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Feb 26, 1841

Journal Entry

February 26, 1841 ~ Friday

26th I took the parting hand with Elder Snow & the
Saints & walked to the great western Railway station
& took rail road for Bristol, & took my farewell of London
for the last time, we rode on the raill road to Wootton
basset
. 80 miles I then took coach & rode 36 miles (the
Road was bad), to Bath which is the most striking
place to the eye of the travler I ever saw, the city
commences on the top of two mountains of high hills
& fills the valley between, the city is a vary Ancient
Antique looking place & vary quriously situated
pop 75,000. I again took cars at Bath & rode to Bristol
12 miles. I called at No 12 Redcliff Cressent, Bed-
minster
Parrish Bristol, whare I found Elder Thomas
Kington
with all his houshold & also Elder Pitt they
made me welcome & I was truly glad to see them. City of
Bristol, is quite a noted place in England, with a
pop of 200,000 souls I found a little Branch of the
Church of L. D. Saints of 13 in No. Some believing came
in to convers with me in the evening. Distance of the day 120 miles

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Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
708 mentions
Apostle, Family
Kington, Thomas
18 May 1794 - 1 Jul 1874
185 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Pitt, William Hill
16 Aug 1813 - 23 Feb 1873
66 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren

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Letter to Don Carlos Smith, 29 March 1841
on the , and arrived at Bristol on the same day, where I found Elder Kington, who was busily engaged in the work of the Lord in that city, and had established a small branch of 14 members, I tarried here a short time, and preached three times in a theatre, had full congregations, good attention, and baptized one. and there appears a good pros- pect of a work in that city. Pop[u]lation of Bristol 200 000. While there, I visited the suspension bridge now erecting across the river Avon, at St Vincents Rocks, Clifton; which bridge is 100 feet in height above the river, and 700 in length. I spent one evening in Monmouth, on the borders of Wales, preached to a full congregation, several of- fered for baptism after meeting. On the 8th March, I attended a conference in Garway, Elder Levi Richards was chosen President, James Morgan Clerk, heard four branches represented containing 134 members; three were ordained to the ministry. 1 also preach- ed at Lugwardine, Shucknall Hill. Leadbury, Dymock, and Turkey Hall, to full congrega- tions, and find the work of the Lord still pro- gressing throughout that region. The ex- citement upon the subject in the city of Here- ford has been so great, that it has assembled together in the Market place 3000 persons at a time, to hear something upon the cause of

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Feb 26, 1841