Wednesday, March 6, 1839

1839

March

Wednesday 6

8 5/..

Long while washing much cousin

The ground covered thickishly with snow, and snowy morning from the time of my getting up to now, 9 1/4, at which hour, Fahrenheit 35 1/2° inside and 30 1/2° outside –

Breakfast in 1/2 hour – Then with Robert the joiner – A few minutes with Ann –

Had Booth –

Gave him Nelson’s daybill with Booth’s own bill attached, and Mr. Harper’s measurements, and Mr. Harper’s bill of extras allowed, and Mr. Harper’s summary of the accounts, and balance due to Mr. Nelson on the whole – i.e., gave Booth 5 papers, desiring him to let Nelson copy them, but not to let the papers go out of his sight, and to bring all back safe to me –

Told him also to collect the Northgate building plans and papers (Mallinson has some of them) and give all back to me –

Told him Wilson, mason, might put a hundred yards cube of light (stony or soily) stuff from Wade Street chapel at the back Lodge gate, if he chose –

Told Booth also to get 2 sawyers to come to the hall and saw for Robert Norton –

Came upstairs at 11 and wrote the above of today till 11 10/.. – Had John Booth up before 12 – and Ann and I had Hemingway about before 2 –

He came about the passage flags not being well enough scoured – Will send men here to do them right –

Ann let him Booth’s farm – Rent £26 per annum to value on and off, and written agreement, running lease from year to year – To agree with Booth respecting tenant right and fixtures –

Seemed to fear (for said he had heard) Booth had laid out, and would want a deal of money – Ann and I desired him not to attend to reports – Sure Booth would do what was right – I said he was with Mr. Nelson at the Northgate hotel and Hemingway set off there after him – To let Ann know tomorrow if he could not agree with Booth –

Ann had had Turner before 12 to settle with him about his living 7 months in Miss North’s house at Hipperholme, and I went down with her to him for a minute or 2 – Ended in settling that his landlord, Mr. Walker, should settle the matter with Samuel Washington –

Ann came for me about 5 or after to help her with her Sunday School accounts – She means to send them to Mr. Wilkinson tomorrow for him to see –

Joseph Mann came to Ann between 5 and 6 to say he should want some rag covers for the Landymere stone-loose drain (a foot square drain – The open tail now 9 feet deep.  Wants to cover in the drain and throw the stuff upon it) – Ann told him to do the best he could – To speak to Hemingway about carting the covers – The rag itself should not cost much –

Left Ann about 6 – Dressed – Washed for cousin from 6 1/2 to 7 as from 11 10/..  To 5 (except the above interruptions), at Wilkinson, Volume 1, Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians –

Dinner at 7 5/.. – Ann read French, and during the evening wrote out her Sunday Schools’ accounts –Coffee – Read the newspaper then till 10 50/.., at Wilkinson again reading and making notes to the end of Volume 1, having during today read and made notes from page 230 to the end page 406.  My notes have just filled 5 half sheets of letter paper – Had just written the last 4 lines at 11 p.m., then looked over Ann’s accounts till came upstairs a 11 55/.., at which hour, Fahrenheit 36 1/2° inside and 20° ! outside.  Snowy day –

WYAS Finding Number SH:7/ML/E/22/0135