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Martha Baldwin diary,page 21

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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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. talk over familiar topics and discuss possibilities and probabilities, also. This afternoon my Mother read aloud to me in the Lady of the Lake which we are reading together. May 6. Studying this evening. What is the use! I never shall know anything anyway. If I was calculated _____ with the opportunities I have had, I would be a proud scholar. Em has company to night from Mt. Clements. Em visited here this afternoon. Now a chapter in Physiology. I then to bed once more. May 7. This afternoon Gus and I walked down to Claras and back again. Just as we went into the village