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Joseph T. Chase letters to Latinus Blaisdell, Frankfort, Maine, 1853-1855.
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Joseph T. Chase letters to Latinus Blaisdell, Frankfort, Maine, 1853-1855Creator/Contributor:
Chase, Joseph T., creator, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Blaisdell, Latinus C., 1827-1895, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Nahl, Charles Christian, 1818-1878, artist.Creator/Contributor:
Anthony & Baker, engraver.Abstract:
Four letters written by Joseph T. Chase [?] from Forest City and Volcano, California to his friend Latinus Blaisdell in Frankfort,
Maine. Discusses his efforts at gold mining in California and things he plans to do when he returns home to Maine. One letter,
dated October 18, 1854, is written on a pictorial lettersheet ("Sunday in the California Diggings," signed C.C. Nahl (Baird
266), published by the Wide West Office, San Francisco) and includes its envelope (with engraving, "Writing Home," signed
Anthony & Baker, postmarked from Volcano, California). Collection includes another envelope (also postmarked from Volcano)
and a cartoon drawing, presumably by Chase.
Date:
1853 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-meGold miners -- California -- Correspondence
Covers (Philately) -- Specimens
Enveloppes (Philatélie) -- Spécimens
Covers (Philately)
Gold miners
Gold mines and mining
California -- Gold discoveries
Maine
Californie -- Découvertes d'or
Maine
California
Maine
Chase, Joseph T -- Correspondence
Blaisdell, Latinus C -- 1827-1895 -- Correspondence
Blaisdell, E. Ferren (Ebenezer Ferren) -- 1822-1901
Note:
Purchase from Ken Harrison; 2015.
Although the identity of the letter writer is unconfirmed, he may be Joseph T. Chase, the son of Job (1791-1855) and Nancy
Chase (died 1837), who died October 5, 1858 at the age of 35 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Orono, Maine. Joseph signs
all of his letters, but his signature is difficult to decipher. "Chase" is most likely his surname, but it may also be "Cruse."
The recipient is Latinus C. Blaisell (1827-December 14, 1895) of Frankfort, Maine. Joseph makes several mentions of "Brother
Ferren," who is Latinus' brother, E. [Ebenezer] Ferren Blaisdel (1822-1901). Ferren later married Nancy Chase (1821-1900),
whose relationship to Job and Nancy Chase, if any, is undetermined.
Joseph T. Chase letters to Latinus Blaisdell, BANC MSS 2017/167, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
Covers (Philately)envelopes.
postmarks.
Personal correspondence.
Specimens.
Pictorial lettersheets.
Wood engravings.
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Language:
English