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Aunt Anne has a birthday. Anne buys buns

Thurs[day] 26 March 1835

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12 1/4  

No kiss Ver[y] fine morn[in]g F 44° at 8.50. Till 9 1/2 r[ea]d fr[om] page 227 to 254 end of ‘An Inquiry int[o] the

Nature of Sleep and Death, w[i]th a view to ascert[ai]n the mo[re] immed[ia]te causes

of d[ea]th, and the bet[ter] regulat[io]n of the means of obviat[in]g t[he]m. Repub[lishe]d by permiss[io]n of

the presid[en]t and council of the Roy[a]l Soc[iet]y, fr[om] the philosoph[ica]l Transact[io]ns for 1827

                                                29-31-33 and 34. Being the conclud[in]g part of the author’s experiment[a]l

           Inq[uir]y int[o] the Laws of the vit[a]l Funct[io]ns. By A.P.W.Philip, M.D.F.R.S, L & E

Fellow of the Roy[a]l Colleges of Physic[ia]ns of Lond[on] and Edin[burgh] etc. Lond[on]

Hen[r]y Renshaw, 356, Strand. 1834 ‘Lond[on] Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars.

Late J. Davidson’ – vol[ume] 800 pages 254.

Br[eak]f[a]st at 9.35 to 10 ½. A lit[tle] whi[le] w[i]th my fath[e]r, bet[ter] t[hi]s morn[in]g. Off w[i]th A-[Ann] to H-X [Halifax] at 11 1/2

V   down the o.b [old bank] 5 min[ute]s at the office of mess[e]rs P- [Parker] and Adam. A- [Ann] walk[e]d ab[ou]t whi[le] I w[a]s t[he]re, told  

Mr Adam

mere[l]y to reply to Mr Mitchell’s no[te] t[ha]t till he M- [Mitchell] h[a]d set a price on the Low[e]r- George est[a]te, they,

mess[e]rs P- [Parker] and A- [Adam], w[oul]d n[o]t bid a price. S[ai]d I sus[pecte]d t[he]re w[a]s so[me] trick[in]g und[e]r h[a]nd work. Mr A-

[Adam]

agreed w[i]th me and th[ou]ght a Mr Holroyd or so[me] s[u]ch na[me], a gr[ea]t build[e]r w[a]s ab[ou]t mak[in]g the purchase.

A- [Ann] and I t[he]n w[e]nt to Whitley’s so[me] ti[me] t[he]re. Booth offer[e]d to pay b[a]ck the 5 guin[ea]s p[ai]d to h[i]m 20 Oct[ober] last

and by h[i]m p[ai]d to Longman and co[mpany] to be p[ai]d to mess[e]rs Pickford’s, waggoners, for tak[in]g my carr[ia]ge up to Lond[on]

V-Visit

1835

M[ar]ch.  b[u]t Pearce the c[oa]ch mak[e]r who has done up my carr[ia]ge hav[in]g p[ai]d Pickf[or]d £6+ I told Booth t[hi]s sh[oul]d

be settled on pay[in]g my c[oa]ch mak[e]rs bill and I took the 5 guin[ea]s out in books. One p[ou]nds worth

for mys[elf]. Brown’s Zoologist’s Text b[oo]k etc and the remaind[e]r for A-[Ann]. The Encylop[edi]a of geog[raph]y complete

+   and Sharon Turner’s sacred hist[ory] of the world, t[he]n to Nicholson’s shop to buy Nanroot muslin

V  for child’s frock to be work[e]d to gi[ve] to L[ad]y V.C [ Vere Cameron], t[he]n ret[urne]d by the N[orth]g[a]te. Called at Batty’s the  

confect[ione]rs

to congrat[ulate] h[i]m on hav[in]g b[ou]ght the adjoin[in]g cot[tage] of mess[e]rs Bateman and co[mpany], hoped B- [Bateman] w[oul]d n[o]t  

sell

his purchase to an[y] one b[u]t mys[elf] b[u]t gl[a]d he meant to keep it, he ga[ve] £380 – told me of Greenwoods purchase, t[he]n in pass[in]g

the Raff yard saw Greenw[oo]d, saw the gr[ea]t cedar of Libanns arriv[e]d a lit[tl]e whi[le] ago fr[om] Kampsale

n[ea]r Doncast[e]r. Congrat[ulate]d h[i]m on his buy[in]g the prop[ert]y adjoin[in]g my Sheep Croft for the cot[tage]s and

f[iel]d h[a]d giv[e]n Mr Chamberlain £2100 and for the oth[e]r side winding Lane £1100

a Mr Lister of Bradford has b[ou]ght the bot[tom] of the f[iel]d d[o]wn to the brook mean[in]g to build a mill t[he]re.

Greenw[oo]d shew[e]d us ov[e]r his purchase, s[ai]d I w[oul]d ta[ke] it off his hands if he liked and s[ai]d I h[a]d

just made the sa[me] offer to Batty, begg[e]d J [ John] G- [Greenwood] n[o]t to sell to any one b[u]t mys[elf], he will n[o]t sell

at all b[u]t will do an[y]th[in]g to accom[o]d[a]te me. All right, ret[urne]d up the new bank, ho[me] at

2.20, a few min[ute]s w[i]th my a[un]t, h[a]d wish[e]d h[e]r man[y] hap[py] ret[urn]s of the day just bef[ore] go[in]g

to H-X [Halifax] and now br[ou]ght her so[me] lit[tle] buns fr[om] Batty’s, she is 70 today. Fr[om] 2 1/2 to 4 A-[Ann] and

I sat look[in]g ov[e]r Washington and Arnold’s plan of H-X [Halifax], plann[in]g new st[ree]ts etc. I w[e]nt out

again at 4.05.  1.10 h[ou]r w[i]th Ch[arle]s How[ar]th in the workshop talk[in]g ab[ou]t coal and Mr Rawson’s engine

on the top of the hill, his pit is 120 y[ar]ds deep and at t[hi]s depth his 2 engines are set and

his galloway-gate commences, w[hi]ch after going ab[ou]t 200 y[ar]ds long tow[ar]ds the chicken, divides

int[o] 2 branches, one lead[in]g to the bot[tom] of the old bank, the oth[e]r to Swan banks. The engines

pump the wat[e]r fr[om] the depth they do pump it be t[ha]t depth wh[[a]t it may int[o] the level

commenc[in]g at the 120 y[ar]ds pit bot[tom] and running out just bel[ow] Thief Bridge. Ch[arle]s H- [Howar]th knows

t[ha]t 6 y[ar]ds of level is lost for e[ver]y 100 y[ar]ds breadth of coal-bed ∴ [therefore] as many ti[me]s 6 y[ar]ds

*     but he can pump wh[a]t ev[e]r depth he h[a]s pow[e]r for. T[he]n if he pumps 42 y[ar]ds he

can get by it 7 x 100 br[ea]dth of coal = 700 y[ar]ds br[ea]dth fr[om] his engine pit w[hi]ch will ta[ke] in the who[le] of

Mr Sam[ue]l Hall’s coal. They say they can loose d[o]wn as far as Brookfoot – yes! if

they ha[ve] pow[e]r to pump up fr[om]so gr[ea]t a depth as t[hi]s w[oul]d require. They are now driv[in]g

in Sandstone go[in]g to spend their level in the coal. I und[er]st[oo]d John Mann they h[a]d on[l]y

25 y[ar]ds of level to sp[en]d, vid[e]…. i.e 25 y[ard]s to pump: but 25/6 = 4 1/6 ∴ [therefore] they can

on[l]y get a br[ea]dth of 400 + 100/6 or n[o]t 420 y[ar]ds br[ea]dth of coal. Fr[om] 5 1/4 to 6 1/4 w[i]th Pickells and his broth[er]

Nat[han] do[in]g up wall t[ha]t h[a]s fallen in John Mallins[o]n’s f[iel]d n[ea]r Breakneck, and sett[in]g out bit of new

Brook course. Din[ner] at 6 1/2, ½ h[ou]r w[i]th my fath[e]r and Mar[ia]n, the form[e]r bet[ter] tonight. Coff[ee] at 7.40 sat d[o]wn

N  st[ai]rs talk[in]g till 9. I suggest[e]d a plan for a priv[a]te school in Lightcliffe to be call[e]d the Cliffhill school, t[he]n

look[in]g ov[e]r b[oo]ks co[me] tonight fr[om] Whitleys. 1/2 h[ou]r w[i]th my a[un]t till 10.20 t[he]n wr[ote] all b[u]t the 1st 11 lines of today  

till 11.5 at w[hi]ch h[ou]r F[ahrenheit] 49° ver[y] fine day.

V- Visit  N- Note  + - referring to book/text * Highlighting Mr Rawson’s coal and loose

[annelisterofhalifax]

More measurements,Coal and Water

Sat[urday] 28

8.10

11 3/4

No kiss Fine morn[in]g F 45° AT 8.55 at w[hi]ch h[ou]r br[eak]f[a]st. Out fr[om] 9 1/2 to n[ea]r 12 w[i]th the 3 Manns

John, Rob[er]t and Joseph and stood talk[in]g to t[he]m whi[le] th[e]y drank t[hei]r beer in the upper kitchen

till 12.10. W[e]nt up to Walker pit to see wh[a]t Pickells sh[oul]d do at gin race, they h[a]d staked

out the line of gall or jumble running thro[ugh] conery wood and the direct[io]n of wat[e]r level and w[e]nt

to see the stakes. T[he]n ca[me] d[o]wn to the draw well, and they drew out the cover even on the top of it the line of

wat[e]r lev[e]l. N[or]th and South and East and West board of the coal, the line of gall or trouble

and of the drift we are driv[in]g up to Walker pit. Drew out als[o], the lines of due N[or]th, S[ou]th East

and West and we talk[e]d ov[e]r the chances of gett[in]g mo[re] wat[e]r by driv[in]g anoth[e]r drift to

cross the gall low[e]r d[o]wn in the coal bed, and t[he]n get mo[re] [dri]v]e and mo[re] sipe [drain] of water.

**  Our pres[en]t drift up to Walker pit, is fr[om] mouth to vent-pit 43 y[ar]ds

     i.e fr[om] m[ou]th to where we begin driv[in]g in the dirt band 43 y[ar]ds,

    Dist[an]ce fr[om] Drift- mouth to where the drift crosses the gall 77 + 43 = 120 y[ar]ds

     no wat[e]r till aft[e]r driv[in]g so[me] dist[an]ce in the dirt band and n[o]t m[u]ch till aft[e]r cross[in]g the gall  

    our pres[en]t  free run, t[ha]t  n[o]t forced i.e [that is]  runn[in]g quiet[l]y as it does, will fill a 2 in[ch] bore pipe,

    f[ou]nd at the back of the gall. Br[ea]dth of gall =

    Fr[om] gall to gett[in]g out of dirt band ab[ou]t 140 y[ar]ds

    Fr[om] gett[in]g out of dirt band to Walker pit ab[ou]t 35 y[ar]ds ∴ no wat[e]r or ver[y] lit[tle] being

    f[ou]nd till we g[e]t behind the gall we drove 120 y[ar]ds bef[ore] gett[in]g the wat[e]r.

The Manns th[in]k I sh[oul]d get as m[u]ch mo[re] wat[e]r by cross[in]g the gall at a low[e]r point in the coal

stratum and driv[in]g behind the gall ab[ou]t 200 y[ar]ds. It w[oul]d be best to set in ab[o]ve the pres[en]t

drift on a lev[e]l w[i]th the sycam[ore] stand[in]g at the end of the wall on t[hi]s side of the r[oa]d bey[on]d the well

und[e]r the gr[ea]t sycam[ore]. We sh[oul]d be at the gall in ab[ou]t 100 y[ar]ds and t[he]n sh[oul]d dri[ve] 200 y[ar]ds farth[e]r.

Th[i]s wat[e]r w[oul]d co[me] in at a level 7 f[ee]t high[e]r t[ha]n the wat[e]r fr[om] the pres[en]t drift, if we want

the pres[en]t wat[e]r to co[me] out for the sake of go[in]g to the house, at a high[e]r lev[e]l m[u]st drive

a cross drift 45 to 50 y[ar]ds long. If I ta[ke] the upp[e]r bed wat[e]r off in a goit to

Mytholm engine pit, John Mann th[in]ks I shall ha[ve] ver[y] lit[tle] wat[e]r  to lift, t[ha]t I shall ha[ve]

plenty of pow[e]r to spare, t[hi]s w[oul]d suit me. I m[i]ght get en[ou]gh for a mill for Aquilla

Green?  rem[ember] he wants 20 horse pow[e]r to turn 3 p[ai]r of stones. M[u]ch talk ab[ou]t

the tail goit fr[om] engine pit. Rob[er]t Mann agrees w[i]th me, it sh[oul]d be wide in proport[io]n to the

+ - reference to literary text   * - original was pencil drawn and written  V- Visit  ** - Walker pit drift obs[erved] on gett[in]g mo]re wat[e]r

1835 M[ar]ch width of the wheel, a 3 f[ee]t 6 in[ches] goint n[o]t en[ou]gh for a 6 f[ee]t wide wheel, mo[re] like[l]y a 5 f[ee]t wide goit, sh[oul]d be 30 in[ches] high. T[he]n suppo[se] 2 f[ee]t 6 in[ches] high by 5 f[ee]t wide at bot[tom] w[i]th good rag cov[e]r 5 or 6 in[ches] thick and good rag bottoms 3 to 4 in[ches] thick and 6 f[ee]t 6 in[ches] long. T[hi]s w[oul]d ma[ke] a bet[ter] job t[ha]n wall[in]g and arch[in]g near the surf[a]ce. W[oul]d be ab[ou]t 100 y[ar]ds of t[hi]s and the *  oth[e]r 60 w[oul]d be a com[mon] drift mere[l]y want a lit[tle] arch[in]g n[ea]r the engine pit and wheel. Stocks advertis[in]g a drift and pit to let, mean[in]g to loose Swaine’s coal. The Manns will push on w[i]th Walker pit, may bot[tom] it by the end of July. I want to be ready for next Spring York assizes, t[ha]t I may kn[ow] wh[a]t to do ab[ou]ts Spiggs etc. Sat talk[in]g to A-[Ann] fr[om] 12.10 to 12.50 t[he]n till 1.35 wr[ote] the ab[ov]e of the day N t[he]n wr[ote] as foll[ow]s to ‘Mr Ja[me]s Holt, High Roydes’ Shibd[e]n Hall D=Sat[urday] 28 M[ar]ch 1835. Sir ‘ The[re] are so[me] diffic[ultie]s ab[ou]t my gett[in]g stone at the Hipper[holm] quarry, in conseq[uen]ce of w[hi]ch I shall be ‘ oblig[e]d to you to stop putt[in]g out the handbills as agreed. Do n[o]t splice a rope for Walker pit ‘ you h[a]d bet[ter] ord[e]r anoth[e]r new one of Crapper. I am sinc[erely] etc etc etc A Lister’ Had Vc Mrs Wat[er]h[ou]se fr[om] 1 3/4 to 2 1/2, she call[e]d up[on] A-[Ann] and me and to collect so[me] subcript[io]n fr[om] Mar[ia]n, c[oul]d n[o]t get A-[Ann] or me to gi[ve] h[e]r an[y]th[in]g exc[ept] A-s [Anns] subs[cripti]on of a 100 g[uinea]s a y[ea]r to the  national schools. Ga[ve] my no[te], as ab[ov]e, to Geo[rge] to ta[ke] to the Woolpack, b[u]t if Holt sh[oul]d n[o]t be t[he]re, to ta[ke] the note to High Roydes. Out w[i]th A-[Ann] at 3 1/4 al[on]g the walk and Low[e]r brea and Leeds and Whitehall r[oa]ds and up A-s [Ann’s] Lidg[a]te f[iel]ds int[o] Bramley Lane to see Rob[er]t Schof[iel]d, this man finish[in]g A-s[Ann’s] new wall[in]g t[he]re. So[me] ti[me] w[i]th t[he]m, in ret[urnin]g turn[e]d d[o]wn Stony Lane to Mytholm. Thorp and jun[io]r and his man h[a]d been t[he]re sow[in]g peas, b[u]t gone at 5 1/4. A-[Ann] and I st[oo]d a lit[tle] whi[le] look[in]g ab[ou]t. Ho[me] at 5 3/4, h[a]d Pickells. He s[ai]d Washingt[o]n h[a]d so[me] int[ere]st of his own in wish[in]g me to ha[ve] stones fr[om] A-s [Ann’s] Hipperholm quarry. S[ai]d I h[a]d **  N   giv[e]n up the idea. Talk ab[ou]t the Tail-goit, P- [Pickells says he will do it at 2/. [shillings] a y[ar]d as far as it is an op[e]n goit i.e. up to the driv[in]g, s[ai]d I w[oul]d th[in]k ab[ou]t it. Holt h[a]d let it once ov[e]r to the Manns, let it to wall and arch at 4/6 p[e]r y[ar]d. P- [Pickells] w[ould] ta[ke] the dam to do, says Mawson says he is to ha[ve] all the work, he, Mawson and Washingt[o]n join at jobs. S.W [Samuel Washington] val[ue]d t[he]m, M-[Mawson] ta[ke]s t[he]m and they go shares und[er] ha[a]nd – n[o]t improb[able]. S.W [Samuel Washington] offend[e]d for so[me]th[in]g or oth[e]r at P- [Pickells].  S[ai]d I w[oul]d let the dam by tick[e]t nobod[y] know[in]g the bidd[in]gs b[u]t Mr Parker and mys[elf]. W[oul]d n[o]t bind mys[elf] to ta[ke] the high[e]st bidder. W[oul]d let the job mys[elf] to wh[o]m I chose. Din[ner] at 6 1/2, coff[ee], ca[me] up st[ai]rs at 7.40 r[ea]d today’s H-X [Halifax] guardian, wr[ote]the last 13 lines till 8.40 t[he]n r[ea]d the Lond[on] pap[e]r morn[in]g Herald N   till 9.55. h[a]d h[a]d Pickells at 8 3/4 for a few min[ute]s, br[i]ght ver[y] civ[i]l no[te] fr[om] Appleyard to say t[ha]t mess[e]rs Hen[r]y Bates and son of Washerlane made his wheel 40 f[ee]t diam[ete]r by 4 f[ee]t 6 in[ches] wide and Mr Illingworth coal-owner superintend[e]d the work[in]g of the mine. Fine day F now at 10 p.m * - Tail goit  N – Note Vc – Visit **-Tail goit vid[e]