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Martha Baldwin diary,page 126

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 127 - the correct page number is 126. 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. I am all alone writing. The baby is asleep and that Ella has forgotten her ugliness or is ______ in the land of dreams. But I have some sewing to do and must stop. It is five weeks tonight since I came here. May God bless my parents dear, and home, and lead me not into temptation. November 20. Sewing on my hood all day. November 21. Writing to ________ and Miss ________. At church this morning. Guess I shall go this evening. I have nothing to read and no letters that it is necessary to write tonight. I might study geometry but don’t care to tonight. About this time at home they are all eating