#john sowden house

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Wrong Quentin Dupieux. 2012

Mansion Sowden House, 5121 Franklin Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA See in map

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John Sowden House, aussi connu sous le nom de « Jaws House » ou « Franklin House », se trouve dans la section Los Feliz de Los Angeles. Conçue par Lloyd Wrigh, le  fils de  Frank Lloyd Wright. Construit pour son ami et photographe John Sowden en 1926. - source Mary Tampakopoulou via Art Deco.

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From lillykrug and Ilaria Urbinati's Instagram: "Celebrating James Bond Anniversary with @the_macallan at the historic John Sowden House" on March 27, 2023

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Corbett Tuck and Leigh Whannell at Corbett’s 40s themed birthday celebration at the John Sowden House in Los Feliz.

I saw these photos on Instagram and Twitter, but haven’t been able to find any more details as to where these photos were found.

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The John Sowden house, Los Angeles, California. Linked to the Black Dahlia murder, although it's never been confirmed Elizabeth Short was murdered there.

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: Wednesday 9 January 1839

8 40

[?] 50

A-‘s cousin came coughed all last night as the 2 preceding nights – my chest quite sore – thick snow on the ground this morning – wrote and sent note to ‘Mr. Mackean, Yorkshire District Bank H-x’ done up in parcel with my banking book asking for order on London for £40.10.0 payable on demand to Mrs. Ann Lister and desiring my account to be brought down to the present time  observing that the £1344.3.7 was entered on the 21st ultimo but not the £500 I myself paid in on the 5th ultimo sent off John Booth with this packet at 9 40 and then at that hour breakfast in ½ hour – when A- had a Mr. Heaton –

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aet. 23, and said his wife was 19 or just 20, of Brighouse recommended by Mr. Phileman Bancroft to apply for the school – all went on pretty well, till he said he had partly engaged in another situation (not a school) and wanted A-‘s answer today – on which A- told him that as she could not possibly give an answer so immediately he had best think no more of the school – he asked in what time A- could give an answer – but she begged him to think no more of the school and thus he went away – he had been with Mr. Barber solicitor of Brighouse before he failed, wrote a tolerable hand and read in the new testament sufficiently well – a church man and of conservative principles it was now 11 – John B- brought back the bank-draft on London (Messrs. William Deacon and co.) payable to Mr. Ann Lister on demand £41.1.0 instead of £40.1.0 wrote explaining the overpayment of one pound – said I had done what I could to get the water

Rent  41.0.0

underpaid January 1837=  0.30.0

41.13.0

Deduct Insurance 1.12.0

40.1.0

over paid thro’ the bank inadvertence 1.0.0

41.0.0

rent, but had not yet succeeded – mentioned Mr. Sowdens’ having promised to pay on advance of £10 per annum but that my steward seemed to have let him off after the rate of 10/. a year less – I had not said anything about it at present in consideration of the times, and of the loss Mr. Sowden had sustained by the failure of his sons a 12 month or more ago – had just sent off John Booth at 11 ¾ with this letter to the post-office together with A-‘s letter written last night to her sister when Mr. Holmes’ A-‘s Southedge house tenant came and signed his lease, A- signing 1st the lease, and the memorandum at the back purporting that the tenant-right should be allowed according to the valuation of the same by 2 respectable persons – as to all matters and things done in a husband-like manner – very young-looking inexperienced-looking young man – I had David Booth at 12 – he dined with the servants – and then came to me again then A- had Waddington respecting the Lightcliffe church-rate – I with them sometime – Mr. Henry Flather the church warder to be asked to come here to speak on the subject of the organists’ salary – A- mentioned several people to be asked to attend the meeting at 2pm tomorrow and I mentioned 3 or 4 – Waddington to let them know (except Bancroft whom A- was to let know) and she gave W- 5/. for the time it would take him – he has 5/. a day for doing towns’ business – then had Booth again he was at Huddersfield yesterday and paid Mr. Richard Pollard for 59 yards of ground bared for stone adjoining Sun wood – 15 or 20 yards of this still to get that could not be had because of not seaming off – but now that I have permission to get 50 or 60 yards more at the same price that is 1/. per yard I shall be able to get what remains of my 1st lot – the face of the stone to be left open – told DB. to see what wanted doing at John Bottomleys’ and at Whiskam cottage – talked over what wood would be wanted for Listerwick boiler house roof, and roofing of the shades – mentioned taking put off for lumber room, and a small part for an office – wood would be about £30 and labour £5 for the roofing of the whole – talked over tram-road – wheel-stone instead of tram rails – told in brief the story of Mr. Rawsons’ behaviour respecting my coal – DB. thinks I could lay a floor over the coach house dressed on both sides at 4/6 per square yard – and if under drawn the dressing of one side would be saved so that the floor would be laid at 4/. per square yard and the under drawing (2 coats) done at 10d. per yard – say 5/. per yard – shewed DB. Mr. Bull’s bill and report B-‘s estimate of the masons’ work if the clow had been done according to Mr. B-‘s plan, [was] B- thinks 2 or 3 pounds under £30 – the whole job by him and the Manns’ was to have been done for £50 – the shuttle and Iron work could not have been more than £6 or £7 more – In the midst of all this when Mr. Stephen Nelson came at 3 25 – said I was glad   Mr. Booth happened to be here, and thus saying came upstairs immediately and left them together – B- soon came up to say Mr. N- wanted to settle but he had told him I should pay no attention to anything not signed by Mr. Harper – I confirmed this but told to say that he (B-) was my clerk of the works under Mr. Harper, and was .:. the proper person for Mr. N- to leave his bills with – then till 4 35 wrote all but the 1st line of today – then till 5 writing out in my business letter-book copy of letter to ‘Mrs. Lister, 13 Stockwell Common, London’ sent off to be in time for the London post at noon today – vide middle of last p. – then had written 1 ¾ p. to M- when A- returned from Cliff Hill half benumbed to death about 5 25 – rubbed her hands – got her a glass of hot weak marsala wine and water and she was the better for it – she had John B- to walk by her ponys’ side and bring him her Lightcliffe rents – in about 50 minutes more till 5 55 wrote the remainder of p. 2 and the whole of p. 3 and finished my letter as follows – ‘Shibden hall – Wednesday 9 January 1839. My dearest Mary – we were sorry and disappointed not to see you yesterday; but the badness of the weather and the limits put upon your time were enough to reconcile us as far as reconciliation could be possible – we only hope to be more fortunate another time – you will not need invitation upon invitation, but will come when you can – we shall always be glad to see you; and, we are sure you will be always satisfied with your welcome – Have you really ventured to travel today? we have grieved over its being so much worse than yesterday – your horses must have balled terribly – the mail, with a lady and gentleman inside, passed the Lodge yesterday hardly an hour beyond the time – today I have not heard at what hour it passed; but if you really were among the enclosed,  I hope and trust you got on better than could be expected – we shall be anxious to hear of your safe arrival at your

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journeys’ end – what a blessing that you all escaped in the minster yard without bodily harm! nobody hereabouts ever remembers such a storm of wind – But your mother seems to be well as of late, at which we rejoice very sincerely – I hardly dared name her individuality, for fear all might not be well – your account of the Norcliffes took us by surprise – we grieved and wondered – Poor Mr. Duffin! From that you say, I fear he cannot last long – Is not Mrs. Duffin herself far from well? How is Mr. Lawton? and we hope you will find Watson sufficiently well to be comfortable to herself, and of use to you – By the way, I must tell you, the wind rocked us as if we had all been in cradles – but we were comparatively sheltered; and all the damage was the blowing out the south and west windows of my new study in the tower – But they were not well fixed; and the plumber and glalzier-man was more than, or as much in fault as the wind – I write in haste as usual – you will begin to fancy, I shall never write at leisure again – not just yet, I dear – I have not got over my potherations – yet I live in hope – God bless you, my dearest Mary! affectionately yours AL. I send you a letter and newspaper which arrived on Monday’ – had just written so far and read to A- and sealed and directed my letter to ‘Mrs. Lawton Lawton hall Lawton Cheshire’ and redirected the letter and newspaper that arrived for her on Monday at 6 20 – then went into the cellar – 1 port Oldfield 2me qualité – dinner at 6 ½ - A- read French – coffee – I read the newspaper till 9 25 – Kind letter tonight 2 2/3 pp. from Miss Norcliffee Petergate York – thanks for the snuff-box ‘one of the handsomest I ever saw’ – ought to have been acknowledged before – but better late than never – the damage does not seem so great to the minster as would seem from Mrs. Lawtons’ letter – the least possible mention of Mrs. Lawton – merely saying she was to bring the letter – yet on some account or other it is arrived per post – fine day over – good deal of snow on the ground – I have not stirred out – I shall nurse a little till my chest is relieved – A- counted her Lightcliffe rents  about four hundred and forty and about one hundred of them still to be paid – came upstairs at 10 35 at which hour F30 ½° inside – and 18 ½° outside at 10 55 pm

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October’s Child playing Afternoon Delight at the John Sowden House in Los Feliz, CA on January 24th, 2018. Photos by @thelostangeleno

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Press release—Adriana Varejão at The Sowden House, L.A.

OCTOBER 6, 2017

ADRIANA VAREJÃO TRANSBARROCO October 19–21, 2017 The Sowden House 5121 Franklin Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90027

Gagosian is pleased to announce a special event at the legendary John Sowden House by Adriana Varejão, one of Brazil's most renowned living artists. For three consecutive evenings, Varejão's four-channel video installation Transbarroco (2014) will play across the facade and in the central courtyard of this extraordinary heritage building.  This U.S. première coincides with her first-ever West Coast exhibition, “Interiors,” at Gagosian Beverly Hills. In sweeping cinematic takes of the sumptuous interiors of Brazilian Baroque churches, and an accompanying sound collage, Transbarroco points to key cultural influences in Varejão's oeuvre. Described by Varejão as “jewels of the mestizo Brazilian Baroque,” the four churches that appear in the film are among the most significant examples of local religious architecture of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: the Church of San Francisco in Salvador, Bahia; the Third Order of Saint Francis in Rio de Janeiro; the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Ouro Preto; and the Cathedral of Mariana in Mariana, Minas Gerais. Transbarroco unfolds across four screens in scenes entitled Gold, The Blue, Sky and Earth, and China. Panning horizontally and vertically, the camera captures the diverse figures, surfaces, and sometimes incongruous elements that appear in the church interiors. CONTINUE READING...

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A $3.3 Million Modernist LA Home Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Son

The historic Los Angeles-area home blends indoor and outdoor living seamlessly.

If you’ve been hoping to own a piece of architectural history, now might be your chance.

Derby House—designed by Lloyd Wright, son of famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright—is on the market for just under $3.3 million. Built in 1926 for the businessman James Daniel Derby and his family, the Glendale, Calif. home is best known for its distinctive façade, designed with concrete ornamentation inspired by Mayan architecture.

But the home’s interior is just as stunning. The two-story, five-bed, three-bath house features open living spaces, a hexagonal dining room and a floor-to-ceiling fireplace within its 3,300 square feet. Accents throughout­—such as the garage and fireplace grates, French door grills and closets—mimic the surrounding yucca plants, a nod to Wright’s practice of integrating nature and design, a practice he inherited from his father.

Most of the house is made of concrete, wood and glass, allowing the space to feel light-filled and airy, especially the double-height living room. Purple- and pink-tiled bathrooms lend some color to the otherwise neutral, earth-tone home.

Situated on 1.5 acres of land across four adjacent lots, the house has plenty of outdoor space to enjoy as well. There are traditional patio areas along with an elevated terrace for lounging or dining, and the home looks out onto the neighborhood’s trees and woods.

Wright never quite reached the same level of fame as his father, but he did create some exceptional buildings throughout Los Angeles, such as the Wayfarers Chapel in Palos Verdes and the John Sowden House in Los Feliz. “Lloyd Wright was extremely versatile, much more so than his father,” the late architectural historian David Gebhard told the Los Angeles Times in 1993. “And he was a meticulous craftsman. In some ways, his concrete-block designs have held up better through the years than his father’s better-known work.”

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Derby House previously sold for $2.3 million in 2016 to Jeffrey Sanfilippo, the CEO of John B. Sanfilippo & Son, a nut distributor.

This time, it’s listed as furnished, so don’t worry about finding furniture to match the grandeur of the home itself.

By Tori Latham.

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John Sowden House, Los Feliz, Los Angeles. 

Design by Lloyd Wright, 1926.

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Master-post: Anne Lister content on this blog.

During this past year I’ve been collection info, transcribing journal entries and answering questions about Anne Lister. I thought it was time to properly tag everything...

This is a “master-post” with everything that is currently on this blog about the real Anne Lister.

My tags are mostly organized by topic since a lot of the discussions we’ve had during this time are focused on meanings and interpretations rather than un-edited transcriptions of the journals. Journal entries will also have a chronological tagging system (by year).

Anne Lister & Ann Walker: • courtship (#AL and AW: courtship) • reunion (#AL and AW: reunion) • married life (#AL and AW: married life) • anniversary (#AL and AW: anniversary) • problems (#AL and AW: problems) • backgammon (#AL and AW: backgammon) • travelling (#AL and AW: travelling)

Anne Lister (specific topics): • appearance (#anne lister: appearance) • nature (#anne lister: nature) • family (#anne lister: family) • sexuality (#anne lister: sexuality) • sex life (#anne lister: sex life) • oral sex (#anne lister: oral sex) • STI (#anne lister: STI) • her father paying a female prostitute (#anne lister: her father paying a female prostitute) • Christmas 1834 (#anne lister: christmas 1834) • thermometer (#anne lister: thermometer) • tinderbox (#anne lister: tinderbox) • french (#anne lister: french) • “Fred” (#anne lister: fred) • “Gentleman Jack” (#anne lister: jack) • walker pit (#anne lister: walker pit) • tenants (#anne lister: tenants) • politics (#anne lister: politics) • rank (#anne lister: rank)

Anne’s journal: • code (#anne lister: code) • symbols (#anne lister: symbols) • plain hand (#anne lister: plain hand) • earliest journal (#anne lister: earliest journal)

Anne Lister (terminology): • “having a kiss” (#anne lister: having a kiss) • “queer” (#anne lister: queer) • “incurred a cross” (#anne lister: incurred a cross) • “going to Italy” (#anne lister: going to italy) • “grubbling” (#anne lister: grubbling) • “being near” (#anne lister: being near) • “monsieur” (#anne lister: monsieur) • “dinky” (#anne lister: dinky) • “a little play” (#anne lister: play)

Anne Lister &: • Eliza Raine (#anne lister: eliza raine) • Mariana Lawton (#AL and ML) • Miss Browne (#anne lister: miss browne) • Maria Barlow (#anne lister: maria barlow) • Princess Radziwil (#anne lister: princess radziwil) • Madame Galvani (#anne lister: madame galvani) • The Ladies of Llangollen (#anne lister: llangollen)

Ann Walker (specific topics): • appearance (#ann walker: appearance) • mental health (#ann walker: mental health) • eating disorder (#ann walker: eating disorder) • family (#ann walker: family) • birthday (#ann walker: birthday) • “Adney” (#ann walker: adney) • Ainsworth (#ann walker: ainsworth) • the tribe (#ann walker: the tribe) • Ann Walker’s diary (#ann walker: diary) • after Anne Lister’s death (#ann walker: after AL death)

people (general): • Anne Lister (#real people: anne lister) • Ann Walker (#real people: ann walker) • Marian Lister (#real people: marian lister) • Aunt Anne Lister (#real people: aunt anne lister) • Jeremy Lister (real people: jeremy lister) • Rebecca Lister (real people: rebecca lister) • Mariana Lawton (#real people: mariana lawton) • Dr. Stephen Belcombe (#real people: dr steph belcombe) • Aunt Ann Walker (#real people: aunt ann walker) • Cordingley (#anne lister: cordingley) • Sam Sowden (#real people: sam sowden) • George Pickles (#real people: george pickles) • John Booth (#real people: john booth) • George Playforth (#real people: george playforth)

places: • Shibden (#topic: shibden hall) • Crow Nest (#topic: crow nest) • Lidgate (#topic: lidgate) • Cliff Hill (#topic: cliff hill) • New House (#topic: new house)

journal transcriptions: • all posts [+] (includes every post with a passage from Anne’s journal) • year: 1806-1814 / 1816 / 1817 / 1818 / 1819 / 1820 / 1821 / 1822 / 1823 / 1824 / 1825 / 1826 / 1827 / 1828 / 1829 / 1830 / 1831 / 1832 / 1833 / 1834 / 1835 / 1836 / 1837 / 1838 / 1839 / 1840

full transcriptions: SH:7/ML/E/26/1 (1806-1814) / SH:7/ML/E/26/2 (Aug-Nov 1816) / SH:7/ML/E/26/3 (Nov 1816-Mar 1817) / SH:7/ML/E/1 (21 Mar 1817-25 Jan 1818)

Transcription blog > @listertranscriptions (here you’ll find the unedited transcriptions I’m working on as a volunteer of the Anne Lister Diary Transcription Project)

I loved sharing, researching and talking with all of you about this brilliant woman. Let’s keep doing it!

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Lloyd Wright's (Son of Frank) John Sowden House, Los Angeles, CA

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1826 Monday 6 March

6 3/4 11 3/4

Went into the stable - wrote a note to Mr. Oates the architect to ask him to value the annual rent of Northgate house and the premises including 6 days work of land - added a little (under the seal) to my letter to Mss Mc.L- [Maclean] bad her come -

'my aunt is much taken with your description of Mc.D- [Macdonald] Is she not, unless her health be very good, ten years too old - Do tell me honestly your own opinion - You know I am a novice in these matters. Give me any hint you can, as to the most comfortable way of fitting up a complete travelling carriage - I ask everybody, that my aunt may have all the comfort that everybody can think of' -

Sent off about 8 my letter (written yesterday) to 'Miss Maclean of Coll, 15 Hill Street Edinburgh and my note to Mr. Oates - Dressed - went out with William Keighley junior at 8 50/60 - pruning and cutting off dead branches in the hall-wood, etc. came in to breakfast at 10 - wound up the clocks - went out again at 10 50/60 -

William K- [Keighley] and I went to look at that glen between Pump and the late Jonathon Walsh's - 1/2 of it belongs to us - then went to Southholm - over looked all the woods and fences - and the whole course of the brook - gave Hemingway orders to lead stones for waring - told him he must pay up his whole rent - could make him no allowance any longer - if he could not do on the farm, would make it into 3 farms - then overlooked yewtrees wood and the fences - In returning cut out 15 firs and larches for railing out of Cowgate wood near Belvidere - sent William K- [Keighley] to the house (at 2 1/2) to get some beer - staid out with James Sykes and 1 or other near an hour, in spite of the rain, then William K- [Keighley] and I went into the Cunnery plantation - cut down 34 (all larches but 3 or 4) trees, to make room for chiefly beeches and three or four oaks and for railing, and came in at 5 3/4 -

Dressed - Dinner at 6 1/4 - paid Jackman and James S- [Sykes] tea and coffee at 8 - then near an hour settling accounts - Mosey and his man (the new railers from just above Sowden's at Sutcliffe wood bottom) came this morning for the 1st time railed off (single railing) the bottom of Lower brea Ing wood at 7d. [pence] a rood (we finding the nails) and then made out the day fastening young Charles Howorth's railing and chopping lower the stumps of trees that interfered with our walk which James S- [Sykes] and John Booth were continuing across the plantation or nursery as it used to be called below Northwood head field - Jackman and his sons working at Well Royde - William Green led him 2 stone posts etc. from Shepherd's, and led away brash from out of the Calf Croft -

White frost this morning - fine till about 1 then began to rain - some heavyish showers with highish wind during the rest of the day - I was out but did not get much wet - Barometer 2 3/4 degrees below changeable Fahrenheit 42° at 9 40/60 at which hour came up to bed - read from page 171 to 180 last no. [number] (65) Quarterly review - Good article on the last moments of Napoleon by Dr. Autommarchi - Napoleon's case entirely mistaken by him and O'Meara - not chronic hepatitis, chronic inflammation of the liver (not disease of the liver of any kind) but 'a most extensive cancerous ulcer of the stomach' of which disease Napoleon's father died - additional and unnecessary sufferings were occasioned by the mercury of O'Meara, and the antimony of Autommarchi - 'his death was totally independent of the climate of St. Helena, or of any cause within the controul of the English government' -

Wrote all the above of today, and had just done it at 11 - E..O. - William K- [Keighley] told me the little bit of Mr. Kershaw's ground at Northgate we must have was 52 yards, since the new street was opened, he had never asked less 20/. a yard for it but William K- [Keighley] thought it might be bought for 12/. a yard - the whole that I should like to have is 1369 yards more making altogether 1421 yards - my father and Marian dined here being kept by the rain - I did not see them, being out all the day -  

Reference: SH:7/ML/E/9/0066

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1828 Apr., Sat. 26

8 1/2

11 1/4

Breakfast at 10 – At 11 1/2 off with my father down the old bank to H–x [Halifax] – My father went to the office of Messrs Thompson and Stansfield and I to that of Mr. Parker with the papers to make a title to the part of Cabbage lane field to be sold for the new church – 

Left with Mr. P– [Parker] the lease and release from Mr. Sowden, Valentine Stead, to my uncle Japhet – Miss (Elizabeth) Lister’s deed making over her property in trust before her marriage – The marriage settlement – The lease for possession from Mr. Watkinson to my uncle Joseph, the conveyance from ditto to ditto of the property – and the probate copy of the will of my uncles Japhet, Joseph, and my later uncle Lister – 9 parchments – 

Then to Pearce the church maker – Doing up the gig would be ￡5, to paint it would be 3 guineas additional – Met my father – We went to Northgate – Met this Greenwood – He pointed out how the trees in the walk were going back – Said he would venture to give me ￡100 for all the trees on the land – Thought I, Mr. Keighley has just valued them at ￡55 – Thus said he would give me for any wood 10 percent more than W[illiam] K– [Keighley] had valued it at – If I had ever any wood to fall, advised me to have 2 valuers, 1 from near home 1 from a distance – 

Just strode over what would be the quantity of Mr. K– [Keighley]’s land next to mine in Broadsheet – 71 or 72 yards by 18 2/3 yards – My father and I walked down to Lowgate lane to see the oak tree that is to be taken down – 

Got home again at 2 1/2 – We had been talking of letting off the upper land – It seemed as if my father’s objection hinged upon having no certain supply of water near the house – Determined to send to James Holt to hear what he said about trying for water in the field above the barn – Sent John to tell Holt to come tomorrow afternoon and with a note to the coach maker to tell him to do up the gig at ￡5 – 

Then looked over Mr. Brigg’s cashbook – Read over the purchase deeds of the Godley land etc. etc. and copied Mr. W[illiam] Priestley’s calculations respecting the tithes – Dinner at 6 20/60 – Afterwards wrote the above of today – 

Threatening rain yet finish day – A slight shower between 4 & 5 – Read a little of the Gardner’s magazine for this month. Came to my room at 10 –

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The John Sowden House aka the Jaws House/Franklin House by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son Lloyd Wright. Also, known as the possible location for the murder of the Black Dahlia. via /r/architecture https://ift.tt/2X61I80

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Monday 13 June 1836

8

12 ¼

no kiss fine but dull morning out at 8 ¾ am at which hour F58° - out ¼ hour till 9 - then had Mrs. Sowden - sorry not to have seen Mr. Lister - wanted to know what he said - I told her not to be uneasy but that he asked f the farm would not bear raising to the old rent (80 guineas instead of 70 guineas as at present) but that I dared say he would be guided by what I said, and I would do what was right to all sides - should get Mr. S. Washington to look over the farm and give me a plan of it - then had George Naylor to know what to do - his daughter Mrs. Mallinson (widow) had been grossly insulted opposite the house by a man who threatened to kill her a few nights ago - GN- wanted me  to write to Mr. Waterhouse on the subject - I declined this - saying it would seem as if I was afraid of justice not being done - very civil to GN- breakfast at 9 ½ - A- and I out at 10 - at the cascade bridge - turned off along Mytholm Ing to the Long goit, and Dumb mill, and up Barraclough Lane to Mark Town’s - saw Mrs. Town told her to tell Mark he  must come and sign his agreement before the rent day , and must pay the Whiskum toll bar - returned by the Whiskum quarry and cottage - home at 1 left A- to get luncheon - at the Lodge and came in at 1 had Skelton late surveyor of Southowram highways - cannot get Pickells to pay his late rate 6/.+ and must in fact come upon the land, that is, on me - said I had given P- £5 Skelton to try once more to get the 6/.+ - then had Mr. Hoyland about Mawson’s sign - shewed him the arms on the family roll - the ermine to be done small as  on the roll - the sign to be up in 3 weeks or a month from this time - then with A- 2 or 3 minutes - she off at 1 ¾ to H-x to call at Heath and on Mrs. Hudson and do some shoppings - I out again - all the afternoon from 1 ¾ to 5 ¾ when as A- came home slank into my study and wrote and sent this evening letter to ‘Mr. Ferguson master Tailor, 93 Highlanders, Buggars Bush Barracks, Dublin’ and to ‘Mr. Graham, 17 High street, Stockport, Lancashire’ in answer to their letters received the 6th and 7 instant - wrote merely that on the receipt of their letter I had laid Mr. F-‘s settlement before my solicitors Messrs. P- and A- and gave the answer Mr. Adam sent me on Friday the 10th instant - Mr. F- would have been entitled to the proportion of interest had there not been a mortgage to Mr. Netherwood - as it is, Mr. N- is entitled to it, but not to any interest accruing after the death of Mrs. F- unless N- has some other security than P- and A- know of - dinner at 6 ½ - 2 bottles of imperial - coffee - had Cookson in - told her to write about a housekeeper - took A- out at 8 5 to 10 ¼ - A- then went to Mrs. Briggs and I sat ½  hour with my aunt - then wrote the above of today till 11 20 pm F58° at 10 55 pm - Samuel Booth turned over the cowhouse dunghill (that under the Lime tree) all the day Robert Mann and his 3 other men were at the great main drain opening into the old dunghill stead - they began throwing it out this morning - from 3 in the afternoon to 6 Robert M- + 3 were taking off sods at the top corner of Godley paddock, and throwing forward the soil for the Lodge stuff to abut against - Frank carted old sets from near the glen bridge for bottoms for the great main drain, and took the sod from Godley paddock into the road to be ready for the Low fish - Booth + 4 at the cascade bridge arch - John Booth finished weeding terrace embankment strawberries went to the mangle at Mytholm - Samuel Booth’s wife mangled 1st time, and cut grass from among young trees at the back of the farmyard (top of coal pit field) - the Northgate carts began again this morning and Mark Hepworth came to level after them - very fine day - F58° at 10 55 pm