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Title
Martha Baldwin diary,page 50
Creator
Baldwin, Martha, 1840-1913

Institution
Baldwin Public Library

Subject
Baldwin, Martha, 1840-1913

Subject
Women Michigan Birmingham Biography

Subject
Birmingham (Mich.) History

Item Number
EC01b050

Relation
Part of Martha Baldwin's Diary, 1860-1863

Type
text, image

Format
tiff

Description
Some sections of the original diary are illegible, and these are noted in the transcription. A bracketed question mark [?] represents one illegible word. Places where whole sentences (or considerable portions thereof) were found to be illegible are noted with a bracketed ellipsis […]. Whole paragraphs found to be illegible have been noted in the following manner: [P] That if instead of boasting our liberty we would strive to found institutions equaling those of Germany. That the brevity of American life was due, first to the use of [?], and to our [?] of fresh air, & that all expected our day to be entirely free from that evil.

Martha Baldwin diary,page 50

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