Letter from Sydney Chase to Joshua Chase (October 18, 1928)

Letter from Sydney Chase to Joshua Chase (October 18, 1928)

Chase Correspondence (October 18, 1928)

Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941

Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948

Southern Railway (U.S.)

Citrus fruit industry--Florida

Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)

Asheville (N.C.)

Sanford (Fla.)

An original letter of correspondence between brothers and business partners Sydney Octavius Chase and Joshua Coffin Chase. Topics discussed in the letter include information on the family's annual move back to Sanford, Florida, from Asheville, North Carolina; the Southern Railway; and discounts on oranges.

Chase & Company was established by Joshua Chase and his brother Sydney 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.

Chase, Sydney Octavius

Original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, October 18, 1928: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.46, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

1928-10-18

Digital transcript of original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, October 18, 1928.

Digital reproduction of original letter from Sydney Octavius Chase to Joshua Coffin Chase, October 18, 1928.

Chase Collection (MS 14), box 3, folder 13.46, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Citrus 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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2 page handwritten letter

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Asheville, North Carolina

Sanford, Florida

35.6000, -82.5500

28.811729, -81.268138

1928-10-18/1928-10-25

Donation

SS.K.A.1.2; SS.1.A.1.1; SS.1.E.1.4; SS.2.A.1.1; SS.3.A.1.1; SS.4.A.1.1; SS.4.A.7.1; SS.4.E.1.1; SS.4.E.1.2; SS.5.A.1.1; SS.6.W.1.3 ; SS.7.E.2.4; SS.8.A.1.5 ; SS.8.E.2.1 ; SS.8.E.2.3; SS.912.A.1.1; SS.912.A.1.6 ; SS.912.E.2.3; SS.912.W.1.3

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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

Marra, Katherine

Sanford: Central Florida's Waterfront Gateway. Sanford, Florida: City of Sanford, 2005.

"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.

Warner, S.C. "Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida." Florida State Horticultural Society vol. 36 (1923): 198-200.

Hopkins, James T. Fifty Years of Citrus, the Florida Citrus Exchange: 1909-1959. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press: 1960.

"Sydney Chase Sr. (1860-1941)"

"Development of Marketing Citrus Fruits in Florida"

2 page handwritten letter