June 1st
Thursday June 1st I took a walk and got a french recueil
lesson wrote an exercise and read over some of the grammar.
I recited my lessons to Uncle Otmay
and read 28 pages of history. Henry VI ascended the throne
in 1422 and a twelve month after he took upon himself the
conclusion of the war with the french which his father left
unsettled. He fought the battle of Vermeil and was
victorious. He then laid siege to Orleans and reduced the
inhabitants to the greatest extremities and then it was that
the illustrious maid of Orleans distinguished herself so
much. I did not finish the siege of Orleans or the
celebrated actions of the maid.
I heard Nanny her lessons & worked until dinner after
which I got geography and & heard Cary a lesson. L.B.
Cocke.
