| Description | Disjointed sequence of entries - at one point he discontinues his regular entries with the words "Resumed on with Recapitulation, Monday, April 9, 1880". Mainly lists visits to various enterprises in U.K., but later has a spell in France. A note of despair is evident in earlier entries : "Wrote to the States. I wish I were back there again. I visited an American contractor, he gave me promise of a job to South America." "Very much depressed in mind." "What can a man do more ? " Later, in France, is responsible for sinking mine-shafts at Juliac, [Corrèze?] but is irked by the religious fêtes which cause lost days of work ("Much time lost from usual Cause") There is some evidence that W W K took over some men from Ruabon to France. |