Monday, March 4, 1839

1839

March

Monday 4

7 35/..

12 1/4

Fine but dullish cold morning –

Had Holt at 8 40/.. Came for note from Ann authorizing him to go down into Hinscliffe’s pit – Walked with him to Listerwick – He is sure the drum will not answer – Desired him to send Joseph Mann off for Garforth to come tomorrow to see it – Holt to meet him and then go to Low moor about it – But it now seems the cylinder will not be done of still a week or more ! 2 workmen from Low moor came over yesterday and told Joseph Mann so – Holt to inquire about this – Annoyed –

Some while with Robert Mann and Jack Green and William Lord at the top terrace –

Breakfast at 9 1/2 –

With Robert the joiner and then with Ann, who had Booth, till came upstairs at 11 50/.. at which hour Fahrenheit 42° inside and 38° outside –

Greenwood asks Ann 5 pence apiece for Oak guardposts 8 feet long and 4 1/2 pence for larch ditto – and Joshua Keighley thinks they can furnish the larch at 3 pence apiece – Ann to have larch 5 inches in diameter at the top or small end and 8 feet long – and will take a hundred at 3 pence on the spot (in the wood where grown) and at 4 pence delivered, or Booth may go to 4 1/2 pence, or, if picked and good, as far as 5 pence apiece delivered –

Booth to order washing tub and ladle-piggin and 5 ten-gallon new barrels at Lupton’s to be done as soon as possible –

Told Booth of the great blow-up – He sorry – I hoped such a thing could not occur again – And so the thing is to blow over this time – And all is right again –

Wrote the above of today till 12 10/..  To 1 10/.., read from page 192 to 215 and made notes –

Had John Booth, and then went out –

Read forwards to page 229 and went downstairs at 1 1/2 –

With Robert + 2 at the top terrace.  Set Sam Booth to get up (or prepare for getting up) the Aspin blown down by the great wind 7 January, and brought John Booth to gather up stones along the outside of top terrace wall, and kept George carting clay away from the top terrace to the back Lodge gate till about 3 – Then sent him off to Halifax for 1/2 ton carrots at Keyhaw's for the ponies, and farm stable corn from Howarth’s and kept John Booth with the job cart and old bay getting away the remainder of the clay –

At 4 3/4, and back in 1/2 hour, down the new bank to Northgate to see the stuff Mark Hepworth is bringing from St. Anne’s Street – Nobody there – Then on returning, found Robert and his men going away – They go at 5 1/2 because they do not stop for drinkings in an afternoon – Come at 7, take two 1/2 hours for breakfast and afternoon drinking, and 1 hour for dinner, therefore 7 to 6 – 2 = 11 – 2 = 9 hours of work per day – 4 days a week and 8 hours Mondays and Saturdays

Came in about 6 – A little while with Ann – Dressed – Read a few pages of made notes from Wilkinson till dinner at 7 5/.. – Ann read French – Coffee – Looked over the Sutherland vouchers – Wrote the last 9 lines till 10 20/.. – then read from page 215 to 229 Wilkinson’s Manners and Customs of the Egyptians, Volume 1, and came upstairs at 10 3/4, at which hour, Fahrenheit 38 1/2° inside and 32 1/2° outside – Fine but dullish, cold day – Cold wind and ditto ditto tonight –

WYAS Finding Numbers SH:7/ML/E/22/0133 and SH:7/ML/E/22/0134