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[left page] JUNE 23 Friday Good day all day, planted Tobacco down by road with tobacco planter, cut hay over in field we bought from Billingsly. started cutting wheat over by Billingsly farm after dinner, finished up 5 oclock. I called Judy up at night, went up to Bobs for a while. Hot 96°. JUNE 24 Saturday Good day. cut wheat down by old house and finished that [[?]]. went to Waldorf & paid for Baler. $2344.56 Mother down to bake sale at dinner Time caked up hay we cut yesterday with pickey bates. carried 1 1/2 ton to Mrs Burton at [[Brandywine?]] in afternoon. Hot 101° went up to Bobs in afternoon. did not see Adina May. June 23--1683--William Penn made his treaty with the Indians. 1767--British under Clive won Battle of Plassey, establishing English rule in India. 1919--End of armistice between Germany and the Allies, and acceptance of the peace treaty by Germany. June 24--1675--King Phillip's War began in Massachusetts. 1902--King Edward of England underwent appendicitis operation. 1915--N.Y. City celebrated unfurling of its first city flag. [right page] JUNE 25 Sunday, Good day all day. nobody went to church. we went down on other place to see about Tobacco plants. also went down to [[Penies?]] to see about Tobacco plants. Mary Bob & I went to movies at night, hot weather. got home 11:30 (The Big Hangover good) JUNE 26 Monday Good day. cut my piece of wheat and also finished up daddys. started cutting up for Rabbit Tayman. Bob Via over in afternoon to see me, cut all the hay up, the land we got from Billingsly. Bob came to get land planter for to plant some tobacco. Hot. June 25--1815--Napoleon made farewell address to his soldiers. 1876--General Custer made his last stand against the Sioux on the Little Big Horn River. June 26--1788-Virginia ratified the U.S. Constitution. 1799--First newspaper in Brooklyn, N.Y., issued. 1917--First U.S. troops reached France in World War.