Letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to A. M. Taylor (April 1, 1922)

Letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to A. M. Taylor (April 1, 1922)

Chase Correspondence (April 1, 1922)

Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)

Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948

Country clubs--Florida

Golf courses--Florida--Jacksonville Region

Golf--Florida

St. Augustine (Fla.)

An original letter of correspondence between Joshua Coffin Chase and A. M. Taylor. Topics discussed in the letter include Chase's gratitude for his visit with Mr. Wilson to the St. Augustine Country Club and Chase's brother, Sydney Octavius Chase's interest in the excellent condition of the greens at the golf course.

Chase & Company was established in 1884 by brothers Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase. The company sold insurance and later invested in storage facilities and fertilizer sales. Chase & Company was known mainly for its agricultural interests and maintained a series of citrus groves throughout Central Florida. The company was based out of Sanford and became one of the city's largest employers into the early twentieth century.

Chase, Joshua Coffin

Original letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to A. M. Taylor, April 1, 1922: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 50, folder 20.111, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

1922-04-01

Digital reproduction of copy of original letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to A. M. Taylor, April 1, 1922.

Chase Collection (MS 14), box 50, folder 20.111, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Sanford Country Club and Golf Course Collection, Sanford Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm.

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St. Augustine Country Club, St. Augustine, Florida

Donation

History Teacher

Geography Teacher

Entire Chase Collection is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.

The displayed collection item is housed at Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. RICHES of Central Florida has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.

Special and Area Studies Collections, University of Florida

Digital Collections (UFDC), University of Florida

Cepero, Laura

University of Florida, Special and Area Studies Collections

"Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)." Florida Citrus Hall of Fame. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=600.

Moorhead, Richard, and Nick Wynne. Golf in Florida: 1886-1950. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2008.

Apr 1 1922

Mr. A. M. Taylor,
Muneon House,
St. Augustine, FLorida.

Dear Mr. Taylor:

First let me thank you for being instrumental in giving Mr. Wilson and the writer such a pleasant day at the St. Augustine Country Club. We enjoyed it immensely and the writer's greatest regret is that he does not play a game of golf that is sufficiently good to make it interesting to you. We certainly must get together in the near future but cannot at the present time fix a date.

My brother was very much interested in my letter to him about the splendid condition of the greens. He wants to know the variety of grass that is used not only on the greens but also on the course. Would it be possible for you to find out this from some of those in charge of this Department?

Will very much appreciate this information as we would also like the same for the Florida Country Club.

With personal regards,

Yours very truly,

1-page typewritten letter