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Diary and record book of James Madison Flake [microform] : 1887-1929 (bulk 1887-1889)

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Description: Microfilm of the diary and record book of James Madison Flake, primarily focusing on his British mission from 1887-1889. The diary opens with his departure from Snowflake in 1887, his overland travels by rail to New York, and his sailing across the Atlantic to Liverpool. It then describes his mission work in Scotland, primarily in and around Glasgow and Dunfermline, and England, where he lived in Stockton. He also describes trips taken to London and Paris in 1889 and his return voyage home. There is one 1891 entry made in Snowflake. The end of the volume includes a brief autobiography of Flake, records of baptisms he performed in Arizona and Britain, and various family records to about 1929.
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Date: 1887; 1888; 1889; 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929

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