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 280,000 Lancashire Preston 60,000 Ditto Manchester 350,000 Ditto New Castle, Tunstell Burslem, Hanley, Potteries Stoke & Longton 70,000 Staffordshire Stafford 20,000 Ditto

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 ...

February 6, 1840 ~ 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 ...

July 3, 1845 ~ Thursday July 2 3rd I walked with Br & Sister Clark to Burslem & Tunstell & dined with Br Lee saw Br & Sister Wheeler this is the week of Burslem wakes the streets were full of people on our return home we called upon Br Simpsons family saw sister Simpson he was not at home. this is the first time ...

& 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 Bartlebys 6 miles June 29, 1840 ~ 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 ...

Moved & Carried that Br T. J. Filcher & O. Shaw be Clerks of the meeting. Moved & Carried that Brothers Player, Taylor Simpson & Burrows. be appointed to assist in the business of the Day keeping order &c The President opened the meeting by singing & Prayer & then called upon the Officers to Represent the various Branches of the Church when Elder Cordon read the minutes of the

September 28, 1840 ~ 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 & ...

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 ...

in London at the present time & may the Lord roll on his work. I am glad to hear of the steady progress of the work in the Potteries, But I am always sorry to hear of the poverty of the Saints & that they have a ha[r]d time to get along. I wa[n]t you to give my best respects to Sistr Amiso[n] Brothr & Sister Wittaker Brothr & Sister Player & family, Sister Eliza ...

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 England 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 & ...