Tuesday, September 22, 1835

1835

September

Tuesday 22

7 5/..

12 1/4

No kiss.

Hazy morning, F 64° at 7 1/2 a.m.

Had Parsons junior to cut Ann’s hair and my own –

Breakfast at 9 –

Had Mr. Harper between 10 and 11 for a few minutes – The 1st stone of the Casino to be laid on Saturday next, and Mr. Harper to be at Halifax if he could on Friday afternoon or evening –

Soon afterwards had Mr. S. Gray for 5 minutes.  To be at Shibden at the end of the week or be ready to begin his work of laying out the new approach road etc. on Monday –

Mr. Gray (Jonathan) came at 10 and staid till 2 – He 1st wrote me a short will, 5 or 6 lines, for my aunt, making me sole executor and leaving me to do as I liked about everything – Asked what I was indebted to him – 5/. – Gave him 1/2 a Sovereign, saying I really could not think of giving him less –

Ann then had him busy about her affairs till 2 – She had left the room at 1st while he was writing my aunt’s will – He took that opportunity of telling me Captain had told him he was not grasping he had given Ann fourteen hundred pounds to satisfy.  I said it was an ungentlemanly misrepresentation, and explained how it was that Ann had made five propositions, of which  he had accepted the one to give up Bouldshawclough Farm and coal, to induce Ann to take lot one –  Advised Mr. Gray not to tell Ann now; it would only annoy her. But told her myself afterwards.

Mr. Gray wrote form of inscription to be put with the coins in the 1st stone of the Casino and he also wrote a speech for Ann to make to Mr. Kelson, the master builder. Wrote and sent note to ‘Mr. Harper, Judges Lodgings’ enclosing Mr. Gray’s form of inscription for the 1st stone laying, and begging to have it copied exactly on the plate or lead as it was quite what I approved –

Ann and I had luncheon (cold beef fried, or heated up) at 2 55/..in 10 minutes – then went out to do the little shopping Ann had to do – Met the 2 Misses Bagshaw –

Finding it earlier than we thought, desired the postboy to drive to Dr. Belcombe’s – 10 minutes there, saying my visit was chiefly to see little Percy çi devant little Mariana – Looking much better than I expected, tho’ a yellow-pale – Very low in stature, with broad plain face, and altogether not at all interesting looking – A plain likeness of father and mother – Very uninsinuating in manner – I had had no thought of her till Ann reminded me –

Then stopt at Cattle and Barber’s en passant and at Woodall’s and paid for my waterproof riding cloak and alighted for a minute at Mr. Duffin’s – Just saw him – she over the bridge so did not see her –

Off from Mr. Duffin’s door at 4 1/2 – Delayed 10 minutes in Leeds calling at Yates’s for the lamp glass – returned by the Leeds and Whitehall road, and did this stage in 2 10/.. hours –

Home at 10 1/4 – Tea – Fine day till 3 1/4; afterwards, rainy afternoon and evening till our leaving Leeds at 8 5/.. – F 63° in my dressing room at 12 5/.. tonight – Rainy night -- 

 WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/18/0101

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