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Martha Baldwin diary,page 124

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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This page is incorrectly labeled as number 125 - the correct page number is 124. 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. look up and down to see where that well known span of wild horses is hitched, but pass out into the street, perhaps go to the post office or store of an errand there, to meet the cold stare of strangers instead of Mr. Sorrillops(?) kind (for so it seems now) face or some of Wilsons fun and nonsense. I am lonely and who would not be. I am not acquainted one bit nor do I ever expect to be. My school is small and unprofitable but it is my own fault. I had no business to stay and I wish I had not. Eight weeks, or nine, for I