Collection of Harvard College bills sent to Charles Augustus Chase
Overview
Charles Augustus Chase (1833-1911) was a member of the Harvard Class of 1855. After graduating from Harvard, Chase worked for the Boston Daily Advertiser as a reporter and office editor until 1862. Chase then held several public offices, serving as treasurer of Worcester County, Massachusetts from 1864 to 1875, and then as Register of Deeds in 1876. His collection of bills demonstrates Chase's financial transactions while an undergraduate at Harvard, and include his spending on Harvard tuition, board, washing, books, clothing and shoes, furniture, oil, and more.
Dates
- Creation: 1851-1855 and [undated]
Creator
- Chase, Charles Augustus, 1833-1911 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
.17 cubic feet (1 half-document box)The Collection of Harvard College bills sent to Charles Augustus Chase documents his financial records while he was an undergraduate student at Harvard College from 1851 to 1855. It includes bills for Harvard tuition; board paid to multiple female landlords; purchases from Cambridge furniture makers Whitney & Brackett; books and school supplies paid to famed publisher John Bartlett; washing expenses paid to several women; as well as oil, clothing and shoes, photographs, and post office bills. It also includes an invoice for badges for "Webster," possibly referring to Daniel Webster, paid for by the Class of 1855 but "kept by [Chase] as Treasurer."
Biographical note on Charles Augustus Chase
Charles Augustus Chase (1833-1911) was a member of the Harvard Class of 1855. According to documentation in this collection, Chase also served as the Class Treasurer. After graduating from Harvard, Chase worked for the Boston Daily Advertiser as a reporter and office editor until 1862. Chase was then elected into public office, serving as treasurer of Worcester County, Massachusetts from 1864 to 1875, and then as Register of Deeds in 1876. Chase was elected treasurer of the Worcester County Institution for Savings in 1879, and served in that role until 1904, when he was elected president. Charles married Mary Teresa Clark (circa 1835-1884) on April 29, 1863; the couple had two daughters, Mary Alice (1865-1940) and Maud Eliza (1867-1950). Chase died in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1911.
Arrangement
The bills are arranged in chronological order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Albert Rice [Mary Hovey Gage], May 1963.
Inventory update
This document last updated 2022 February 9.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in May 2019 by Olivia Mandica-Hart. Processing included physical re-housing and the creation of this finding aid. Titles were transcribed from the documents; titles enclosed in brackets were devised by the archivist.
Upon research by archivists, the full names for Mrs. Martha Wetherbee and Mrs. Martha Young could not be traced.
Genre / Form
Topical
Creator
- Chase, Charles Augustus, 1833-1911 (Person)
Subject
- Chase, Charles Augustus, 1833-1911 (Person)
- Harvard University -- Finance (Organization)
- Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1855 (Organization)
- Title
- Chase, Charles Augustus, 1833-1911. Collection of Harvard College bills sent to Charles Augustus Chase, 1851-1855 and [undated] : an inventory
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Harvard University Archives
- Date
- May 6, 2019
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hua07019
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard University Archives Repository
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