Tuesday, March 21, 1837

1837

March

Tuesday 21

7 1/2

12 35/..

No kiss.

Ready in an hour – Fine morning; hard frost, Fahrenheit 30° at 8 1/2 a.m.  Out 1/2 hour – Breakfast at 9 10/.. in about 3/4 hour –

Out again at 10 for the whole day, till came in at 6 1/4, except had Dobson (John) about 1 1/2 or near 2 and finally settled with him about Little Marsh quarry hole, and paid him a balance of 29/9 for flags and parpoints and wallstone insides and outsides dressing – he having to pay me 8/4 for some common flags (at 8 pence per yard) – Would let me have parpoints (has plenty ready) at 10/. per rood – Thinks Wormesley’s stone will turn out very well – Tells him it will be 4 yards thick – Says his own (Hainsworth and Dobson’s) is doing very well.  I said I was glad to hear it – I only wished them all to do well out of it –

Almost all the day with Robert Mann +3, forming the new diversion of the walk from the low pool to the west yew tree and in the afternoon getting up the great laurel at the west corner of the old orchard – Got up 3 large recently moved young laurels (all common ones) and planted them on the east side of the little glen west of the pools –

Between 1 and 2,  Joseph Mann here (had been before dinner and seen Ann) and went with him to see their job in Lower Place land – All righted up – Would be quite finished tonight – but told him to do the little bit of brook wearing wanted and back it up with stuff taken out of the bed of the brook –  

Robert’s 3 men (Sam and Jack and John the Irishman) re-resolved to do without after-noon drinkings, begun again this afternoon –

Ingham and his little son here today –

Dressed – Dinner at at 6 3/4 – From 8 to 9, arranging my books in the drawing room – Coffee at 9 10/.. Then read the paper and wrote the above of today till 10 3/4 p.m., at which hour, Fahrenheit 34°.  Perpetual snow showers during the day –

Ann wrong.  Wants to get rid of Cookson, and I will not hear of it –

Reading Whitaker’s History of Craven till 11 3/4

 

WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/20/0036


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