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Martha Baldwin diary,page 66

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, 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] 20th Wednesday. Just the same as ever. 21st A very good day. Tired and sleepy. 22nd Washington’s birthday. Kalamazoo did fire a salute but this school could not afford to stop. Never did the clouds of war hover so darkly round our land since the immortal one gave it freedom. Did very well in my lessons. But we have got to be in [?] sections next week. I am sorry to wish that I have given up on going on with a gentleman’s course, as regards mathematics. I hate to but I can’t study so hard and I do dislike them so. In Rhetoric Proff. Holden read from Pope. Then I had to go down to hear them read compositions. After that down town, & in the rain. Stella was here a long time & then I studied till eleven. But haven’t [?] well.