Thursday 22 June 1837

Very fine morning and Fahrenheit 58 at 7 and out at 7 10/60 about - on the top of wash-house at the pools &c. - John Burton gave me warning! only came on Saturday cannot bear the confinement breakfast at 9 having had before Parkinson and another to do the garden wall footings, 3 feet high 2 feet 6 inches broad, I finding everything even water in the middle of the garden, - for 9/- per rood

Stood in my study reading Mr. Arthur Freeling's little sextodecimo on Etiquette from 9 3/4 to 10 55/60 - then 10 minutes slumbering on my sofa - Ann had Mr. Horner

Out again at 11 1/4 - for a little while - with Blythe in the hall - still disabled and had Booth - thinks 9/- per rood for the footings of the garden wall laying very fair - could not make wage at less

A little while with Ann mentioned going over to Hamburg via Hull as likely to do us both good

From about 12 1/2 to after 3 at colliery accounts, and inking over memoranda &c. - 3/4 hour dusting in my study till 4 1/4 - then out

At the pools with Mr. Gray and Robert Mann + 4 and the gardener + 2, and in the garden with Joseph Mann + 3 and George Naylors 2 one horse carts - 1st time, carting stuff from garden wall wall-races to along the top of the embankment over the Low fish pond - Booth + 4 masons at the tower roof - it will take them till into the middle of next week - 2 masons finished coping top of wash-house - Edward setting the new brewing coppers - one plasterer finishing latticing my uncle's room ceiling - 3 York joiners and Henry Royle to begin tomorrow morning preparing red room and library passage for under drawing Charles Howarth making gate for Ash-place at the top of the bank and James Howarth and lad Smith sawing

Came in at 7 1/2 - dinner at 7 35/60 in about 50 minutes and then Mr. Gray and I went to the meer - came in about 9 3/4

Coffee sat reading the London paper till 10 1/2 downstairs and afterwards till 11 in my room at which hour Fahrenheit 61 very fine

Sent Joseph Mann this evening with a note in pencil to 'Mr. George Bates Sowerby Bridge' to ask him send over his engineer tomorrow if he could - no more time be lost in settling about the wheel race

Ann went off to bed about 10 1/4 and I have not seen her since - found her door locked at 11 found John Burton (the footman who came on Saturday) gone when I came in to dinner.  

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

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