Thursday, April 6, 1837

1837

April

Thursday 6

8 50/..

12 40/..

No kiss. Cold morning with small snow flying about at 9 – Nearly fair at 10 and Fahrenheit 37 1/2 ° and breakfast – And sat over it reading Lardner on Steam Engines till 12 – Then reading the same upstairs –

A little while with Ann at her luncheon – Then looking into Nesbitt on the mensuration of circles till 1 35/..

Parcel about noon from Mr. Harper, York, containing leathers for the shelves of Ann’s bookcase and hinges for the door of my portable bookcase, and letter for Mr. Husband announcing to him that he will not be wanted after June – Mr. Harper having agreed that he, Mr. Husband, should have 3 months wages or 3 months warning – All very right – Mr. Harper says there will be no necessity for him at Northgate longer than this –

Mr. Gray will meet Mr. Harper here on the 19th instante mense – Mr. Harper wishes for the plans and estimate of the mill work – To be sent to him as soon as possible that he may have time for consideration before coming here –

Off with Ann to Cliff hill at 1 50/.. Ann poorly and could not walk well – Sauntered about a little at Cliff hill and went in at 3 and sat 25 minutes with Mrs. Ann Walker –

Ann had been out of sorts at my not approving her lodge plan, and this perhaps made all the poorlike? She could not bear to walk on going out of the house.  Cried and I took her and sat with her ten minutes in the necessary till she was rather better.

Then Ann and I sauntered about.  Told Kershaw were to plant the fine tall large Verney lime taken up and I left her at the door at Cliff hill at 4 1/4 –

In returning went to Hipperholme quarry – Joseph Mann there – Walked back with him as far as Listerwick – Told him to set out the new course of Incline tomorrow –

Home at 5 1/4 – Sent off George with the ponies for Ann –

With Ingham +2 – The carriage court wall topped and finished . .

Just got down to the new drain in Sour Ing to Robert +4 at 6 – With him to see the thorny plant ! in the Lodge road and at the top of the glen and talking of the Incline till came in at 6 50/.. –

Dinner at 7 – Coffee – Asleep on the sofa in Ann’s sitting room – My eye that got lashed with a thorn yesterday afternoon very painful last night and all today –

Wrote the last 12 lines till 10 3/4, at which hour, Fahrenheit 30°

Finish day – My eye that got lashed in planting the thorns yesterday afternoon very painful this afternoon and evening – But would not let Ann send for Mr. Jubb –

 

WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/20/0044


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