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Title Alexander S Chase Receipt for Taxes, Flour and Furniture
Reference MSS 104/Folder 1/8
Library Nantucket Historical Association
Collection Chase Family Papers, 1771-1919
Date 19 Jul 1845 - 2 Aug 1852
Description Receipts of Alexander S Chase relating to the purchase of flour and furniture and the payment of taxes.
Document Type Business Records, Accounts, Ephemera
Theme(s) Trade and Commerce
Keywords receipt, tax, supplies, furniture, food, flour
Countries USA
Ports Nantucket, USA
People Alexander S 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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