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Title
Martha Baldwin diary,page 28
Creator
Baldwin, Martha, 1840-1913

Institution
Baldwin Public Library

Subject
Baldwin, Martha, 1840-1913

Subject
Women Michigan Birmingham Biography

Subject
Birmingham (Mich.) History

Item Number
EC01d150

Relation
Part of Martha Baldwin's Diary, 1859-1860

Type
text, image

Format
tiff

Description
The following is a transcription of Martha Baldwin's diary, 1859-1860. Question marks inclosed in parentheses represent words in the original diary that were illegible. Elipses are used to indicate larger portions of the text found to be illegible.

8th Busy very. 9th Lizzie and I went down to the village. Had a beautiful ride. 10th At home. 11th Attempted to take a ride but only went to Mr. B-- and came home in the rain. 12th All went to Pontiac. Gus & Lizzie spent the afternoon here. 13th. Went over for Verona to day. Took tea at Uncle Franks. Gus & Lizzie spent the evening here. 14 To day has been very warm. Verona and I took a long walk in the woods and have had a pleasant visit. Father took her to Mr. Snows to night. A house in B & Duncan Fish house were entered last night.


Martha Baldwin diary,page 28

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