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Title Peter Chase, son of James and Mary (Folger) Receipts
Reference MSS 104/Folder 12
Library Nantucket Historical Association
Collection Chase Family Papers, 1771-1919
Date 25 Jul 1806 - 11 Apr 1839
Description A set of receipts and bills issued to and by Peter Chase (1764-1842).
Document Type Business Records, Accounts, Ephemera
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce
Keywords receipt, bill, money, salt, flour, tobacco, oil, doctor, funeral, labour, storage
Countries USA
Places Fairhaven
Ports Nantucket, USA; New Bedford, USA
People Peter Chase
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.

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