Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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I know not what this means. James says Mr. Colingwond was indifferent,
etc., which discourafred him and made him for going^ home
again—he thought they had desired him to come or he would not
have sought their business, etc. Uncle ordered to putt the i)artition
wall of lath and plaister among the articles for plain wall and not
among ceiling, as it was.
1718/9. Jan. 5th. Writt to Mr. Brown—he had the plaisterer's
account according to our calculation and the sums total of each
division, would not be confident that it is exactly true, but, however,
uncle had made it useless, by ordering us to transpose the partitionwall,
etc., and putt it under the head of plain wall at three half
pence per yard. He ordered this but just before bedtime last night
and had not time to cast up the sums total again according to his
division, etc. If any difference between his and our calculations
•owing to the shortness of their rule, etc. I promised to make
experiment at leisure and send, etc.
Was witness to a bond and letter of attorney for 1607. lent to
Mr. Storey and son, of Beenly. James to send me 20