Friday, March 10, 1837

1837

March

Friday 10

7 35..

12 1/2

No kiss. Washing after much cousin.

Finish, cold, windy morning – Just saw Mr. Husband and told him to let Charles Howarth have the next stove-sawing –

Breakfast with Ann at 9 – Out before 10 with Ingham, and had Booth setting out the carriage court and farm yard necessary-well etc. –

Came in a little before 12 and gave Ann £29 and the following to send to Mr. Jubb – ‘A. Jubb, Esquire, Lord Street’ ‘Mrs. Lister’s compliments to Mr. Jubb, and encloses him twenty-nine pounds – Shibden hall, Friday 10 March 1837’ written so at the top of the 1/2 sheet that Ann could write compliments and about her own bill below –

Parcel (the plan of the Godley Lane intended water drift) and Letter from Mr. Adam – attended a meeting of the trustees yesterday – would not give a differently worded order – Will be another meeting in 3 months – Want to know in what strata the drift is to be driven – J’y pensivoir – Sent back Mr. Parker’s boy, saying I would send an answer.

Wrote the above of today till 12 10/.. – Then with Robert Mann +3 at the Low pool East Embankment end  – Putting a little more soil to it to Earth up with till 1.  Robert and company have changed their dinner hour from 12 to 1 in consequence of having no afternoon drinking – Came in about soon after 1 –

With Bligh and about in the house, looking after my portable Book-Shelves – (portable library) – Fitting up in the drawing room –

Ann off to Willow field (Mrs. Dyson ill) at 2 though it had begun to rain –

I then washed much cousin, then till 4 3/4 about, dusting and siding in my study.  Staid in then seeing that the rain kept away Robert and company – Could have seen them if at work from the Blue room window –

Out at 4 3/4 – in the stables and about till near 6 –

Dressed – Dinner at 6 1/2 (Ann returned soon after 5 – wet) – Coffee.

Ann read aloud the Introduction volume 1 (about near 50 pages) Chateaubriand’s 2 octavo volumes on English Literature – which she brought from the library this afternoon –

Then I read the newspaper till 10, at which hour Fahrenheit 33 1/2° – Finish day till 2 p.m.  Afterwards, rainy afternoon and evening and highish [wind] – Booth’s men took down the door, and good stone door posts and lintel from the little clow-house at the low end of the meer – useless job of Mr. Husband’s to the amount of about £40 or thereabouts – Surely the clow as now done will answer –

George Naylor’s 2-horse here today as yesterday, bringing with my order 2 trams rough large rag from Hipperholme quarry for Ingham –

John Booth took the old bay horse this morning and brought home my 2 horse narrow wheeled cart from being repaired at Mosey’s – Hotspur, the older and better bred carriage horse, put in the shafts today 1st time?

Had just written the last 9 lines at 10 40/.. p.m. – Then looking into the advertisements in the last Quarterly Review till 11 10/.. –

 

WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/20/0032