Page 320 of Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865

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an epitome of the early history of the British Mission

The following is the sum of a year's
history of the rise and progress of the churches in the
region which I had just left

	members	Elds	Prst^s	Teach^s	Deac^s.
Garway Conference	134	5	6	4	1
Gadfield Elm Conference	408	8	33	11	1
Froom's Hill Conference	957	27	67	27	8

From the Froom's Hill Conference there had been
24 expelled 12 removed and 4 had died and 11 was
added by baptism after the statistics was made
up which to this Conference a full total of 1008 in
the history of the year. The total for the three
Conferences stood

Members	Elds	Prst^s	Teach^s	Deac
1550	40	106	42	10

The day after my arrival in
I visited the Brass Foundry and then travelled to and on the morrow took coach to and
had an interview with Elder and wrote
to Elder

We met a large congregation of the
Saints in the Hanley meeting Room when Elder George
A. Smith and myself preached. I was happy to learn
that the work of the Lord was rapidly prospering in
the Staffordshire Potteries

I received and read the 11 No of the
Millennial Star. It contained an interesting letter
from President Joseph Smith to the quorum of the
Twelve.

In Longton I baptized seven persons
one was Alexander Barton a Potter Artist and modler
and then parted with the Saints & walked to Stoke and
having dined with Elder Rowley I continued to New Castle
where there are many silk factories and I bought 15 yards

an epitome of the early history of the British Mission

The following is the sum of a year's history of the rise and progress of the churches in the region which I had just left

	members	Elds	Prsts	Teachs	Deacs.
Garway Conference	134	5	6	4	1
Gadfield Elm Conference	408	8	33	11	1
Froom's Hill Conference	957	27	67	27	8

From the Froom's Hill Conference there had been 24 expelled 12 removed and 4 had died and 11 was added by baptism after the statistics was made up which to this Conference a full total of 1008 in the history of the year. The total for the three Conferences stood

Members	Elds	Prsts	Teachs	Deac
1550	40	106	42	10

The day after my arrival in I visited the Brass Foundry and then travelled to and on the morrow took coach to and had an interview with Elder and wrote to Elder

We met a large congregation of the Saints in the Hanley meeting Room when Elder George A. Smith and myself preached. I was happy to learn that the work of the Lord was rapidly prospering in the Staffordshire Potteries

I received and read the 11 No of the Millennial Star. It contained an interesting letter from President Joseph Smith to the quorum of the Twelve.

In Longton I baptized seven persons one was Alexander Barton a Potter Artist and modler and then parted with the Saints & walked to Stoke and having dined with Elder Rowley I continued to New Castle where there are many silk factories and I bought 15 yards