Letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase (March 30, 1922)

Letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase (March 30, 1922)

Chase Correspondence (March 30, 1922)

Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941

Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948

Country clubs--Florida

Golf courses--Florida--Jacksonville Region

Golf--Florida

Sanford (Fla.)

Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)

St. Augustine (Fla.)

An original letter of correspondence between brothers and business partners Joshua Coffin Chase and Sydney Octavius Chase. Topics discussed in the letter include the status of the Ingrahams and the St. Augustine Country Club.

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 Sydney Octavius Chase, March 30, 1922: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 50, folder 20.111, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

1922-03-30

Digital reproduction of original letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase, March 30, 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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Chase & Company Office, Sanford, Florida

St. Augustine, Florida

Donation

History 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.

Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). Sanford. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.

March 30 1922

Mr. S.O. Chase,
Sanford, Florida.

Dear Syd:

I got tangled up in a golf game yesterday and did not call on the Ingrahams. Understand from some friends that Mr. Ingraham is about the same but that Mrs. Ingraham is better than she was.

Expect to run over to Hastings during the potato shipping season and this will give me a chance to see Mr. Ingraham in the very near future.

The next time you are in St. Augustine would advise you visit the Country Club as it is one of the best of its kind in Florida. It is not an expensive proposition but takes care of the people splendidly and is so well eept[?] The manager is a corker.

Yours very truly,

JCC/s

1-page typewritten letter