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Title
Martha Baldwin diary,page 161
Creator
Baldwin, Martha, 1840-1913

Institution
Baldwin Public Library

Subject
Baldwin, Martha, 1840-1913

Subject
Women Michigan Birmingham Biography

Subject
Birmingham (Mich.) History

Item Number
EC01c162

Relation
Part of Martha Baldwin's Diary, 1858-1859

Type
text, image

Format
tiff

Description
This page is incorrectly labeled as number 162 - the correct page number is 161. 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. February 23. Mr. St. Clair spent the evening here and we had rather a pleasant time. February 24. Finished up the day playing cards, _____ and I. February 25. Friday at home, sewing and reading. February 26. Spent the afternoon and evening very pleasant at Mr. ______. February 27. At church this morning and this evening. They boys would not go to church with us so we went up to Birks. Had supper between meetings. A letter from home. Oh I want to be there. February 28. This evening and afternoon we spent at Birks. Mr. St. Clair came up in the evening to play euchre and Edwin came, as I suppose Sarah planned it, to walk home with me so I

Martha Baldwin diary,page 161

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