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
dered the most sublime 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 Breth
ren, at Br Corners 52 Ironmonger Row, St Lukes
London & after spending a little time with the
friends we again returned to our lodgings & spent
the night. Distance of the day 12 m

September 9, 1840 ~ Wednesday

9^th 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 highered
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.

September 10, 1840 ~ Thursday

10^th 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

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 dered the most sublime of any in the world after leaving the gallery & visiting St Martins Church, I thought 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 Breth ren, at Br Corners 52 Ironmonger Row, St Lukes London & after spending a little time with the friends we again returned to our lodgings & spent the night. Distance of the day 12 m

September 9, 1840 ~ 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 highered 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.

September 10, 1840 ~ 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