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Title
Martha Baldwin diary,page 61
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
EC01d183

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.

4th Came down to day and stayed all night. Father stayed too. This evening went up to singing school a little while. How different the group from what it used to be. 5th This morning early I went home. Helped all I could till about ten when Lizzie came for me to go riding. I had not thought of going to Orchard Lake to day but found she had so go we must. After a delightful ride we found ourselves at Mr. Morrises where we were kindly received. Stayed till after dinner when we started for home but first we must go down to the banks of that


Martha Baldwin diary,page 61

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