Saturday 13 April 1839
Fine morning Fahrenheit 48 1/4 inside and 48 1/2 outside at 8 55/60 and breakfast in about 1/2 hour - then with Ann and walked with her in front of the house till about 10 1/2
Then out - to Listerwick - Robert + 3 filling carts as yesterday but the heap of better stuff close to the orchard - some time talking to Joseph Mann - got his and Roberts bills to be ready for settling this evening
A flow of water into the pit that Joseph Mann did not like - thought the pumps shook the tubbing but hoped it would be of no consequence - paid Robert Fielding his last fortnight's wages - a minute or 2 at the waterwheel - Alfred Mann and Charles Carter levelling and trenching there
Returned by the meer - Jack Green and David Mann at the puddling and Thomas Sharpe following after the carts, but the men were at dinner
Home by the walk at 12 1/2 - with Ann at her luncheon - at my desk at 1, and she lay on the bed by me for 1/2 hour or more - I was at accounts
She rode off to Cliff hill about 2 1/2 or later - I had just arranged and entered Robert Mann's accounts in my rough book when Booth came about three - the kitchen fire place reset yesterday smokes so terribly what should be done? - settled about this - Stephen Schofield came to put up iron plating on Monday - then ordered about waterwheel engine pit being covered over on Monday Mark Hepworth with 3 horses to bring the stone and to make up the day with carting fence stuff - the engine chimney also to be done on Monday or begin there and finished topping up (like 4 house chimney tops) on Tuesday - Water lane mill to be let and done immediately - and David Mann's cottage, and Mallinson to be at roofing the blacksmith's shop on Monday
It would cost to build 3 cottages at Halfhouses (at Mosey's) £50 a piece - to let at £4.10.0 Booth had paid £16 a piece for quite common cottages for joiner's work entire i.e. all iron work hinges &c. - he had paid £18 and £20 for ditto when anything at all extra - I said I reckoned roughly 3 times what was paid for joiners work as equal to the whole cottage to which Booth did not object therefore 16 x 3 = 48£ - told Booth to get all 7 bills made out
Long talk about the intended clerkship of the works for Ann and myself Mr. Parker to be steward and Mr. Adam ditto and Booth clerk of the works - to consider what he thought would pay him for his time - he would have to come here every day in hay time - pay the servants wages &c. with regard to the farms should note down the present state of repair, and the tenants should be held answerable for keeping the places in repair - Booth said it was customary here for owners to point and outside paint cottages - this to be considered
Mrs. Lee's brother's cart brought the old oak chest she bought me price a sovereign - we knocked out the bottom immediately - a heap of worm-eaten dust - but the front of the chest very handsomely as would
Ann returned about 4 3/4 - then paid Booth 3 bills for Ann she giving me the money - for Hatters' street &c. had Ward and paid him and at 6 Joseph Mann came - entered his bills in my rough book and paid him
Dressed - dinner at 7 1/4 - Robert Mann while we were at dinner - his bills being ready, he signed them and I went out for a minute after dinner and paid him
Ann read 5 pages French - I asleep a little while on the sofa - coffee - wrote all but the 1st. line of today till now 10 25/60
Letter tonight from Mrs. Gross respecting herself and her husband in answer to my letter of Thursday the 11th. instant he 43 she 35 - wages 40 guineas and 20 guineas and 4 francs a day each board wages - have both lived with the honourable Mrs. Deveaux - the wife now living with Mrs. Deveaux sister in law to the honourable Mrs Deveaux all this to be considered and written about tomorrow
Sat talking till came upstairs at 11 at which hour Fahrenheit 48 inside and 43 1/2 outside - fine day - Ann took two Brodies pills
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