quite splendid with the pulpit or stand in or near the centre of the house which is the english custom. Another thing
has attracted my attention while visiting public places in ie a great plainness of dress with both rich & poor
male & female, their cloth may be equ⬦ally as good if not better than that worn in America but they do not appear
as tasty & flashy. I think the Americans pattern more after the French than English in their dress. The Encllish deposit
their dead in vaults in the church yard & them lay the grave stons flat upon the ground over their dead which forms a
pavement to walk upon so you walk over the ded as you go in & out of church. Jan 13th Monday our trunks had to be
taken from the ship & go to the custom Hou⬦se & by examined by the Officer. & after much jaming, crouding and
rocking about, we were permitted to depart with our trunks & baggage after paying 16 ^pence^ sterling on evry pound of Books &
papers that were American that we had with us. We then took the rail road at for . & for the first mile the cars
run under ground on a track that was cut out of a solid Rock, while buildings & inhabitants were over our heads. The cars
run rapid in England. we arived in Preston, Lancashire, England. at 8 oclok P.M on this 13th day of Jan 1840 in the midst of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints & I soon had Elder by the hand & it was truly a happy meeting. I felt to rejoice to once
more behold this Brother face to face & all the Saints who flocked around us with great rejoicings, after spending most of the night in con
versation I retired to rest. 14th Preston contains a population of 60,000 the streets are crouded with the poor going to & from the
the factories wearing wooden or clog shoes which makes a great ratling over the pavement. The poor here in England I should
think were under as great Bondage as the children of Egypt Israel in Egypt. We held a council at Elder Richards house in
Preston on Jan 17th & the following was one of the Resolutions post. Resolved that Elder's & go to Liverpool &
Elders & labour in & Elder Willi^a^rd Richards tarry in Preston & its neighbourhood & Willford
Woodruff & go to the & warn the People in that place & then inquire the mind of the Lord & if it is his will go
to . The potteries contain a population of 65,000 persons & Birmingham 300,000 & the place is larger than New york
& is in the centre of England 18th I took the parting hand with the Saints in Preston & in company with Elders Turley and
Clark took the rail car & rode to Manchester 36 miles whare we were soon greeted by Elder William Clayton & many Saints.
Manchester is a vary beatiful Town containing a Pop of 280,000 souls & is as large as New york on the ground. It already has a
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in it, with 164 members & the work still rolling on. It is the Metropolis of the cotton
manifactoring district in England. I had not been in the place but a few minutes before I was called upon with my Brother
to visit a sister possessed with the devil & a burning fever. When we arived at the house she was in great rage & required 3 or 4 men
to keep her from taring herself to peaces. We lade hands upon her & commanded the devil to come out of her in the name of
Jesus Christ & also rebuked the fever & after a mighty struggle the devil came out of her, & the fever left her, & she was come [calm]
& composed. The devel entered into her child next morning & made it stiff as a stake. we lade hands upon the child & rebu[k]ed
the devil in the name of Jesus Christ & he instantly came out & the child fell asleep, & the woman attended meeting during the day
I do not speak of these things boasting, but thank my Heavenly Father that he is rebuking the devourer for our sakes. 19th
Sunday I preached to day in Manchester to a crouded congregation, it is the first time that I have preached the gospel in England
the people gave good attention, many that were sick came forward to be healed, we lade hands upon 20 most of which were
healed. The ordinance of Baptism was also administered. Jan 21st I left Manchester & in company with Elder Turley took coach
& road (on the outside as the custom is) through , , , , & to at the Potteries & spent the night with Elder
This is our place of labour for a few days or weeks. I am now in the midst if the Potteries which are so noted in England whare most
of the English china, crockery & stone were ware is made Pop. 65,000. Their ^x^ is an Elder lives in this town by the name of Alfred Cordon
he went 40 miles to recieve the work & be baptzed & was ordained an Elder. he works in the potter^i^es in Burslem 6 days in a
week for his daily bread & preaches evry evening in a week & 3 times on Sunday & he has alredy a little flock of Saints of
66 in number around him. When We arived in England we found the churches under excellent order & dissipline; the Saints
have the utmost confidence in their Elders, knowing they are the servants of God. consequently they give strict heed to their
teachings. We soon expect most of the Twee^l^ve in this country. We shall then hold a general conference, & my prayer to God is
that all of the Quorum of the Twelve that come^c^ome from America will have means to come soon & labour while the day last
for I believe that what we do in Old England must be done quickly. Elders & are in have began
to preach & to Baptize. Elder Wright has had the small pox since he went to Scotland, & the doctors told him to take medicine
& keep warm or die, but he took no medicine continued to go about his business was but little sick & soon got well. persecution
does not rage much yet in England, sometimes the Elders get the candlesticks & candles flung at their heads while preaching &
occasionally stoned in the streets but in general good attention is paid. Jan 24 I preached in the town of Elder Turley followed
me two were Baptzed. 25th Sunday I preached in Burslem & Elder Turley in . We Baptzed 3 persons. We have crouded & att[en]ti[ve]
congregations. We have now sent out appointments in a number of new places in the adjoining towns. We have found
it to be the will of God to open a door immediately in Birmingham which is about 50 miles from these potteries, one of us will
go there day after tomorrow probably Elder Turley, we are determined to immediately erect the standard in evry town from the
potteries to Birmingham which is a number of large towns & vary populous & whare they have not as yet herd the
word at all, But it will give at least one million of souls the privili^e^ge of hearing the word. I think some of making
Birmingham my stand for labour for a seasons as it is mear the centre of England & contains a large number of inha
bitants & will open a vast field of labour beteen the potteries & Birmingham. & we have already given out appointments part
of the way. My Dear As I have taken up most of this sheet in giving you an account of our journey & of the country
&c. I will now give some general remarks concerning the signs of the times & the vineyard of the Lord in this Eastern
country. Signs, wonders, & fearful sights are appearing, & the words of the Ancient & modern Prophets are fulfillings in this land
Eearthquakes are following each other in quick succession, fires are vary frecquent. A great light lately appeared in
so that the fireman with their Engines rushed to one part of the city supposed it to be on fire but found it to be in
the heavens. At Dec 26, 1839 300 acres of Col Lonford’s bog land rose up from its mighty bed & travled with the rapidity
of a steam Engine for the distance of a steam 4 miles through the country carrying destruction in its progress rising in
angry surges like the ungovernable sea heaving from 10 to 30 feet of Earth upon the land in many places as it past over
& in addition to these & many other signs awful awful is the state of things thoroughout England, hundreds of thousands
of people have met together in different places against the government or determined to have a reform in the
government they are called chartist or radicals. the Queen & parliment depend upon the Ma^i^litia to
to protect them, & they have to be vary busy to break up the plots which are lade to break out in a civel
war. Thousands are in a state of almost utter starvation, whole families are going th[r]ough the streets begging
Bread from dore to dore. hundreds of people in one town will be turned out of the factories & out of
Employ & bread in one day, & I see them standing in large groups at the corners of the streets consulting
what to do, & in fact the whole face of the Earth is ripened in iniquity & sin as well as trouble & distress
& it appears as though the earth was ownly spared for a little season that the worning voice may go
through. The English Publications of late have given an account of the excitement of the Radical question &c.
for my part I have nothing to do with any of these matters of the government any further than to exhort
the Saints to be as quiet as possible & be subject to the Laws of the Land & the powers that be. but it
requires the greatest of prudence & wisdom to hold public meetings & do the work of God in this country at the present
time & under the present state of things. But I believe the harvest of Old England is fully ripe & must spedily be
quite splendid with the pulpit or stand in or near the centre of the house which is the english custom. Another thing
has attracted my attention while visiting public places in ie a great plainness of dress with both rich & poor
male & female, their cloth may be equ⬦ally as good if not better than that worn in America but they do not appear
as tasty & flashy. I think the Americans pattern more after the French than English in their dress. The Encllish deposit
their dead in vaults in the church yard & them lay the grave stons flat upon the ground over their dead which forms a
pavement to walk upon so you walk over the ded as you go in & out of church. Jan 13th Monday our trunks had to be
taken from the ship & go to the custom Hou⬦se & by examined by the Officer. & after much jaming, crouding and
rocking about, we were permitted to depart with our trunks & baggage after paying 16 pence sterling on evry pound of Books &
papers that were American that we had with us. We then took the rail road at for . & for the first mile the cars
run under ground on a track that was cut out of a solid Rock, while buildings & inhabitants were over our heads. The cars
run rapid in England. we arived in Preston, Lancashire, England. at 8 oclok P.M on this 13th day of Jan 1840 in the midst of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints & I soon had Elder by the hand & it was truly a happy meeting. I felt to rejoice to once
more behold this Brother face to face & all the Saints who flocked around us with great rejoicings, after spending most of the night in con
versation I retired to rest. 14th Preston contains a population of 60,000 the streets are crouded with the poor going to & from the
the factories wearing wooden or clog shoes which makes a great ratling over the pavement. The poor here in England I should
think were under as great Bondage as the children of Israel in Egypt. We held a council at Elder Richards house in
Preston on Jan 17th & the following was one of the Resolutions post. Resolved that Elder's & go to Liverpool &
Elders & labour in & Elder Willard Richards tarry in Preston & its neighbourhood & Willford
Woodruff & go to the & warn the People in that place & then inquire the mind of the Lord & if it is his will go
to . The potteries contain a population of 65,000 persons & Birmingham 300,000 & the place is larger than New york
& is in the centre of England 18th I took the parting hand with the Saints in Preston & in company with Elders Turley and
Clark took the rail car & rode to Manchester 36 miles whare we were soon greeted by Elder William Clayton & many Saints.
Manchester is a vary beatiful Town containing a Pop of 280,000 souls & is as large as New york on the ground. It already has a
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in it, with 164 members & the work still rolling on. It is the Metropolis of the cotton
manifactoring district in England. I had not been in the place but a few minutes before I was called upon with my Brother
to visit a sister possessed with the devil & a burning fever. When we arived at the house she was in great rage & required 3 or 4 men
to keep her from taring herself to peaces. We lade hands upon her & commanded the devil to come out of her in the name of
Jesus Christ & also rebuked the fever & after a mighty struggle the devil came out of her, & the fever left her, & she was come calm
& composed. The devel entered into her child next morning & made it stiff as a stake. we lade hands upon the child & rebuked
the devil in the name of Jesus Christ & he instantly came out & the child fell asleep, & the woman attended meeting during the day
I do not speak of these things boasting, but thank my Heavenly Father that he is rebuking the devourer for our sakes. 19th
Sunday I preached to day in Manchester to a crouded congregation, it is the first time that I have preached the gospel in England
the people gave good attention, many that were sick came forward to be healed, we lade hands upon 20 most of which were
healed. The ordinance of Baptism was also administered. Jan 21st I left Manchester & in company with Elder Turley took coach
& road (on the outside as the custom is) through , , , , & to at the Potteries & spent the night with Elder
This is our place of labour for a few days or weeks. I am now in the midst if the Potteries which are so noted in England whare most
of the English china, crockery & stone ware is made Pop. 65,000. Their x is an Elder lives in this town by the name of Alfred Cordon
he went 40 miles to recieve the work & be baptzed & was ordained an Elder. he works in the potteries in Burslem 6 days in a
week for his daily bread & preaches evry evening in a week & 3 times on Sunday & he has alredy a little flock of Saints of
66 in number around him. When We arived in England we found the churches under excellent order & dissipline; the Saints
have the utmost confidence in their Elders, knowing they are the servants of God. consequently they give strict heed to their
teachings. We soon expect most of the Twelve in this country. We shall then hold a general conference, & my prayer to God is
that all of the Quorum of the Twelve that comcome from America will have means to come soon & labour while the day last
for I believe that what we do in Old England must be done quickly. Elders & are in have began
to preach & to Baptize. Elder Wright has had the small pox since he went to Scotland, & the doctors told him to take medicine
& keep warm or die, but he took no medicine continued to go about his business was but little sick & soon got well. persecution
does not rage much yet in England, sometimes the Elders get the candlesticks & candles flung at their heads while preaching &
occasionally stoned in the streets but in general good attention is paid. Jan 24 I preached in the town of Elder Turley followed
me two were Baptzed. 25th Sunday I preached in Burslem & Elder Turley in . We Baptzed 3 persons. We have crouded & attentive
congregations. We have now sent out appointments in a number of new places in the adjoining towns. We have found
it to be the will of God to open a door immediately in Birmingham which is about 50 miles from these potteries, one of us will
go there day after tomorrow probably Elder Turley, we are determined to immediately erect the standard in evry town from the
potteries to Birmingham which is a number of large towns & vary populous & whare they have not as yet herd the
word at all, But it will give at least one million of souls the privilege of hearing the word. I think some of making
Birmingham my stand for labour for a seasons as it is mear the centre of England & contains a large number of inha
bitants & will open a vast field of labour beteen the potteries & Birmingham. & we have already given out appointments part
of the way. My Dear As I have taken up most of this sheet in giving you an account of our journey & of the country
&c. I will now give some general remarks concerning the signs of the times & the vineyard of the Lord in this Eastern
country. Signs, wonders, & fearful sights are appearing, & the words of the Ancient & modern Prophets are fulfillings in this land
Eearthquakes are following each other in quick succession, fires are vary frecquent. A great light lately appeared in
so that the fireman with their Engines rushed to one part of the city supposed it to be on fire but found it to be in
the heavens. At Dec 26, 1839 300 acres of Col Lonford’s bog land rose up from its mighty bed & travled with the rapidity
of a steam Engine for the distance of 4 miles through the country carrying destruction in its progress rising in
angry surges like the ungovernable sea heaving from 10 to 30 feet of Earth upon the land in many places as it past over
& in addition to these & many other signs awful awful is the state of things throughout England, hundreds of thousands
of people have met together in different places against the government or determined to have a reform in the
government they are called chartist or radicals. the Queen & parliment depend upon the Militia to
to protect them, & they have to be vary busy to break up the plots which are lade to break out in a civel
war. Thousands are in a state of almost utter starvation, whole families are going through the streets begging
Bread from dore to dore. hundreds of people in one town will be turned out of the factories & out of
Employ & bread in one day, & I see them standing in large groups at the corners of the streets consulting
what to do, & in fact the whole face of the Earth is ripened in iniquity & sin as well as trouble & distress
& it appears as though the earth was ownly spared for a little season that the worning voice may go
through. The English Publications of late have given an account of the excitement of the Radical question &c.
for my part I have nothing to do with any of these matters of the government any further than to exhort
the Saints to be as quiet as possible & be subject to the Laws of the Land & the powers that be. but it
requires the greatest of prudence & wisdom to hold public meetings & do the work of God in this country at the present
time & under the present state of things. But I believe the harvest of Old England is fully ripe & must spedily be