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Captain William Henry Chase Letter, Date acquired: 02/06/1962, bulk January 25, 1829

 

Summary

Extent:
1.00 items 1 folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Captain William Henry Chase Letter, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-0-54

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains a letter from Captain William H. Chase of Pensacola, Florida, to Lieutenant A. H. Bowman, an Army Engineer, directing Bowman to make a survey of the Pensacola area to find a shorter navigation route. A partial transcript of the letter is also available.

Biographical / historical:

General William H. Chase was Major of Engineers, U.S.A. and was afterwards Major-General of the Confederate State Army, and president of the Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railroad, leading from Pensacola to points in Alabama.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Howard H. Mott
Processing information:

Processed March 17, 1964.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Railroads
Places:
Pensacola (Fla.)

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

Captain William Henry Chase Letter, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-0-54

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA