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Martha Baldwin diary,page 143

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 144 - the correct page number is 143. 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. January 8. A cold stormy day. Miss Lutz and Miss Waterbury called here. Should have had a very pleasant call if Ell had not acted so and run and jumped on my making so much noise you could scarcely hear yourself think. I have been washing and ironing. January 9. Sunday. Very cold. I did not go to church. Have been writing just as hard as I could all day. A letter to Gus, Em Snow, Mrs. Jenks, and a piece for the _______. Hannah wanted a piece for her paper at the district school and I thought I would, but I have not the time and I think I have done enough for school papers in B.