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Martha Baldwin diary,page 121

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 122 - the correct page number is 121. 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. one from Gus. She has seen Hoyt and Mr. Cochran. Says I must surely come home Christmas. How I do wish I could but I fear not. November 13. Just able to crawl around and hardly that. Have an awful cough and from the time I took cold fear it will go hard with me. How I would like to be home. November 14. Had the misfortune to knock my eye so that I can not go to church. My cold is better. Have just got ready to sit down and shall spend the day studying Geometry and writing. For I have nothing to read but I can not stand it so long. At church this evening.