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Title
Martha Baldwin diary,page 38
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
EC01d160

Relation
Part of Martha Baldwin's Diary, 1859-1860

Type
text, image

Format
tiff

Description
The following is a transcription of Martha Baldwin's diary, 1859-1860. Question marks inclosed in parentheses represent words in the original diary that were illegible. Elipses are used to indicate larger portions of the text found to be illegible.

6th Company. Uncle Franks & Mr. Bergus’ people. 7th Mrs. Gillette here. 8th To day Mother, Father, Sarah went to Mr. Franks and took Mrs. Whitney with them as far as Union where she was met by the Fletcher tribe. She took her riding dress with her. Gus, Lizzie and I were intending to ride so much when they came back from Detroit going all over the country but now I am afraid I can not go for my old dress is not fit to wear. 9th Carrie (?) came this morning, stayed to dinner. Eva and I took her to Mr. Valentines. Eva Willy and I called at Mr. Opdykes. Tried to persuade Frank to go to Yellow Springs.


Martha Baldwin diary,page 38

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