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Martha Baldwin diary,page 157

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, 157

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This page is incorrectly labeled as number 158 - the correct page number is 157. 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. morning by stage. Willy is quite sick. February 17. Well at length I have been jerked and jollied over the road till I am thirty two miles nearer home than when at Lexington, I reached here at eleven. The people are all well and very pleasant. I saw Mary _____ who I used to know and Sarah, and I spent the evening there at her boarding place. February 18. This afternoon I went to school with Mary to hear the compositions which were poor. I got a letter from Gus today just as I had finished one, giving her an awful lecture. They are all well and happy and she as much my friend as ever. This evening Edwin invited me to go to a party the 22nd I did