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Martha Baldwin diary,page 185

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 186 - the correct page number is 185. 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. Soft as she is, I can get along with her better than with her better than Hudson. He is so, I don’t know what, silly soft. March 27. I went down to church this morning. Saw Emily Snow for the first time. This evening we were all seated around the fire in our cosy little parlor, Mother reading aloud, when we were interrupted by the coming of Almira. She spent the evening and though it was dark as pitch Eva and I had to go most home with her. She is a queer girl. It seems too bad to have our domestic quiet which I have enjoyed so