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DIARY OF THE" BLUE NUNS."
August ye 16th Rd Mother assembled the Discreets & gave them ye years Accompts namely from ye 1st June 1787 to ye 1st July 1788 & also the state of the House from the 1st June I785 to the 1st July 1788, and the next day to the Community & acquainted them Mr Godescard woud come ye 18 th & make the election : he was attended by Mr Innis procurator of the Scotch College & Mr Schatzel priest of St Margarets as witnesses. At the first Scrutiny Mother Winifride Stock was chosen Abbess: Mother Austin Lloyd Vicaress ; the rest is to be seen in its proper place. The following day Rd Mother Abbess called a Chapter & appointed the following offices ; Sister Bernard [Green] first Mistress of the Choir, Sister Bonaventure [Parker] second Portress Str Clare [Bell] first Mistress of the Scholars & second Mistress of the Choir, Str Benedict [Simpson] Sacristine, Str Lawrence [AstonJ second Mistress of the Scholars, Str Joseph [Edwards] Infirmarian. I789· August ye 1st Miss Apolonia la Coste came to be pensioner & pays 60011 a year. Sept 29 th Miss Henriette la Vie came to be pensioner, daughter to ye President de la Vie & pays 600 11 a year. October following Miss Tulleu & Miss de Croix went to their parents. 1790 . February 13 th the three Miss Walsh de Serrant went home to their Grand mother at Nantes. May ye 26 th Miss Fortaliere went to her Uncle in Paris. July ye 22d Miss la lande went with her mother from our House ; March ye 9th 1790 Miss Mailler came to our house to learn English recommended to us by Mad. la Mse de la Fayette. May following Miss Bouchaud & Miss Jauvin came to be pensioners & pay 600 11 • May ye 31st Miss Henriette de la Vie quitted our House to live with Madame la Presidente du Patij for her health. Aug t ye I6 Miss Pauline Main a french demoiselle came to pension here & pays 60011 • October ye 4th Miss Lavendal came to be pensioner, 16 years old & pays the same pension. I79I. J an ry ye 17th Miss Pelagrue returned to her Parents. Miss Victoire Abraham came to be pensioner ye IIth of this month & pays the usual pension. March ye lOth Miss Mailler return'd to Mde la Mse de la Fayette. The Iat of this month Miss Julie Bouchaud came to be pensioner, about 6 years old, & her sister went home to her Aunt. ye I2th came Miss Charlotte Cochard to be pensioner, 5 years old & pays 60011 a year. April 4th M. Lavendal went home. April ye 14th our Dr Mother Ursula Stafford return'd home to us, to the satisfaction of the Community. July ye 12th Miss Oflyn came to be pensioner, 17 years of age Daughter to Doctor Oflyn of St Germains en Laye, & pays 60011 a year. Ye 13 th Miss Serrilly came & pays 60011 a year, about 9 years old. July ye 15 th Miss Maria Talbot came to our school daughter to ye HOn b1e Francis Talbot, II years old, pays IS pounds a year. Aug t ye 8th Miss Elizabeth Talbot return'd home to her parents. Ye I9 th Miss Main went home to