TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 94 Date1861-08-04 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description Aug 4th Seated on the grass, no in the yard. Writing on any lap at the close of a very hot day, a... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 95 Date1861-09-01 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description this morning but have adjourned to my room to study catalogue & almanac.
Sept 6th Eva came to day... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 96 Date1861-09-22 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description George & young [?] called. His brothers old shoes could say more & say it better than he.
Oct 6... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 97 Date1861-10-10 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description no home again.
Oct 18th When girls now they will go anywhere they are apt to go. Lucy, Mary, E... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 98 Date1861-10-23 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description 23rd All this week I have been trying to get a school. But no [?] What shall I do?
I canâ€â... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 99 Date1862-01-01 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description [?] Camp and Flemings. Utica for ever.
With euchre parties on Saturday [?] occasionally a part... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 100 Date[1862-12-28?] SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description Dec 27th Rather to my surprise found myself at the Masons festival. Enjoyed it much.
Jan 1st T... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 101 Date1863-02-08 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description Feb 8th A stormy evening. The girls are here. The day I’ve spent in writing. Mother loo... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 8 Date1858-04-05 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description and arrived home at three in the morning.
But everyone knew us and we had to own up.
April 6th... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 7 Date1858-04-05 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description We are talking of a serenade and go to Eliza’s room tonight to practice, and if the wind go... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 10 Date1858-04-09 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description deserted by her chosen one, Marshal had followed his sister to the land of _______. Mr. C. and Ha... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 11 Date1858-04-09 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description ceased speaking, all those merely who had been his students were in tears. The closing piece was ... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 12 Date1858-04-09 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description I could not restrain a smile to see us all looking as though we were going to our own funerals, bu... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary, page 13 Date1858-04-09 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description Thus ended our school in the spring of 1858 and there no students with whom we were called to part... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 14 Date1858-04-10 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description April 10. This morning Buchanan called and Marshal. We went to the cars to see them off (they ar... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 15 Date1858-04-13 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description went to Detroit. Father is not well.
April 14. At home and very busy.
April 15. At home. F... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 16 Date1858-04-17 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description April 17. My Father had a sick night and has been very bad all day. This morning I went to the v... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 17 Date1858-04-19 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description through the week till twelve and one almost every night.
April 25. Tis Sunday again. I have be... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 18 Date1858-04-26 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description to Mr. Gillette’s to get some fringe ________. Alvira(?) is very pleasant and social. I t... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 19 Date1858-05-01 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description May 1. Cold and windy. My Father went down to the village this afternoon. I went with him and c... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 20 Date1858-05-03 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description May 3. At home and hard at work. This evening have been reading to Father, A Story of Revolution... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 21 Date1858-05-05 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description talk over familiar topics and discuss possibilities and probabilities, also. This afternoon my Mo... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 22 Date1858-05-07 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description the Academy bell was ringing. How natural in sounds. Clara is the same as ever, so good and pret... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 23 Date1858-05-08 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description some to night but am tired. Tis Saturday night once more, the end of another busy week and we are... View Details
TitleMartha Baldwin diary,page 24 Date1858-05-13 SubjectBaldwin, Martha, 1840-1913 Description couraged part of the time because Mother would not let me take more charge of the work. Father ha... View Details
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