The Making of Modern Michigan - "Digitizing Michigan's Hidden Past"

Title

Martha Baldwin diary,page 45

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

EC01d167

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.

[I] called at Mr. Fish and at Barters. Frank and Soph called for me to go to Gus but I could not. Gave my finger an awful cut. 23rd To day Sarah went. I went down to the village with her. It seems lonely enough without her & the darling. Wonder when and where she will visit me again. Went this afternoon to Troy (?) for Mr. Page who is to be the auctioneer. Since I came home have been very busy getting ready for that sale. 24 This morning found me busily employed carrying out things for the sale. There were a good many here. Em (?) came down with her father was here to

The Making of Modern Michigan was funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services, an independent federal agency that supports the nation's museums and libraries. Through agreement, this site is hosted by the MSU Libraries and therefore is subject to its privacy statement. Please feel free to send any comments regarding this site to digital@mail.lib.msu.edu.