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Martha Baldwin diary,page 95

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. life and when cloud passed over our way together we sorrowed. But though fate now bids us say farewell I know that oft you’ll roam through memorys halls and gaze upon the faces of the band you’ve so often met, and though now widely scattered, I know that sometime on life’s whirl you will think and remember. As soft ________ twilight overshadows the earth and all the thoughts and feelings are chased homeward by incidents of the past or when on bended knee you breathe the fervent prayer, then Dear Emily, remember your wild and thoughtless friends. Mattie B.