Chase Collection Circa 1750-1984 1884-1984
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Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941
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Businessman. Sydney Octavius Chase and his brother, Joshua Coffin Chase, were born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Sydney Chase arrived in Sanford, Florida, in 1878 and was employed by Henry Sanford. He later formed Chase & Company, a fruit shipping company and was joined by Joshua in 1884. They expanded their business into grove acreage, insurance, railroads, banking, and the growing of celery. From the description of Papers, 1870-1941. (University of Flori...
Chase family
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The story of the Chases in Florida began in 1878 when Sydney Octavius Chase (1860-1941), having read about orange groves in Scribner's Magazine, came to Florida from Philadelphia. His brother, Joshua Coffin Chase (1858-1948), joined him in 1884 and together they formed Chase and Company that year. The Chase brothers came to Florida at the right time for Florida citrus and at the right time for them as investment entrepreneurs. Strong family ties in the North provided them with finan...
Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948
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Sanford, H. S., 1823-1891
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Diplomat. Secretary of Legation in Paris, 1849 to 1854; Minister Resident to Belgium 1861 to 1867. Authored books on international systems of penal codes. Known as "General" because of his enrollment as a major-general in the Minnesota militia during the Civil War, in recognization of his gift of a pair of field pieces to the 1st Minnesota Volunteers. Founder of Shelton, Florida. From the description of Letters : Paris, France and Brussels, Belgium, to Samuel Sullivan Cox, 1861-1885....
Chase and Company (Sanford, Fla.)
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