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Martha Baldwin diary,page 59

Baldwin, Martha, 1840-1913

Baldwin Public Library

Baldwin, Martha, 1840-1913

Women Michigan Birmingham Biography

Birmingham (Mich.) History

EC01b059

Part of Martha Baldwin's Diary, 1860-1863

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Some sections of the original diary are illegible, and these are noted in the transcription. A bracketed question mark [?] represents one illegible word. Places where whole sentences (or considerable portions thereof) were found to be illegible are noted with a bracketed ellipsis […]. Whole paragraphs found to be illegible have been noted in the following manner: [P] the stove. Will we ever all meet again! and when! I have been reading Timothy [?] letters. They contain many beautiful things and if I would but follow its precepts I would be far better and nobler than I am now. I learned one new thing that impressed me that a witty woman is a dangerous thing. I don’t feel one bit as I ought to commence study, but trust I shall get into that state soon. What will be the doom of our country Heaven only knows. If there is an attempt made to take the capital, all hope of [?] and conciliation must end. 4th At my studies again. They are […] Rhetoric with English Literature & I want to take French. To day Proff. Holden read us a lecture on Rhetoric. To night I have studied