Friday 3 November 1837
Snowing at the time I got up and damp and small rain afterwards and wrote to 'Mr. McKean Yorkshire District Bank Halifax' and sent by George, for £35.8.0 payable at York to William Oldfield Esquire and £50 for myself, on his going to Wheatley's to fetch Mangnall back - and Fahrenheit 35 and breakfast at 9 55/60 in about 1/2 hour
Then out - in the outbuildings - fair before 10 and the men masons, and Robert + 3 and the 2 masons and James and Mark Sharpe at the lower wall against the road - and Amos and Robert Sharpe began the blacksmith's shop and John Sharpe and Abraham Murgatroyde were at the walling above the front stable and door - and Edward Waddington at the laundry drying closet and flue of adjoining room - Booth here - Firth the glazier and his man here about farmyard water pipes - and 2 of Mercer's men putting in the old china closet and west tower windows
George brought Mangnall back from Mr. Wheatley's with a letter from Mr. Wheatley warranting the horse sound - came in for a few minutes to tell Ann this - then determined to turn out the younger pony with Felix and both did run out for an hour or 2 in the afternoon not out till late after my return from Hipperholm quarry about 3 for somehow my order for turning them out had been misunderstood
Mawson came between 12 and 1 to say he thought of taking the Railroad (Leeds and Manchester) and should be glad if I pleased to give up the Stump Cross Inn at Mayday! I merely said I should be glad of his bettering himself - I would not stand in anybody's way unnecessarily - I would speak to Mr. Samuel Washington and hear what he said was customary on these occasions, and should probably be much guided by his opinion - I must of course think of myself as well as Mawson. Mawson would not guess what passed in my mind and which I sat with Ann at luncheon and told her - not quite handsome in Mawson to get me to lay out so much money for him and then leave the place? mais n'emporte - he said he could get me a good tenant - John Willey of Driglington ætis 40 or thereabouts - Mawson insinuated that if he found the tenant he would be answerable for him - but I took no apparent notice of this but came away
Ann rode to Cliff hill after the servants dinner - John Booth returned this morning - better but not completely well
On leaving Ann at 2, off to Hipperholm quarry - saw so nice a trough nearly done for Hill top, told Booth on my return I wished it come here
Back about 3 - out, about - came in at 6 1/4 - wrote and sent by John Booth to right Bank order on the York's District Bank for £35.8.0 payable as above and just wrote a line or two to say total the order was in discharge of bill for wine received on the 28th about and sent the order directed to 'William Oldfield Esquire York'
George brought me from the bank this morning the order for £35.8.0 and £50, ten in gold, forty in notes, offered Abraham tonight to engage him for the next 3 months at 10/- per week or 2/6 per day the gardener to keep account of his time
Dinner at 7 10/60 - opened the hamper of new marsala to get one bottle for dinner
Ann had letter from her sister it took me till near eleven writing copy of answer Ann's answer about Landymere stone - would consider the matter and let the Sutherland's know before saying anything to Samuel Washington - mention price of Listerwick wheel - they have an estimate of wheel 42 feet diameter and 3 feet breast for their Saddleworth mill = £445 including fixing - observations that they might another estimate or 2 useful - mention the rent of my Hill top farm, and rate of valuing 20 Daywork buildings thrown in at 50/- = £50 two good cottages £5 - Observations on the difference of the Scotch and English way of pronouncing Latin being in the pronunciation of the vowels a, e, i - not in the prosodaic quantity of the syllables - on this point no scholar in doubt. Told Ann Messrs. Hemingway and son of Southowram met me returning from the quarry and offered 6d. per foot deep (i.e. 1 square yard 1 foot thick) for the stone or 4/6 per yard super - (James Bentley offered 5/- per yard super) - told them I would tell Miss Walker of their offer
From 10 3/4 to 11 1/4 wrote all the above of today - finish day - then sat reading the newspaper and looking into the Quarterly Review that came tonight with the other periodicals - till came upstairs at 12 at which hour Fahrenheit 37 - left Ann downstairs just finishing her letter to her sister.
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