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Title
Martha Baldwin diary,page 22
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
EC01c022

Relation
Part of Martha Baldwin's Diary, 1858-1859

Type
text, image

Format
tiff

Description
The following is taken from a transcription of Martha Baldwin’s diary (1858-1859). Illegible sections of the original text are noted as follows: ______. A parenthetical question mark (?) follows words in the original text that were not completely legible but were still transcribed. the Academy bell was ringing. How natural in sounds. Clara is the same as ever, so good and pretty. Verona came down just a night and we had a pleasant time. May 8. Tis early summer weather almost. The grass is so very green; flowers are showing their beautiful heads. The fruit trees are hoping to hear the birds sing once more with all their varied notes. To night for the first time I heard that sweet yet lonely whippoorwill. Yesterday I took a bouquet to the village for the first time and the first one I have arranged. I have been studying

Martha Baldwin diary,page 22

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