Wednesday 20 March 1839
Fine but dullish morning Fahrenheit 41 inside and 36 1/2 outside at 8 a.m. from then to 9 20/60 making notes from Wilkinson volume iii from page 52 to 82 - breakfast at 9 20/60 to 10 hearing Ann as of late Italian vocabulary
Then with Robert the joiner and about till 11 - then Ann not seeming quite well, sat with her in the north parlour reading and making notes from Wilkinson volume iii from page 82 to 127 - made many notes - Ann had Mr. Washington from about 11 1/4 to 1 5/60 respecting the Oakview mill business &c. Ann had appointed to be at Landymere at 1 3/4
Driving small rain now at 2 p.m. and came on some while ago - yet we are just setting off - walked leisurely (having my cloak on against the rain) to prevent being heated - Ann arrived a minute or 2 before me having passed me long past Mr. Wilson's - at Landymere at 2 3/4 Messrs. Bentley, Hemingway, Booth and Brown there - the latter said he would take off a foot of soil or rather sod - no! said I - there was to be no more sod taken off - then talked the agreement over - had a piece pulled down to measure - Booth measured the foundation to 3 feet 6 inches broad at the bit pulled down and to 2 feet 6 inches broad where the wall was left off - about a rood done - at 1st. said Brown had best give up his contract - for when he talked about the foot of soil to be taken off, I could not put any confidence in him - however the wall turning out so much better than I expected, it was agreed that Brown should finish the job according to agreement and Booth should look after it
Then talked over the road - Bentley to make drains at his own expence under the road if he thought them necessary - we all advised 2 or 3 - Captain and Mrs Sutherland would pay no than for Brown's walling
Then went to Bentley's quarry - Booth to measure the stone for Ann under her orders at the limit against Aspinall - Mr. Washington would measure or do as he thought right - merely looked over the wall at Joseph Mann's drift
Walked down the hill and along the Whitehall road as far as Stony Lane where Ann mounted at 4 20/60 to go to Cliff hill and I turned down the lane to Mitham and thence to Listerwick - there at 4 1/2 Robert Mann there - had given up work some while before told Joseph Mann we had all been at Landymere and the result, and that I should inquire into the thing tomorrow when Booth was present - then some time talking to Robert - he thought the big rag wall stone at Lane Ends should be worth 7 pence a load getting and loading - he meant the wall stone only - (two horse load) the rubble would go for nothing - I said he was to speak to Booth about it tomorrow - they might begin in the morning if it was too wet to do anything else
I had met Mr. Lee at Mitham - he wishes for a bit of baring, about 30 yards flat in the corner - to speak to Booth about it tomorrow
Home at 5 20/60 with Robert Norton, on looking about, and musing in the north room till Ann returned after 6 - dressed - dinner at 7 5/60 - Ann read French - Coffee
Read the newspaper till 9 1/2 - page 4 column 2. "the Chancellor of the Exchequer moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the acts whereby certain annuities had been granted to .... the duke of Wellington - under the acts by which annuities were settled on his grace, a sum of £25,000 was named as the jointure of the duchess of Wellington - that portion of the act now useless: but no provision had been made for the possibility of the duke making a jointure on the marriage of his eldest son - this bill therefore to enable his grace to provide a jointure in such case, not to exceed the amount formerly appointed as that of the duchess, for whoever should marry the eldest son - another object of the bill was to provide for the orders and presents made by foreign powers being settled on the title, as those made in England were"
It seems Ann did not get much that was very satisfactory this morning out of Samuel Washington but hinted to him that perhaps she should not give him much more trouble
Fine but dull morning till about noon or afternoon and small driving rain in the afternoon and evening
Then writing copy of letter for Ann to her sister till came upstairs at 11 p.m. at which hour Fahrenheit 44 1/2 inside and the same outside - windyish and fair
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