Monday 18 March 1839

The snow very nearly gone on Saturday quite gone yesterday a slight sprinkling this morning and hard frost at 7 20/60 then sat reading and making notes 1st. 12 pages volume 3 Wilkinson till 8 50/60 at which hour Fahrenheit 37 1/2 inside and 34 1/2 outside

The men from Hemingway came this morning to scour the new flags for the entrance passage

Breakfast at 9 - then with Robert Norton taking down the ceiling of the first compartment of the entrance passage up to the north door to level the floor into the old china closet - sweeping and looking about and planning till now 11 3/4

Ann off to Cliff hill at 11 1/4 to 1 3/4 read forwards, and made many notes, to page 53 volume iii Wilkinson - Ann returned at 1 3/4

Had note from Miss Wilkinson with her Sunday schools' accounts book and wrote back to inquire about kitchen record - had Ann till about 2 1/2 - then went out – about

Came in about 3 - Mr. Horner come to sketch the interior of the hall - left him and Ann beginning it at 3 1/4

At Listerwick talking to Robert Mann and ordering for tomorrow - some time talking to William the engine-man - the cylinder came on Saturday they meant me to have had the other done up, but it was too bad, so the one come is a new one

Then some time talking to Thomas Pearson - mentioned I aware Mallinson's having ploughed up one of his yew trees landfields - he had said nothing to me about it - was under a penalty for it

Home about 5 1/2 - some while with Ann out again at 6 with Robert Mann and William Lord helping Sam Booth and Robert Fielding, who had been helping Joseph Mann today with drain at Listerwick, and George to loaden the Aspen tree root that grew between the 2 brook Ings, taken to the Lodge road to be set the 1st. thing tomorrow morning to help the rough rail-fence against the wood

Came in at 7 5/60 dressed - dinner at 7 1/4 - Ann read French – coffee

Note this afternoon by Mr. Nelson's measurer from Mr. Harper York who begged Nelson might have the working drawing of the stables as originally drawn, before the addition (which I had intended from the 1st.) of the top story - Joseph Booth brought me the note to Listerwick - referred him to his father who has all the working drawings

Wrote the above of this page till 9 3/4 - then read from page 52 to 82 volume iii Wilkinson - came upstairs at 10 3/4 - finish day - Fahrenheit 34 inside and 37 1/2 outside at 11 p.m. 

WYAS: SH:7/ML/E/22/0139 & SH:7/ML/E/22/0140

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