shot, Balls, cannon, &c, the fires or Bellows were all
worked by steam the operation of the enigines were
pointed out unto us, among many other curiosities
we saw the Idrolick Press or pump, by which power
the strength of all the Anchors & chain cables are tried
with this small press they readily can break 150
tons wait, they will snap an Anchor into like a pipes stem
that will weigh 5 tons. it clearly shows the consentrated
power of the invention of men, we saw specemins of vari-
ous timbers which had been buried in the ground to see
which would stand the longest & it was found that English
Oak stood longer than fir or limcumvita. we saw the
boat in which Captain Ross & his comrads were saved &
lived in it a season after they were wrecked.

we went on to the upper Deck of the new 120 Gun
Ship Traflagar it has been upon the stocks a number
of years but is to be launched in May 1841, it is consid
erd as large as any ship upon the seas, her Keel
is 223 feet in length, has three fighting Decks, there
is a new hewn stone Dock made on purpose to contain
her, we also saw the ship which contains all the prisioners
by night. After having a view of these things we
left the Prision yard & took some refreshment at
Br Painters house & took Steem Boat for London
I should judge the pop[ulation] of woolwich to be 50,000, it is
a pleasant place esspecially in summer, it lies about
10 miles below London Bridge on the Thames, as we passed
up the River, we left shiping on both sides of us of
evry class & Description, both in the river & Docks from
Woolwich to London Bridge, we probably passed
not less than 1,500 vessels during that distance we
walked from London Bridge to 40 Ironmonger Row
Saint Lukes & spent the night at Home again 14 miles
We visited Harriet who had the small pox & found
her comfortable. She had had the kind or kow pox before
but it appears to be no preventative these days

February 6, 1841 ~ Saturday

6^th [FIGURE] I got 3 letters from the postman one from Dr
Levi Richards, to me one from Sister Young to Elder
Young Dec 25^th one to Elder Kimball, Sister Young
said Br Joseph was going to write for the Twelve to hold
a conference in England in the spring ordain as many
as they thought wisdom & send them to all parts they
could, & then for the Twelve to return to Nauvoo

shot, Balls, cannon, &c, the fires or Bellows were all worked by steam. the operation of the engines were pointed out unto us among many other curiosities we saw the Idrolick Press or pump, by which power the strength of all the anchors & chain cables are tried with this small press they readily can break 150 tons wait, they will snap an anchor into like a pipes stem that will weigh 5 tons. it clearly shows the consentrated power of the invention of men, we saw specemins of various timbers which had been buried in the ground to see which would stand the longest & it was found that English Oak stood longer than fir or limcumvita. we saw the boat in which Captain Ross & his comrads were saved & lived in it a season after they were wrecked.

we went on to the upper Deck of the new 120 Gun Ship Trafalgar it has been upon the stocks a number of years but is to be launched in May 1841, it is consid erd as large as any ship upon the seas, her Keel is 223 feet in length, has three fighting Decks, there is a new hewn stone Dock made on purpose to contain her, we also saw the ship which contains all the prisioners by night. After having a view of these things we left the Prision yard & took some refreshment at Br Painters house & took Steem Boat for London I should judge the population of woolwich to be 50,000, it is a pleasant place esspecially in Summer, it lies about 10 miles below London Bridge on the Thames, as we passed up the River, we left shiping on both sides of us of evry class & Description, both in the river & Docks from Woolwich to London Bridge, we probably passed not less than 1,500 vessels during that distance we walked from London Bridge to 40 Ironmonger Row Saint Lukes & spent the night at Home again 14 miles

We visited Harriet who had the small pox & found her comfortable. She had had the kind or kow pox before but it appears to be no preventative these days

February 6, 1841 ~ Saturday

6th [FIGURE] I got 3 letters from the postman one from Dr Levi Richards, to me one from Sister Young to Elder Young Dec 25th one to Elder Kimball, Sister Young said Br Joseph was going to write for the Twelve to hold a conference in England in the Spring ordain as many as they thought wisdom & send them to all parts they could, & then for the Twelve to return to Nauvoo