bread & cheese & a pint of beer we made our
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 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
December 25, 1840 ~ Friday
25
th CHRISTMAS Day In
The Church Bells throughout the city comm-
enced chanting for meeting at half past ten
we met with the saints at 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 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 , whare I shall
be 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.
December 26, 1840 ~ Saturday
26
th Saturday I wrote a letter to Br
[FIGURE] Had an interview with then
walked to Mr , 23 Nassau Street
we found him quite unwell, we Dined with
him & 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
