Friday, March 1, 1839

1839

March

Friday 1

7 25/..

12 40/..

Fine but dullish morning.  Fahrenheit 44° at 8 1/2 inside.  Read the last 10 pages and made some little notes and finished Volume 1 of ‘A Summer in the Pyrenees, by the honourable James Erskine Murray, 2nd Edition. In 2 volumes, Volume 1. London, John Macrone, St. James’ Square, 1837.’ ‘John Haddon, Castle Street, Finsbury’ Printer – Volume 1, pages 341. Volume 2, pages 312

Wednesday 30 January.  Returned Thursday 7 February.  Finished Friday 14 March.

Fahrenheit 44° outside at 9 5/.. and breakfast till after after 10.  

Then with the joiners – Booth here – With Ann while she had him in her sitting room, desiring to ask Greenwood his price for oak and for larch posts 8 feet long for guarding trees –

Went out about 11 to Robert Mann and William Lord at the top walk of the terraces, barrowing off clay to make them for rubble – Stood talking to Robert till after 12.  He had seen Mr. Freeman’s steward, Mr. Mitchell, who said he (Robert) was right to give up the concern if he thought it a bad one, and said he (Mitchell) and Mr. Freeman and they all knew the present engine would not loose the coal –

Came in at 12 25/.. – Ann and I in the scullery planning about weigh-scales for Oddy to weigh the meat etc., and afterwards surprised she never cooked vegetables for the servants’ dinner, for fear of using too much butter ! as if they could not be made good without butter – Explained – The servants to have vegetables every day –

Ann off to Cliff hill at 2 – and I went out before 3 to Robert Mann, who had got a 2nd wheater (Jack Gurn) –

To Listerwick – There some time – And some time there talking to John Oates, who tried to explain the gap in the coal plan – He said the ground being hilly, the coal-measure could not agree with the surface measure !

A little while with the joiners and about – George took 18 planks this afternoon from Greenwood’s to Cliff hill !  They were to have been sawn up here, but though I never mentioned Cliff hill but said to bring them, they made the mistake –

Before going out this afternoon, said to John Dixon, the footman, that I would order his livery if he thought of staying – Surprised to find he did not like the country – Asked him to stay till Ann and I left home, even if it should be a year hence – He said nothing against it – but I did not feel much certainty of his staying so long –

Came in at 6 1/2 – some time with Ann – Told her of John’s going –

Dressed.  Dinner at 7 10/.. Ann read French – Coffee – Read aloud the double paper – Wrote all but the first 5 lines of today till 11 p.m.

Fine day – Fahrenheit 45° inside at 11 10/.. and 44 3/4 outside at 11 1/2 p.m.

Rubbed her back With Ann till 12 1/2 –

 

WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/22/0132


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