J C Chase: 1820 settler and servant of the Colony

Title: J C Chase: 1820 settler and servant of the Colony
Creator: McGinn, M J
ThesisAdvisor: Maxwell, W A
Subject: Chase, J. C, 1806-1876
Subject: British settlers of 1820 (South Africa)
Subject: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- History
Date: 1975
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MA
Identifier: vital:2610
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012872
Description: J.C. Chase was an 1820 settler who travelled to the Cape with Bailie's party. He was a man of some standing and education. There is evidence that he was a member of the Worshipful Company of Founders, whose arms were later adopted by Aliwal North, but he was reputedly a bookseller in London in 1819. Clearly the reading and writing of books were among his chief preoccupations at the Cape. He was particularly interested in travel and exploration and was one of the early white visitors to Griqualand. But his main objective at the Cape was probably to seek the security of a government appointment, and he held quite a succession of offices until he secured a permanent post in the administration. Even then he was moved from Graham's Town to Albert before he found his niche at Uitenhage, where he was Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate from 1849 to 1863. Intro., p.1.
Format: 243 pages, pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, History
Language: English
Rights: McGinn, M J

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