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Martha Baldwin diary,page 36

Baldwin, Martha, 1840-1913

Baldwin Public Library

Baldwin, Martha, 1840-1913

Women Michigan Birmingham Biography

Birmingham (Mich.) History

EC01b036

Part of Martha Baldwin's Diary, 1860-1863

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Some sections of the original diary are illegible, and these are noted in the transcription. A bracketed question mark [?] represents one illegible word. Places where whole sentences (or considerable portions thereof) were found to be illegible are noted with a bracketed ellipsis […]. Whole paragraphs found to be illegible have been noted in the following manner: [P] [the] other hand the poor maniac is treated with the greatest severity supposing that the spirit of the Devil is in him, prompting his actions. In the schools are mingled religious instruction and great severity. The [?] oft prompting the study of astronomy. [P]