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Martha Baldwin diary,page 60

Baldwin, Martha, 1840-1913

Baldwin Public Library

Baldwin, Martha, 1840-1913

Women Michigan Birmingham Biography

Birmingham (Mich.) History

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Part of Martha Baldwin's Diary, 1858-1859

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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. “Enjoined to fly with tempest tide and stars/ To keep his __________ nor ever wait for more/ Hours, days, and months, and years, his children play / Like ________ swings around him as he flies/ Man flies from time and time from man; too soon/ I’m sad ______ this brief flight must end.”