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Letters and documents of Oliver S Chase, son of Captain Nathan and Judith S (Hosier).
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chase, Elizabeth H., 1836-1903.
- Chase, Nathan, 1801-1870.
- Bookkeepers.
- Christmas.
- Clerks.
- Clothing and dress.
- Courtship.
- Dance.
- Families.
- Fishers.
- Foreign exchange rates.
- Formulas, recipes, etc.
- Health.
- Mail steamers.
- Medicine.
- Piano.
- Postal service.
- Songs and music.
- Strikes and lockouts.
- Wages.
- Weather.
- Women.
- Connecticut--New London.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Massachusetts--Nantucket.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Peru--Callao.
- Rhode Island--Providence.
- Genre:
- Correspondence
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Production:
- [Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified], 1865-1866.
- Summary:
- A collection of autograph letters from Oliver S Chase (1843-1868) and one contract of employment between him and Sylvanus Crosby and Company. Most of the letters are to his sister and focus on his social life in Providence (in particular his eye for various young women, much to his sister's disapproval). Others provide information on his job, financial situation and local news.
- Notes:
- AMDigital Reference: MSS 104/Folder 10
- Collection: Chase Family Papers, 1771-1919
- The Chase family was one of the founding families of Nantucket. They established themselves as seamen; Reuben Chase served under John Paul Jones and was made famous because he was the inspiration for the character Long Tom Coffin in Cooper's The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea. His brother, Joseph, made regular voyages to France, while Captain Peter Chase ran sealing and cargo vessels to Australia and China. Oliver S Chase, though not a seaman, involved himself as a book-keeper for a shipping company first in Providence, Rhode Island and then in Callao, Peru.Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Nantucket Historical Association catalogue.
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (viewed October 30, 2024).
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