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Martha Baldwin diary,page 168

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 169 - the correct page number is 168. 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. writing ever since and they doubtless think I’ve gone to bed but I am going down to _____ and sew “carpet rags” awhile. But I am not exactly homesick. Yes, it is too homesick and awful nervous too. If I could fly, I’d be there shortly. I came up to write to my dear friend Gus but could not for want of paper. March 5. Dull and dark. ________ I have been training high in man’s ______. March 6. Too lazy to go to church this morning. Walked up to the cemetery this afternoon.