the cap
of liberty in the other, lost her hand which held
the balances; it broke of itself just below the
elbow & the balances fell. If these things hab [had] been
seen by the Ancient Romans they would have
considerd them ominous of their national light
going out and justice falling to the earth.


After General Harison was elected President
of the United States A body of citizens a line
suspended a line across the road in which
the President was to walk this line contained
or supported 27 flags one for each of the
states; as General Harrison was passing under
thes colors the line parted in the centre one
half fell into the street towards the north & the
other half towards the south as much as to say
the states would be divided


President Harrison Died on the 4th April 1841
just one month after he took the chair He
is the first President that has Died in the United
States while filling the Presidential office. [FIGURE]


The New Haven Palladium says A trumpet was
blown in that city in Jan 1841 twice in 24 hours for
many Days which caused much alarm

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[FIGURE] A large Bell at Washington which had been
used many years, broke while tolling for President
Harrison Death in a moderate manner


While General Harrison was on his way to
Washington to take his seat after his Election
He passed through a town whare there was
a child named after him who Died at the same
time the General was passing by


A splended ball was appointed in Portland Maine
in honour to President Harrison. The man who
was Appointed to lead the first Dance took his
Daughter by the hand, & the first step he took
Droped Dead upon the floor


While President Harrison while lying upon
his death bed [he] had the 21 ch of Isaiah deeply
impressed upon his mind esspecially the 11 vers
& probably the 16th vers is the fulfillment
of what was on his mind


Does it not mean that wars trouble &
wars & disasters await the nation & that
Congress will be broaken up dispenc[e]d
& destroyed & the glory their of pass away
within a year time will determin
the President was much troubled because
none was found to interpet the chapter
unto [him]

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The following letter we copy fro[m] [page torn]
exchange papers which places in a s[page torn]
point of light the tendency of this [page torn]
It has sumthing more than the bold [page torn]
and eloquent stile which we admire, to rec-
ommend it to the Saints, viz truth which all
though this generation may be unwilling to
admit, will by & by break upon them with
tenfold violence and carry away their refuge
of Lies


INCREASE OF CRime


Mr Editor: I am horror stricken with
dreadful facts of almost daily occurrence.
Scarcely a news paper which is not surcharg-
ed with terrible acounts of murder, theft,
robberies, houseburning or the like. Moral
restraints no longer holds men in check.
The ligaments of law are but feble barriers
to licentious man. Ambition, rage revenge, or
lust are the laws by which he is governed.
The most slight insult is a pretext for
shedding a fellow creature's blood, as if the
Blood of a murdered man had no voice
before the throne of the Lord God o[f] heav
en & earth. Dirks, Pistols, Bowie-knives,
&c are daily worn by thousands—worn even
at the plough.


I tremble for the fate
of my country—for the fate of the human
family! whare will these things end? what a
horrid state of things at this time compared
with the moral situation of the world thirty
years ago! what a recklessness of life! How
Impotent are the laws of God and man in check-
ing the mighty tide of crime! What is
to be the state of society; thirty years

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[page torn] vice should go unchecked at a
[page torn]th the last ten years? O, heaven! my
[page torn] sickens! No human being on the earth will
[page torn]e the fact tested. Long before thirty years
the world will be smitten by the strong arm
of Omnipotence! The most imposing events
are hanging over the world—at the vary doors
—events which will put all past events in the
shade—obliterating all the epochs of the
human family—stamping a new era on the
annals of time! These things are true, and
are come on the world the pulpit is crying
out peace & safety! these things are true
and are come on the wordld as a snare:
aye as a snare or the scripures are not true.
Why as a snare? because the pulpit is crying
"peace & safety"! O what a crash of governments
thrones & empires is awaiting the world, and the
pulpit is chaunting lullabies to its slumbering
care! war, pestilence and fire, standing in
dread array against the human family, and
the conservators of its moral weal, hailing
the dawn of universal piece—hailing the
a millenial dawn, when the harbengers of
war and carnage are standing in bold relief
over a guilty world.


They are dreaming about times of refreshing
from the presence of the Lord; when we
are to have the vials of his wrath! They are
clothing in Brilliant Drapery, the future trium-
phs of the gospel when the drama is about to
close and present a theatre of Blood. They
are in imagination, smoothly gliding by the
gradual flow of time into a heaven of repose
without once turning an eye to an intervening
vortex, which is to engulph, perhaps, more
than half the human family! They are
spreading a banquet of peace and proclaiming

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the acceptable year of the Lord, when he is
about to deluge the world in fire! This tremen-
dious event is passed over by the pulpit as
a doomsday work of Almighty God, when it is
to be pre millennial and probably consummated
on the present generation.


A deluge of water once depopulated the world
for crime; a similar scourge, by a different elem-
ent, has a similar mission to perform & for a like
cause. The measure of human crime is coming
to the full, and the arm of Omnipotence lifted
to "shake terribly the earth" [Isaiah 2:19] and the watch
quarrelling about creeds, territory or gold.
The present Christian dispensation is about to
close like the Jewish—the heavens about to
[be] rolled together like a scroll [Isaiah 34:4] [Revelation 6:14]; the star in that
heaven about to be thrown from their
orbits [Mark 13:25], in wild consternations, and the indications
overlooked; prophetic allusions to the
terrible wreck, mistaken, misapplyied or applyed
to the wreck of Nature; an event without
foundation in holy writ. These things are
true. They are not the freaks of a heated
imagination; but predicated upon a long
candid, cool, unbiassed investigation of
the living oracles; and on the premises we
throw the gontlet to all the clergy, learned
or unlearned on earth!


S. M. M'CORKLE a layman

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