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Martha Baldwin diary,page 30

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. old lady, taking her baby and looking so _______. June 3. I am tired tonight and can’t study though my conscience smites me for doing so little. Gus and I have been to the village in the rain. Tis eat and wash dishes and wash dishes and eat, and when the summer’s gone, what will I have accomplished. Nothing at all. June 4. No time to study to night. Today I expected the Baldwin girls and Ada but they did not come on account of Mother I suppose. Gus was here.