Progress of house-building and garden; visit to Corfe with Ma (William's mother, Annie Wallace) sister Violet and Miss Buckton.
Forwarding of a sextant and book, suggests William takes readings and compares results with Ordnance Survey map, gives detailed instructions for surveying fields and boundaries; progress of house building, walls and ceiling joists, expects roof to go on in a month; Bingo? unwell so has done no digging; Greenhouse leaks; pond filled and red water lilies planted, plans to exchange water plants with a nurseryman in Christchurch [Dorset]; glad William has met more Socialists, encloses letter from a Socialist correspondent (unnamed, letter not present).
Progress of house-building and garden; building costs; fossilised animal skull found when digging, sketch enclosed (not present); many visitors to the house; William's sister Violet.
Sketch enclosed (not present) of animal skull found in garden; furniture for house; Ma (William's mother, Annie Wallace) and sister Violet; progress of house-building.
William's holiday at Keswick; visit to Broadstone with Ma (William's mother, Annie Wallace) and Olive Casey; aquatic plants for garden arrived from America; slow progress in house-building; Conan Doyle's "Hound story" disappointing; awful West Indian volcanic eruption (Mount Pelee, Martinique, 8 May 1902).
Visits to Broadstone several times a week, planting of water-lilies in [Broadstone] garden pond, progress of building cellar, furnace, and fireplace, "Monogram" for front chimney; merits of different types of wood panel, details to be arranged with Mr Curtis Senior.
Progress of house-building; William's holiday at Keswick, Mount Skiddaw; offer from a doctor to lease Corfe View.
Wells and cesspools; progress of building work (at Broadstone); problems with his eyesight, occulists prescription for new glasses to correct double vision; woods being planted with wildflowers; Conveyance (of Broadstone property) now signed and land paid for.
Progress of house building; 3 chimneys up, Percy (Curtis) proud of appearance of roof's gables, hips and dormers, felting and tiling to be done; annoying delays in fitting window frames; rough calculation of 400 feet of water piping, good book on hot water supply by Mr Dye; choosing fixtures and fittings for kitchen and bathroom from Spring? and Marten of Stratford catalogue; electric bells to be fitted; suggests William might find books on surveying in old Newcastle bookshops.
House-building; garden; colour cure for sore eyes; final corrections to Ms of new edition of Wonderful Century.
ARW thanks C. R. for abstracts on "hanging valleys". ARW mentions his theory of seed migration through the air and is looking for evidence. Enquires if C. R. has geological survey work in Cornwall, or has he retired. ARW is building a house at Broadstone "on a very pretty bit of land".
Dr Paterson to lease Corfe View for 7 years; ARW plans to move into new house in September; garden; sister Violet coming home on a visit.
House-building; cost of building materials; estimate of total cost; hopes for an advance payment from Macmillan and money from Swan-Sonnenschein. Sketch of flooring section of house on p2.
William's engineering career; heavy bills for building; possibility of bank loan; Corfe View house; garden.
Re: William's career; house-building [of "Old Orchard" in Broadstone, Dorset] almost complete; costs of building. Enclosed is a drawing of the "North Bedroom".
Breeches Bible; William's engineering work at Rugby; Rugby school; house-building.
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House-building, interior decoration; plans to vacate house at Parkstone 20th September; visit by grandpa (William's grandfather, William Mitten).
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