Chronicles of a pioneer school from 1792 to 1833 : $b being the history of Miss Sarah Pierce and her Litchfield school
History
Chronicles of a pioneer school from 1792 to 1833 : $b being the history of Miss Sarah Pierce and her Litchfield school
Litchfield Female Academy (Conn.) -- History
Arose at four took a short walk with Miss Leavitt returned and after
breakfast waited some time impatiently for my Papa who did not come
until Eight o Clock when we mounted our horses and rhode till twelve
when arrived my Grand Papa in Woodbury where we dined and spent about
2 hours in company with Miss Laury Bacon and my other relations when
we sat out again about three and after riding a short time we was caut
in a shower and arrived at Roxbury about five in the afternoon and was
once more rejoiced to get home being quit fatigued we lay down after
we were a little rested went into the store to get a frock when we
came out found some pears which relished very well and presently tea
was ready and soon after retired to rest which was about Eight o
clock.
_Tuesday August ^{the}3_
Arose at five o Clock in the morning after breakfast was employed in
fixing my clothes to return to Litchfield we set out from Roxbury
about Eight o Clock and rode till half past ten when we stopped at
Captain Farrings where we tarried about 2 hours we then continued our
ride till we arrived at Litchfield about two o Clock in the afternoon
attended school time enough to study my spelling and spell but was too
much fatigued to do more.
_Sunday August ^{the}7_
... read in the moral entertainments....
_Wednesday August 11^{th}_
... Miss Pierce drew my landscape....
_Thursday August 12^{th}_
... had unexpected news that there was a going to be a ball at Mr.
Adams boarders attended returned home at a propper hour and retired to
rest.
_Saturday August 15^{th}_
... copied my Composition began my dancing school this day was the
first after they had all taken there lessons returned home had a very
bad headache....
_Friday August 20^{th}_
... in the evening Miss Tomlinson came to Mr. Adams’s her conversation
was pictures boarding and history....
_Wednesday August ^{the}23_
Arose at six devoted the morning to studying the boundarys on the map
in the four noon worked a little time I went out to the barn with the
girls to study my lesson came in and recited it took a lesson in music
in the afternoon read worked on my picture studied my spellings and
spelt after school the Boarders all moved the South Chamber and my
time was spent in writing in graret and I was forgot and licked to
lost my tea however I did not go up raret again with out partisioning
to some one to caul me meal times the evening was spent in reading
till Nine and after that went down and went to Mr. Chappins at get
some beer
_Friday August ^{the}27_
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