Description
The collection consists of typescript copies of originals. It contains
the 1883-84 diary of Mellie Chase, twelve year old daughter of George Chase;
the 1867 and 1868 diaries of George Chase, and, correspondence from his
mother's family, the Stickneys, of Newburyport, Mass. The collection also
contains correspondence between George's cousin Millie and his Aunt Fanny
Stickney, copies of 19th c. Alameda County land documents, an extract from
Jacob Stickney's will and a speech by George Chase to his old Civil War
Company. There is a collection of Chase family papers at the University of
California, Berkeley.
Background
George Chase, was Deputy Treasurer of Alameda County. He was born in
Newburyport, Massachusetts (1841), a son of Moses and Emily (Stickney) Chase.
The Chase family subsequently settled in Brooklyn (Clinton), California, now
part of Oakland. The father of George Chase came to California in 1849. There,
he supported himself on West Oakland Point by hunting. He joined in partnership
with the Patten brothers and obtained land in Clinton which they subdivided
into building lots. They built the first hotel in East Oakland, called the
Clinton House. Moses Chase returned East in 1853 to visit family and in his
absence the Clinton House burned. He returned to California the same year. Son
George came to California (1854) in company with his aunt Mary and her husband,
James Allen. George's mother, Emily (Stickney) Chase, had died when George was
a baby.
Availability
Collection is open for research.