Victoria of the United Kingdom, b. 1819
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Excerpt:September 5, 1840 ~ Saturday Sept 5th [FIGURE] Elders Kimball, Smith, & myself Visited Westminster Abbey & went through evry appartme nt of it & saw all the tombs & monuments of the Kings, Queens, Princes, Lords, & noted men that have ever been entombed within its walls one part of the Abbey was built in the year 600 having stood over 1200 years most all of the Kings & Queens of England are in this Abbey that have died for the ...Dates:September 5, 1840
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Excerpt:September 8, 1840 ~ Tuesday 8th [FIGURE] I spent a part of this day in vis- iting places & things connected with the Crown. We all three started together & walked up king & Union Street. passed by surry Chapel. Built & occupied for many years by the Celebrated Rev Rowland Hill, whose body now lies under the Chapel from thence we continued west to West minster Bridge which we walked over which brought us direct to West minster ...Dates:September 8, 1840
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Excerpt: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 ...Dates:September 9, 1840 September 10, 1840
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Excerpt:to find saints & build up a Church as in any place we ever visited We Baptized one man & ordained him a priest & 6 others gave in there names to be Baptized on next Saturday or Sunday & also there was some little pro spect of the Rev R. Aitken's A.M. receiving & embr acing the work which will open doors to many honest souls so I felt to rejoice that our lab ours were not altogether in vain. I took the Omnibus & rode ...Dates:September 11, 1840 September 12, 1840 September 13, 1840
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Excerpt:A visit to the ^MeUW◊◊S or Pimlico &^ Stables of her Majesty Queen Victcoria The first stable we nentered contained her state horses composed of 12 in number which were the most Beautiful cream colloured Hanovarians We also saw 12 Arabians. The Hanovarians were the most Kind & intelligent for Horses or any thing of the Brutal creation I ever saw, they were about seventeen hands high & well proportioned we visited all the stables containing her horses which were 150 in number, which were kept in the most perfect ...
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Excerpt:Scotland & Ireland, supporting the Imperial Crown of Great Britain, and holding in their hands the sceptre sword of state, and ensigns of Knighthood their bodies are adorned with festoons of laurels, which fall from thence towards the four corners. The inside of the Body is - lined with rich scarlet embos^s^ed velvet, superbl[y] laced and embroidered with gold as follows: In the centre of the Roof is the star, encircled by the collar of the Order of the Garter and surmoun- ted by the ...
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Excerpt:We walked from this Mews to the National gallery & after visiting all the paintings we returned home, somwhat weary after a long walk in a rainy day in London distance of the day 10 miles The state coachman informed me that her Majes[ty] would be quite familiar & even sociable in many respects, with some of her subjects but was kept distant by her Ministry 10 m December 9, 1840 ~ Wednesday Dec 9th We had a long pleasant days walk this ...Dates:December 9, 1840
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Excerpt:12. The golden Chalice. 13-14-15. Three swords in their embroidered scabb[ard] 16-17. Two golden Tankards 18-19 Two golden salt cellars of state 20 A golden Baptismal Font wharein the issu[e] of the royal family are christened it is upwards of four feet in height. 21-30. Ten golden salt Cellars used at the Coronation Banquit. And six golden sceptres of our king & Queens 31. Kings Septre with the cross covered with precious stones 32. The kings Septre with the Dove covered with jewels 33. An ancient Septre adorned with valuable jewels 34. The Queens Septre ...
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Excerpt:gentleman walking before, groceries. Twelve Colliers fall 756 feet into way pit killed dead, dogs, Bacon, Bread, police men, preach, O. Hide Timely warnings cat, walk, gas lights, Thorn Headge, Scotch Soldiers ostrich feathers, bear legs, war with china, cat, pray, undress, by dawn, sleep, Dream, 265, Market place, Hanley. February 4, 1840 ~ Tuesday Feb 4th Wake, dress, pray, eate, talk, walk to Burslem rain & wind. [FIGURE] I wrote two letters one to Elder W ...Dates:February 4, 1840 February 5, 1840
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Excerpt:I took supper with Br Grocott & preached in the evening at Brother Humes 5th Door Canning St S. spent the night at Brother John Rowleys. Distanc 3 m February 8, 1840 ~ Saturday 8th I spent the Day with Brother Hume, I wash ed my feet & bore testimony unto Jesus Christ against ^Priest^ William Shaw & ^Priest^ William Pool for rejecting my testimony. I held a prayer meeting with the Saints had ...Dates:February 8, 1840 February 9, 1840 February 10, 1840