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Title
Martha Baldwin diary,page 37
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
EC01b037

Relation
Part of Martha Baldwin's Diary, 1860-1863

Type
text, image

Format
tiff

Description
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] 15 Saturday. A busy day. Went down street, to night has a [?] which we must commence. The sleigh bells jingling so merrily almost made me homesick. It does seem as though I never could get through this next few weeks & examination. That Logic is so nice but the mathematics awful. 16th At church once, writing home, to [?] and to night writing about the lecture & and am going to read some. O I dread to morrow much worse than […] by every one. […] [P]

Martha Baldwin diary,page 37

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