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Title
Martha Baldwin diary,page 43
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
EC01d165

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.

series of arguments too loony to note came to the conclusion “that in view of the short time before they go that we all have planned the [sic] much to do in that time, (?) (?) Mr. Corvins moving in and all it must be given up.” I would have wished to meet them all at the dear old home once more before we leave it, to see them all under its roof again before we scatter to the scenes of business or pleasure which the coming season brings, but could not. O dear, as the time comes for us to change the familiar aspect of things, to make room for others here, the more I feel Father and Mother will not


Martha Baldwin diary,page 43

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