Wednesday, December 30, 1835

1835

December

Wednesday 30

8

11 50/..

No kiss.  Ann poorly with pain in her neck, and out of spirits about herself as she has been for the last fortnight. 

Fine morning and F 44° now at 7 55/.., at which hour went out till breakfast at 9 20/.. – Mr. Washington came about 10 – Read from page 99 to 150, Volume 2, Quin’s Steam Voyage Down the Danube –

Then out from about 11 to 12 1/4 in the farm and with Mark Hepworth, shewing him where to shoot stuff from Whiskum quarry, from which he began carting today –

Damp and small rain from soon after 11 a.m. – Mended my pelisse in the maids’ sitting room, changed my pelisse and boots, and at my desk at 12 1/2 –

Ann rode to Crow Nest (to look at papers) about 11.

Till 1 35/.., copying out letters into Business letter book –

Had Mr. Jubb a little before 2 – My aunt a good deal better – Has got rid of the fluttering – Spoke to Mr. Jubb about Ann, and begged him to come tomorrow between 1 and 2 or earlier to see her – Explained –

Then had Charles Howarth about hanging bell in my aunt’s room against the head of Oddy’s bed to enable my aunt to awake her without trouble –

Then by 3 40/.. had written, sealed and directed, and copied into my business letter book letter to ‘George H. Rogers Harrison Esquire, Bluemantle, Heralds College London, Postage Paid Wednesday 30 December’ and Letter to ‘Messers Hammersleys and Company, Bankers, London, Wednesday 30 December’ and Letter to ‘Mr. James Peat, Sadler, Piccadilly, London, Wednesday 30 December’ and Letter to ‘Mr. Robert Walker, 2 Jones Street, Berkeley Square, London, Postage Paid Wednesday 30 December,’ the outside dates in the off-side top corner of each letter because recollected just after sealing and on turning to business letter book that I had dated Wednesday 28 December 1835 –

My letter to Bluemantle, thanks for his of the 18th instante mense – on my return in August last, my being in London soon again seemed probable, so kept the pedigree roll to put it into his hands myself – Still hoped to do this, but my leaving home might yet be delayed some months – in daily expectation of the death of my aunt and the age of my father is so advanced and his health so precarious there would probably be 2 more deaths to register than I thought of in August –

My letter to Hammersleys to order the payment of £5 to Laffitte to Mrs. Filer for the Countess Henriette Vîng ìle Galvani – and the payment of £8.6.0 to Mr. James Peat, and the sum whatever it might be to Mr. Robert Walker for this year’s morning Herald and then to let me have my account –

Letter to Peat to say the 2nd saddle was received 23 September, not happening to arrive in time for my excursion.  I had not tried the saddle, but did not doubt that it would satisfy me as well as the other did –

Gave order on Hammersleys for £8.6.0, my letter to Mr. Robert Walker to beg him to send his bill for this year’s Herald from 1 January to 31 December inclusive –

Had just written so far of today at 3 50/.. Could see to write no longer at my desk – 1/4 hour siding etc. at 4 25/..Sat down to Quin at my desk, Volume 2 and read from page 150 to (including 40 pages after dinner)  to page 242 –

Dinner at 6 10/.. – Coffee – Ann very poorly and went upstairs to lie down on the sofa immediately after her coffee – I remained 1/4 hour – Then a few minutes with Ann – Then 1/2 hour with my father and Marian, and stood 1/2 hour in the drawing room looking at Chanchat’s maps – Then 1 1/4 hour till 9 3/4 with my aunt, during which time read tonight’s paper –

My aunt better today than yesterday.  She will rally again, though not perhaps to be quite as well as she was before this attack –

Fine day except little small rain in the morning – F 34 1/2° and very fine, rather starlight night now at 10 –

 

WYAS Finding Numbers SH:7/ML/E/18/0151 and SH:7/ML/E/18/0152