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Identifier	MSS0033-OV01
Title	Milsaps Diary, volume 1, 1852 to 1877
Alternate Title	John Milsaps autobiographical diary : Texas, 1852-1877 ; Old Series
Author	Milsaps, John E. T., 1852-1932
Description	Handwritten manuscript of the diary kept by John E. T. Milsaps from 1852 to 1877.
Abstract	John Ephraim Thomas Milsaps - bibliophile, salvationist, traveler and diarist - was born in Houston, Texas on January 3, 1852. After leaving his home as a young man to seek his fortune in western mining, Milsaps joined the Salvation Army in 1883 and remained in its service until his retirement. Milsaps died in Houston on November 29, 1932. As a professional salvationist, Major Milsaps traveled widely in this country and abroad as a Salvation Army organizer and (San Francisco) WAR CRY editor. He was among the first representatives of the Army in Hawaii in the 1890's and was the army's spokesman in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Filipino insurrection. Major Milsaps kept a meticulous seventy-three volume diary which chronicles not only his army activities, but also a host of general observations useful to researchers.
Date Original	1852-1877
Source	Manuscript: bound, 199 p.
Type	Text
Language	English
Subject Terms	Milsaps, John E. T., 1852-1932--Diaries ; Texas--History--19th century ; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 ; Houston (Tex.)--Description and travel ; Houston (Tex.)--Industries ; Houston Heights (Houston, Tex.) ; Galveston (Tex.)--Description and travel ; American diaries--Texas--Houston.
Geographic Subject Terms	Houston (Tex.) ; Galveston (Tex.) ; Hempstead (Tex.) ; Austin (Tex.) ; Corsicana (Tex.).
Era	1852-1877
Publisher	Electronic version published by Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas
Collection	MSS0033 John E.T. Milsaps Collection, 1531-1986
HPL Location	John E.T. Milsaps Collection, 1531-1986, Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library
Date Digital	2009
Format	pdf
Digitization Specifications	300dpi ; tiff ; Digitized with i2s CopiBook scanner
Filename	MSS0033-OV01

Identifier	MSS0033-OV01-c01
Title	Front cover
Filename	MSS0033-OV01-c01.pdf

Milsaps Diary, volume 1, 1852 to 1877

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