Saturday 30 March 1839

Fine, cold morning - hard frost - ice - Fahrenheit 38 inside and 33 1/2 outside at 8 40/60 a.m.

Breakfast at 9 - with Ann she had Thomas Riley (I think his name is) about cottage in Hipperholme - signed his agreement as entering to it today at £4.14.0 per annum - to give 12 notice - pay all taxes and keep in repair - rent payable weekly if required - not to keep a beer shop - I witnessed the agreement - it seems the old tenant is still in the house - he will go as soon as he can - when gone the day must be noted on the now-signed agreement

Then had Wood John (mason) of Orange Street Halifax to be paid for pulling down and rebuilding boiler house and resetting boiler 6 + 15 = 21 and extra work £2.8.1 1/2 = £23.8.1 1/2 - abating the penny ha’penny in payment he seems a quiet steady man - whig or radical - longish political quiet talk - he said he should think of it afterwards

All this and entering accounts and making memoranda took me till now 11 3/4 - then went out to Robert Mann + 3 on the lowest terrace walk levelling and preparing for rubbling

Then came in to Ann soon after 12, and sat with her while she took a basin of mutton broth, begging her to take another basin of ditto ditto which she did at 4

Out again at 2 - with Robert Mann again - William Lord and Ben at the lowest terrace walk, and Jack Green finished the rubbling of the top terrace walk ready for engine ash on Monday and afterwards to be covered with slate scraplings

Sometime at Listerwick and paid Robert Fielding his last fortnight's wages - the engine-man promised that the drum should be ready for its work on Monday - I waited 5 weeks for the cylinder and now a week today for the drum!

Out with Robert Mann planning about mound to break the north west wind off the garden till long after 6 - then with John Booth and about till came in at 6 1/2

George groom had asked me to give him gloves - no! I did not give gloves, nor did I know anybody who did - when was he to have a great coat - once every 3 years, & his new clothes every Easter - he has had his new London Hutton made suit (which arrived on the 19th. instant) given this evening to put on tomorrow

Dressed - paid the men's wages - dinner at 7 10/60 having 1st. ten lines of today till now 10 55/60 p.m. finish but very cold day with one or 2 short small snow showers driving about during the afternoon from 2 to 4 - Fahrenheit 38 1/2 inside and 34 1/2 outside at 11 p.m.

WYAS: SH:7/ML/E/23/0010

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