Monday 30 October 1837

Rainy morning Fahrenheit 48 at 9 1/4 and breakfast in about 1/2 hour

Then out in the outbuildings all the day - Edward Waddington and James and Mark Sharpe 2 of them with Gray the labourer walling up laundry room chimney and James flagging the one step at the entrance door - all the rest of Booth's men John and Robert Sharpe Robert Wharton Amos Ambler and Abraham Murgatroyde and the lad (Edward's nephew) hewing under the farmyard shed - no other men came

John Booth poorly, with a boil (vide yesterday) and went home before I came downstairs and Sam Booth turned the Dolly till 11 - then had him and Abraham all the rest of the day till dark taking down the floor over the cowhouse and putting the joists and garden chains &c. over the barn passage, and putting the larch boards the long over the cowhouse and 2 stall-stable across the roof-beams - and the short boards into the hay shed, and put there also all the old lead and iron that were in the cowhouse and the remaining oak boards from out of the 2 stall stable

Had Firth junior about 11 a.m. to come tomorrow if fine, and line the cistern for rainwater under the upper kitchen window with lead 5lb to the foot if he would complete the job at 2 1/2d per lb. if not, I would get someone else to do it

Had Townend the horse dealer between 5 and 6 and gave him 1/2 sovereign for his trouble about bay horses - he came to say that if I could prove Mr. Hall or Mr. Mitchell said nothing about selling Felix with all his faults at the time of selling then the horse is returnable

Came in at 5 50/60 - 5 minutes with Ann dressed - had Engine Holt who brought his plan of the engine and engine house and will send his estimates tomorrow

Dinner at 7 coffee at 8 - Ann read French - I slept a little on the sofa, then till 9 3/4 wrote all the above of today downstairs Ann having had my journal all the day

Then read from page 92 to 159 volume 6 Indian Antiquities and Ann and I came upstairs at 10 3/4 at which hour Fahrenheit 40 1/2 - very rainy day and evening and highish wind at night.

WYAS: SH:7/ML/E/20/0153

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