Saturday, March 18, 1837

1837

March

Saturday 18

7 20/..

12 1/2

No kiss. Ready in an hour –

Got bills ready for John Booth to pay and wrote note to Mr. Mackeon, Yorkshire District Bank, Halifax to pay the lease (enclosing check No. 90 (£50 for myself ). It was 9 before I had dispatched John – Then breakfast –

Mr. Husband brought Mr. George Hainsworth’s bill for carting timber (7 tons) and take to Hill top new house – Sent Cookson to tell Mr. Husband to put his name to my bill, saying I was at breakfast –

Soon after that (at 10) came Mr. James Ingham, pro Mr. George Hainsworth, to whom I paid the bill 28/. for carting and gave check No.91 = £43.20 for the timber –

Then at my desk in the north parlour – Mr. Samuel Washington came to Ann at 10 1/2 – Then till 12 1/4 at accounts – Colliery account etc. –

Holt and the engineer (Wood from Mr. George Bates) and Joseph Mann came at 12 1/4 – Sent them down to the wheel-race and followed them in 1/4 hour – No! went to Ann (at her luncheon) for 3/4 hour till 1 1/4, when Holt and the engineer came back –

Had Holt by himself.  Desired him to settle the matter of the coal-trespass with Hinscliffe – The Engineer had set out and sufficiently explained how the drift-mouth opening upon the wheel-race was to be done – 8 feet wide and 18 feet? long thrown open – 5 feet wide of waterway and 18 inches on each side left for puddling –

Saw the Engineer for a few minutes or moments – He seemed lost about the meer-drift head clow – the clow from the meer into the drift – So wished him good morning and went out at 1 3/4 –

Down to the meer.  Robert +4 there all day laying the large rag stone for the by-wash and clow-[sur] – Walked round the meer musing how it should be planted round the head – Then from about 2 3/4, pruning five young oaks in the Dolt wood till 6 – Then came in and had the 2 Manns, and settling with them till 7 35/.., then dressed –

Dinner at 7 50/.. – Coffee – Looked into last night’s and tonight’s paper – Letter 1 3/4 pages from Miss Norcliffe, Petergate, York announcing the death of her sister Mrs. Best. 

Had John Booth – Settled with him after paying bills – Then downstairs at accounts and wrote the last 12  lines till 11 25/.. p.m., at which hour Fahrenheit 32°.  Fine day –

 

WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/20/0035


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