1883 Missionary Visit to Lancaster

This is an extract from the The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star Vol. 45, page 556-560.
This 'Abstract of Correspondance', contains an extract of a letter between Elder Henry Leyland President John H. Smith. Pages 557 and 558 relate to the Lancaster area, where Elder Leyland describes the receptivity of the people to the Gospel message as he and Elder Druce re-opened the Lancaster and Barrow-in-Furness area for missionary work. The letter was dated as August 19th 1883. This letter therefore, serves as an insightful 19th century piece of Lancastarian Latter-day Saint history.

(Key aspects of the letter have been boxed in red)



In case anyone is wondering, this map gives you some idea of the area they covered in this mission tour/visit/expansion. (Around 50 miles from Lancaster to Askham, where they held meetings). Additional meetings were held in Barrow-in-Furness and Dalton-in-Furness (simply referred to as Dalton by Elder Leyland).