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head, i.e. above 7 years old — thought he could buy me as good a horse or better at Bradford
fair for £20 — A- [Ann] rode off to Cliff hill at 1 3/4 and was back at 4 — with Robert Mann and company —
he and Joseph have thought of a plan for the coal — can make the water wheel pump the 13 yards
at Listerwick pit by means of rods along the Low mine — to be talked over tomorrow —
John Sunderland came to me at the Low fish pond — would think nothing of his trouble if I would let him
bring me a 16 hands light bay horse to look at — 4 off — price 40 guineas — said I did not
intend giving that price — did not care to buy a horse before spring — gave him no hope of
buying his horse, but he so asked to bring him over, that I fixed 3 p.m. tomorrow — backwards
and forwards with the masons — 3 of them (and another about) at the present saddle room door now
turned into the coach house court — finished tonight — Edward to begin slating the coalshed
tomorrow as Baldwin does not come and 2 of Robert Mann’s men to begin the Laundry Court
road drain tomorrow and the rest to be at the Kitchen Court — Came in at 5 3/4 — dressed etc.
and read a little of Taylor’s history of the Decline of Rome till dinner at 7 5/.. — tea between 8 and 9
and sat talking to A- [Ann] then wrote all the above of today till now 11 p.m. came upstairs at 11 1/2 and Fahrenheit 33 1/2°
and raining fast —
Friday 8
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soft drizzling, small snowy, morning Fahrenheit 34 1/2° at 10 a.m. and breakfast — Mr. James Bentley came to
A- [Ann] about the Landymere stone soon after 10 — A- [Ann] consented that he should put down a hole 2 yards
square to see whether the stone is fast in water or not — if it is, A- [Ann] will pay £3 towards the
expense of the hole and Bentley to pay all the rest — if it is not fast in water, A- [Ann] to pay nothing —
Bentley staid talking till after 11 — A- [Ann] had Samuel Washington about 11 — he had had an application to tell
the lowest rent of Oak View mill — he thought of saying £200 — A- [Ann] will go over soon and Samuel Washington
to say that he or someone would be on the spot soon and an answer would be given — Samuel Washington thinks Bakes
would not do at all for the Stump X [Cross] Inn — he does not keep the Crown and anchor at
Bramley — both he and his son have each a school, and know Nothing of Innkeeping — Told
Samuel Washington to inquire about Mr. Tordoff — then sat with A- [Ann] at luncheon who was off to Cliffhill
about 2 — she rode the elder pony as usual and John Booth led Felix (for exercise) and
walked after A- [Ann] Robert Mann + 5 here in the afternoon (went away in the morning) — one at
the kitchen court, and 2 at the Laundry court road drain into the court main drain — and Robert and
Benjamin and David Mann at the lowmost pool — finished flagging it — and turned the water thence
down the underground drain — staid with them till 3 — the Low fish pond full and came tumbling
over the rocks a few minutes after I went away — went in at 3 with Thomas Greenwood —
Sunderland came soon afterwards with his 40 guinea horse — near 17 hands — plain drooping hind
quarters — heavy — 3 off — all to teach — not worth 30 guineas? — said I would say nothing
against the horse but would not give the price — Thomas Greenwood said a shop for Mallinson would cost above £200
and Mallinson could not afford to pay as much as I ought to have — said I should give up the idea of a shop —
potato shop, etc. — Greenwood said the garden would pay for itself? the gardener would sell the stuff to hawkers
at wholesale prices — Mr. Salthmarshe used to sell a great deal in this way — Thomas Greenwood and Roger Ive
[margin text:] Snow.
Landymere stone
vide next page line 9 et seq.
Bakes will not suit.
Low fish pond full again
the garden will pay for itself!
no shops but gardens at Northgate
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had divided the plot I set out in 24 gardens at 30/. — valued the ground at 1 1/2d per annum rent —
the town’s water cannot be got into my Hopwood Lane fields — should be worth £16 a year — the shed
cost £10 — Thomas Greenwood bought it for that? — and sold it to Denniston for £5 and I should give £3 for
it — not worth more now — the Estimates for the boiler to come tomorrow morning — would be about £15 —
Thomas Greenwood thinks Mr. Carr has not retaken the White Swan — going to send a copy of a writ to Holt
(James) for £5 which Holt has owed Greenwood these 4 or 5 years — Hainsworth losing his credit in Hull — Thomas Greenwood
had bought a plot of stone of Mr. Wilson of quarry house for £30 worth some hundreds — stone that Thomas Greenwood
could not get for 8/. (did he not say?) a yard will only cost him 9d.! May this turn out well!
Je m’en doute [I doubt it] — 10 2/3 feet thick of stone at 9d. = 8/. per yard super — Bentley owned this morning
the stone in the field he is going to begin in will be 12 feet thick towards the top of the field or thickest part of the stone
he said also that he would pay down 4/5 of the price agreed for to be paid for the stone as got — had got more than
500 yards a year — in fact, he did not deny it was fair to rate his average getting at 500 yards a year
walked with Greenwood as far as the Lodge — then out about till about 6 1/2 — a few minutes with A- [Ann] and went
up to dress at 6 3/4 — dinner at 7 5/.. — till 9 1/4 wrote all the above of today — then tea — Letter tonight
from Mr. Harper, York, with new design for the gate post caps, such as will suit the stone
got for the purpose while Mr. Gray was here — Note from Mr. James Norris respecting attending a meeting
to audit the accounts of expense of Mr. John Watley’s lost election for the West riding — A- [Ann] read
her 2 ppages of French — came upstairs at 10 35/.. at which hour Fahrenheit 31° — wet, disagreeable morning — tolerable afternoon
merely damp and foggy afternoon and evening —
[margin text:] H-x [Halifax] fields
vide page 43
value of stone average rate of getting it —
Saturday 9
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soft damp morning but nearly fair and Fahrenheit 39° at 11 — paid Schofield the joiner for Little Marsh —
breakfast at 11 1/4 in about 1/2 hour — a Mr. Brown from Bradford (sent by Mr. Wheatley) came to look at
Mangnal[l] — bade £4 then £5 to John Booth — I was at breakfast and did not see the man — think now of
keeping the horse for the gin — A- [Ann] and I in the breakfast room looking at maps (think of going to Oak View Mill
and to sleep at Delf [Delph] on Wednesday) till 12 1/2 — then in and out — a little while again with A- [Ann] off on Felix to Cliff hill about 3 1/4
John Booth walked by the side to bring the horse back and I walked with her as far as Mytham —
then at Mrs. Aquilla Green’s and at old Hannah’s some time — a little while at the Low fish pond, and
stood talking some time with Robert Mann in the kitchen court — hinted at having good reasons
for wishing to get rid of Michael but did not mention his name — he and Benjamin to go next Saturday week —
I shall then have Robert + 3 left — enough — came in about 5 1/2 — dressed — then paid Thomas Turner a
little bill for stone then had the Manns till 7 25/.. — the platform walling to be done the
31 3/4 yards along the Wakefield road 3 feet wide at the bottom and 2 feet wide at the level of the road
and 5 feet 6 inches high above that (I have round tops enough ready to be put on with lime) for 30/. per rood —
||the Listerwick water wheel to be connected by rods through Listerwick Low mine with Listerwick pit
||and thus pump the water there — dinner at 7 1/2 — sat reading last Gentlemans magazine downstairs till 9 and then upstairs
looking over advertisements of books till 11 p.m. at which hour Fahrenheit 38° and fair and moonlight as last night — finish but
damp day till about 3 1/2 when rain and rained till I left Mitham after 4 — wrote all the above of today till now 11 1/4 p.m.
[margin text:] Platform walling agreement
Read the newspaper till 11 3/4 p.m.
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