Friday 23 June 1837

Very fine morning and Fahrenheit 67 1/2 at 7 20/60 a.m. at the pools and the meer and about till breakfast at 9 in about 3/4 hour - then out all the day at the meer and pools and about till came in at 7

Ann did not return till 7 1/4 very much tired and lay down and did not appear at dinner

Dinner at 7 1/2 to about 8 - then out near an hour at the pools

Coffee at 9 - read the paper partly aloud to Mr. Gray - came upstairs at 10 1/2 very fine day - Fahrenheit 65 at 9 3/4 p.m..

Had Mr. Jubb about 2 - Hannah (Mrs. Heap) going on very well - had Messrs. George Bates and Pollett and the engineer about (before) 4 went over with them to the wheel-race - Mr. George Bates said it would be six weeks before they could be ready - I said that would be terrible - the pumps must be put in immediately and we must have them at work in a fortnight - mentioned the pentrough being ashlar the pentrough must hang over 13 feet the longest plank maybe 16 feet and the shortest plank 8 feet long then sent Joseph Mann to them to explain about having room in the engine pit

Sat with Ann tonight at her bedside from 10 1/2 to 10 35/60 and read her letter come tonight from her sister not an answer to Ann's last so did not know of Mrs. Heap's breaking her arm

Frank brought lime for the plasterer and Zebedee large stone for Mr. Gray from Hippherholme quarry Robert + 4 and from 11 a.m. + 2 of Joseph's men at the pools (puddling) setting 3 large rag stones and our flag in the (below) the, second pool

George Naylor's 2 one horse carts as yesterday carting rubbling from garden wall-races to the top of embankment along the low fish pond - Mark Hepworth and co. digging and carting away stuff from under the hall windows - 4 masons putting on the tower slating - 2 at the wash-house chimney and James laying the flagging round the house in the court - John Booth's son-in-law that married Hannah came this morning 1st time, to pull Kexes

Crowther the librarian called this afternoon and brought in 4 volumes Maurice's Indian Antiquities

Booth and I and the gardener agree that the garden wall footings will do to be dry walling grouted which should be done for 5/- a rood instead of 9/- and Ingham could do it

Wrote all the above of today till 11 10/60

Robert the York joiner and Henry Royle began this morning preparing red room ceiling and the other 2 York joiners began preparing Library passage ceiling - Blythe still unable to work - Mr Bates brought estimate of pentrough £45 Rolling clow complete £47 and governor £21 + he took back the estimate to alter the clow reduce the woodwork to longest plank 16 feet and shortest 8 feet long - said I did not object to any of the changes - Mr. Pollett to come over tomorrow afternoon about 3 and all to be settled - there was a charge of a shilling a day for setting but I objected to having any such extra.  

WYAS: SH:7/ML/E/20/0080

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