TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 22
CreatorBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913
InstitutionBaldwin Public Library
SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913
SubjectWomen Michigan Birmingham Biography
SubjectBirmingham (Mich.) History
Item NumberEC01c022
RelationPart of Martha Baldwin's Diary, 1858-1859
Type
text, image
Formattiff
DescriptionThe 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. the Academy bell was ringing. How natural in sounds. Clara is the same as ever, so good and pretty. Verona came down just a night and we had a pleasant time.
May 8. Tis early summer weather almost. The grass is so very green; flowers are showing their beautiful heads. The fruit trees are hoping to hear the birds sing once more with all their varied notes. To night for the first time I heard that sweet yet lonely whippoorwill.
Yesterday I took a bouquet to the village for the first time and the first one I have arranged. I have been studying