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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters from Oliver S Chase |
| Reference | MSS 104/Folder 11 |
| Library | Nantucket Historical Association |
| Collection | Chase Family Papers, 1771-1919 |
| Date | 12 Apr 1866 - 25 Mar 1868 |
| Description | A collection of 30 autograph letters from Oliver S Chase (1843-1868), focusing on his life and employment in Callao and a discussion of social news and gossip from back home in Nantucket and Providence. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Theme(s) | Social Life; Employment and Labour; Migration and Immigration |
| Keywords | family, travel, voyage, passengers, meals, food, pastimes, employment, career, climate, letter, cargo, music, money, photograph, health, salary, wages, coolie, theatre, reading, smoking, public holiday, race relations, foreign, language, women, courtship, gossip, news, accounts, children, education, immigration, revolution, war, medicine, disease |
| Countries | USA; Panama; Peru |
| Places | Providence; Caribbean; Lima |
| Ports | Nantucket, USA; New York, USA; Callao, Peru |
| Company | Crosby and Company |
| Ships | Costa Rica, Peru |
| People | Oliver S Chase; Elizabeth H Chase; Captain Nathan Chase; Judith S Chase; Andrew Johnson |
| Additional Information |
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. |
| Copyright | Nantucket Historical Association |
