Letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase (January 22, 1927)
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Title
Letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase (January 22, 1927)
Alternative Title
Chase Correspondence (January 22, 1927)
Subject
Windermere (Fla.)
Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
Description
An original letter of correspondence between brothers and business partners Joshua Coffin Chase and Sydney Octavius Chase. Topics discussed in the letter include Mr. Parrish's statement of federal inspection in New York and Joshua's planned visit to Isleworth Grove.
Chase & Company was established by brothers Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase in 1884. 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. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere, Florida. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes. Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.Randall Chase joined in the family business soon after his brother, Sydney Chase, Jr., did in 1922. Randall became the president of Chase & Company from 1948-1965. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Chase & Company was established by brothers Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase in 1884. 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. By 1886, the Chase brothers purchased several citrus groves to expand their business, including Isleworth Grove in Windermere, Florida. Isleworth Grove covered a total of 1,300 acres along the Butler Chain of Lakes. Between 1894 and 1895, Central Florida was hit by several freezes and most of the citrus crop was destroyed. Chase & Company did not grow citrus crops again until 1904 when Joshua came back from an extended stay in California. Between 1894 and 1900, different types of pesticide equipment was created, including equipment driven by steam, machines, and horses.Randall Chase joined in the family business soon after his brother, Sydney Chase, Jr., did in 1922. Randall became the president of Chase & Company from 1948-1965. The Isleworth property stayed in the Chase family until 1984 when Franklin Chase, the son of Sydney Chase, sold the property to famed golfer Arnold Palmer.
Creator
Chase, Joshua Coffin
Source
Original letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase, January 22, 1927: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 49, folder 20.84, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Date Created
1927-01-22
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase, January 22, 1927.
Is Part Of
Chase Collection (MS 14), box 49, folder 20.84, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Isleworth Collection, Citrus Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Referenced By
Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
134 KB
Medium
1-page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Chase & Company Office, Orlando, Florida
Henry Grady Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia
New York
Isleworth Grove, Windermere, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
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.
Rights Holder
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.
Contributing Project
Special and Area Studies Collections, University of Florida
Digital Collections (UFDC), University of Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
Source Repository
University of Florida, Special and Area Studies Collections
External Reference
"Joshua Coffin Chase (1858-1948)." Florida Citrus Hall of Fame. Copyright 2012. http://floridacitrushalloffame.com/index.php/inductees/inductee-name/?ref_cID=89&bID=0&dd_asId=960.
"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.
Transcript
CHASE & CO.
ORLANDO, FLORIDA
Jan 22 1927.
Mr. S. O. Chase,
Henry Grady Hotel,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Dear Syd:
There does not appear to be anything to add to what we have already said. After my talk with you, when you advised Parrish's statement of Federal inspection in New York, we wired the New York office to find out if it was so. No one in Orlando had this advice, and Newton telegraphed down to McManus to find out what there was to it. Up to the present time we have heard nothing from anywhere.
I am going out to Isleworth this afternoon to show the place to Mrs. Ferguson of Orange Park, and will probably see Browne, Hutchinson and others. Will touch Browne up about the plat that he is making of the place and tell him to show speed from now on as it is wanted. Will say nothing to him about his absence from the place.
The quicker all of our men are put on notice to stay on the job or to ask permission before they go elsewhere, the better it is going to be.
Yours very truly,
ORLANDO, FLORIDA
Jan 22 1927.
Mr. S. O. Chase,
Henry Grady Hotel,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Dear Syd:
There does not appear to be anything to add to what we have already said. After my talk with you, when you advised Parrish's statement of Federal inspection in New York, we wired the New York office to find out if it was so. No one in Orlando had this advice, and Newton telegraphed down to McManus to find out what there was to it. Up to the present time we have heard nothing from anywhere.
I am going out to Isleworth this afternoon to show the place to Mrs. Ferguson of Orange Park, and will probably see Browne, Hutchinson and others. Will touch Browne up about the plat that he is making of the place and tell him to show speed from now on as it is wanted. Will say nothing to him about his absence from the place.
The quicker all of our men are put on notice to stay on the job or to ask permission before they go elsewhere, the better it is going to be.
Yours very truly,
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Original Format
1-page typewritten letter on Chase & Company letterhead
Collection
Citation
Chase, Joshua Coffin, “Letter from Joshua Coffin Chase to Sydney Octavius Chase (January 22, 1927),” RICHES, accessed July 27, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/2749.