Monday 11 March 1839

Fine morning Fahrenheit 41 inside and 41 1/2 outside at 9 a.m. breakfast at 9 1/4 in 1/2 hour

Then walked with Ann in front of the house 40 minutes - then with Robert the joiner and about in the house till 12 - the doorway from the new gallery into the north chamber broken out this morning - then with Ann a little while

Robert Mann came about 1 - went with him to Sunwood quarry to help to loaden George with rough unsquared flags to finish at the walk in front of the house up to terrace wall about 4 yards long remains to be done - Sunwood quarry looks so ill, told Robert I should give it up - then to Lane ends quarry - 5 yards thick of baring - there will be 500 yards of baring - will be done tomorrow - then walked leisurely to Listerwick - some time there - home about 4 1/2

Then with Mark Hepworth on the embankment then had Booth there and at home - gave him Nelson's bills again home with him, and note that came for me this afternoon asking leave to copy - told Booth to tell his wife not to let the bills go out of her sight - the man to copy them in her presence

Mark Hepworth will have brought all the soil from Northgate tomorrow - said Isaac Green would have stuff enough from the foundations of his new houses in Silver street to rubble my new road in St Anne's street - told Booth to see after it - Isaac Green to cart it there for nothing, and cover the whole breadth of the road (10 yards wide) if he had stuff enough, and then I should only have to pay for breaking

John Booth went to Mr. Jubb again (second time) today - better but must take care not to get cold - annoyance about the washing all day long - from 4 a.m. and had not done at 5 p.m. Keeping John Booth all the day

2 heavy thick Journal books, and Lardner's 2 volumes Antiquities of Greece and Rome and 1 volume Sismondi's Italian Republics came from Whitley's this afternoon - read 2 or 3 pages of the Antiquities of Greece just before dinner

Dinner at 7 5/60 - Ann read French - coffee - no newspaper tonight

Wrote all the above of today till 9 1/4 - then read and made notes from page 230 to 262 volume 2 Wilkinson and came upstairs at 10 1/2 at which hour Fahrenheit 37 1/2 inside and 32 outside fine day - cold thaw during the day but freezing again in the evening.  

WYAS: SH:7/ML/E/22/0137

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