of wickedness hypocracy & he rejected our testimony & opposed the work, in fact we cannot go to teach in the City of London but what the Devil comes also to oppose us thi[s] accounts for my dreams about serpents. I returned home fell asleep & again dreamed of vast serpents both dead & alive some were of Antique turned into stone, & many were alive about 20 foot long & Pitched at me like Draggons & I fled from them & arose into the air & sailed a great distance with the greatest ease & delight ...

January 27, 1841 ~ Wednesday 27th [FIGURE] wrote two Letters one to Elders Browett & Jinkens one to Brs Harris & Holford we took a long walk through Parts of London, with Br Crook to get his pensions we went to the Admiralty from thence to the Tower of London, we saw several officers at these places & we learned for a certainty that Pensions can no longer be sold but they can draw a pensions in any part of ...

July 9, 1845~ Wednesday 9th I went to the office to day And attended to such temporal affairs as I had on hand [FIGURE] I recieved 3 letters 4 miles July 10, 1845 ~ Thursday 10th [FIGURE] I wrote 4 letters one to Br Player, one to Clithero, to Wm Miller & G. Slator I sent 1 & 2 Numbers of the 6 vol of the Times & Seasons Star to Ezra Carter, W

March 25, 1841 ~ Thursday March 25th I took coach & Rode to Hanly & stoped with Br John Taylor I hear great report of war all through the country against America, I [FIGURE] wrote a letter to Elder Lorenzo Snow, I had an interview in the evening with Elder G. A. Smith we met a large congregation of the Saints in the Hanley Room Elder Smith first addressed the meeting & I followed him after meeting was dismissed ...

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

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 ...

Feb 5th 1867 Jesse W Fox & wife their second anointing February 6, 1867 ~ Wednesday 6th [FIGURE] I met at the H. O. at 2 oclok & gave Wm Playor his second anointings February 7, 1867 ~ Thursday 7th [FIGURE] I met at the H. O. at 2 oclok & we gave Allexander MCCray & wife their seconed Anointings G. A. S. Anointed W. Woodruff ...

Mr George A Smith Lane End Staffordshire Br Plyer send this to Eldr Smith Mr W Woodruff London Jan 7th 1841

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 ...

40 Ironmonger R[ow] [page torn] Saint Lukes London ^Jan 29th 1841 Elder G. A. Smith Dear Brothr I sit down this morning to write a few lines to you. I recieved a letter yesterday from Eldr Player containing a letter from Sister Kimba[ll] [page torn] to Brothr Kimball it was truly interesting & contaned much information. Elder Turley arived in Nauvoo about the 25th Nov with 109 Saints the Rest stoped in Kirtland. Sister Kimball ...