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Martha Baldwin diary,page 111

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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This page is incorrectly labeled as number 112 - the correct page number is 111. 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. ought to risk it or not. One thing certain, as George does not wish me to pay my board, I could with very few 12 shilling scholars pay my way, but the profit would be very small, if profit there was at all, and on the contrary I might make well. There is, they say, a school out three miles that is not taken. May I be enabled to _______ as I ought. October 26. This morning I went down on the bank to watch the heavy sea as it dashed in. The wind had been blowing hard all day and all night and the waves were larger than any I had seen. It’s noon and I am