Monday 19 June 1837
Fine but dull - Fahrenheit 56 at 9 and 61 at 11 a.m.
Had Mawson about planks and the road to get the garden stuff away - began making it this morning and Robert Mann and co. began the rain-water cistern drains my own 2 carts carrying away the stuff dug out - John Booth took Hotspur to be shod and then to go for beer
Breakfast at 10 3/4 in 1/4 hour having stood above an hour talking to Hilton about politics - he will now give a blue vote - came to ask me to let him have the Northgate ground for the fair - no! said I had had a great many applications but had refused all
Mr. Jubb came at 11 1/4 - Ann and I off in the yellow carriage to make calls at 12
1st to Miss Briggs and sat with her, had called at Nicholson's shop and bought gloves for little Mary and myself mine wanting a little mending, from 12 25/60 - then to Miss Ralph - not at home - left Ann's card and mine - then to Mrs. Dyson Willow field at 1 10/60 - not at home - left cards
Then to Pye Nest a Miss Dyson antiquitis of Horton Street Halifax hodie of Kendal, £1500 a year left to her by an old Mrs. Harrison of Kendall with whom she had lived, and Mrs. Francis Waterhouse and Mr. Charles Edwards and Mrs. Dyson of Willow field sitting at luncheon with Mrs. Edwards who said I ought to know the aforesaid Miss Dyson had no remembrance of ever having seen her - nor did I know (recognise) at 1st Mrs. Francis Waterhouse nor even at last Mr. Charles Edwards - I felt de trop - but passed it off - the party went away and left Mrs Edwards and Mrs Dyson who took us into the garden and hothouses - Mrs. Edwards explained and apologised for not having called sooner after my aunt's death
At Pye Nest from 1 1/4 to 2 5/60 then to Haugh end and sat with Mrs. Henry Priestley from 2 20/60 to 2 55/60 - found her pretty but nervous at 1st on seeing us for the first time since her husband's death - then to Thorpe and sat with Miss Priestley, her father gone to his farm in Norland, from 3 5/60 to 3 1/4 then to Mill house and sat with Mrs William Henry Rawson, all the rest out, from 3 35/60 to 4 - then to Heath and there with Miss Wilkinson and her niece a Miss Wroughton from 4 1/2 to 4 3/4
Then I got out at Veitch's at 4 50/60 and Ann and little Mary drove to Mrs. Bramley's, and sent the horse to bait at home (the White Lion) - and Ann walked to Mrs. Veitch's and joined me about 5 20/60 and staid about 10 minutes afterwards
We then walked to Nicholson's shop, and I left Ann and little Mary there and went to Whitley's. Looked at books for little Mary and brought a parcel home, Pinnock's Goldsmith's Greece and Rome and England &c., - the carriage then came to Whitley's - took to Nicholson's for Ann saw her shew Nicholson a bill she had lately paid twice - from there to Duncan's - left coat for aiguilette to be put on for John Burton, Joseph Booth's undress black coat, and ordered him a pair of trousers - or rather patterns of cloth to come with the coat tomorrow night
Then home at 7 10/60 found Mr. Gray returned - went into the cellar - got out wine out and put into the little ante cellar 3 port, 3 sherry, 6 marsala, and 1/2 sherry and 1/2 marsala mixed - and gave John 1/2 sherry and 1/2 marsala mixed and 1 bottle marsala
Dinner at 7 1/2 - coffee at 9 - Ann came upstairs at 9 1/2 with little Mary and did not return - on coming upstairs at 10 1/4 found her asleep on the bed, dressed, lying down by Mary also asleep
Then wrote all but the 1st 6 lines of today till now 10 3/4 at which hour Fahrenheit 58 fine day - 10 with Ann awaking and undressing her - found her asleep on the bed - 5 minutes in the kitchen watering the fire out.
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