_Saturday 12th_, For the past week I have studied three geography lessons, drawn out a large picture, and heard the history read twice, there was no school one day, I sewed, read 35 pages in Homers Iliad, In the evening attended a ball. * * * * * _Saturday 19th_, Have studied for the week past, two geography lessons, painted and made a frock, been to ciphering three evenings, I have studied the Latitude of every kingdom, and island in the world.... _Sunday 20th_, Attended meeting in the afternoon, the sermon was read by Mr. Reeve who read so low, that I could hear but very little of it, in the evening sewed very steady till nine o’clock. _Saturday 26th_, The preceding has been spent as usual in studying geography, hearing the history & painting, have written one composition & ciphered one evening, we have studied for our geography lesson, the boundaries of the seas & a description of the New England States etc., Miss Pierce gave me 9 credit marks for my frock, I have this winter missed in spelling 1 whole one and two half one’s. _Saturday April 2nd_, For the week past have painted every day studied, & recited, three geography lessons & heard the history twice, We have this week been comparing the towns of America with those of Europe, the rivers also. _Saturday 9th_, Have written a composition, visited two afternoons, one at Mrs. Adam’s with Clarinda Austin, spent the afternoon very agreeably, In the evening Mr. Stanly was there, his manners are genteel and agreeable, but I am afraid that beneath a form so beautiful is concealed a vile heart, I think I should not like such a constant succession of company as they have at Mrs. Adam’s. But perhaps I shall think differently when I consider myself grown up, the other afternoon I visited at Mr. Holmes with Cornelia & Maria Adam’s, had a very agreeable visit indeed, the company were very sociable & Miss Chandler in particular, who was more Loquacious than ever, returned home at nine, the remainder of the week I studied geography, and drew, Miss Pierce has seen no fault in me for the week past. * * * * * _Saturday 16th_, Have for the week past been studying geography & Miss Pierce has been examining us every day, the evenings I have spent in studying. * * * * * _Monday_ Wrote geography, _Tuesday_, the same, visited at Miss Pierce’s, had a very agreeable visit, spent the remainder of the week in studying geography.... [_Letter from Lucy Sheldon to her mother, addressed “Mrs. Huldah Sheldon, Litchfield.”_] NEW YORK November 29th (1803) MY DEAR MAMA.