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{{Infobox Biography
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| date_of_birth =[[May 2]], [[1803]]
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| date_of_death =[[March 27]], [[1844]]
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| spouse =Elizabeth Flower
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'''George Edmund Chase''' ([[1803]]-[[1844]]) was the younger brother of engineer [[William Henry Chase]] who moved to Pensacola to assist in his brother's fort construction and real estate dealings.
A graduate of Harvard and West Point (1828), Chase became an Artillery Lieutenant. After a visit to Pensacola, William arranged to have George stationed in the town.
[[Image:NewCityPlat.jpg|thumb|right|Plat of [[New City]] designed by George Chase]]
George and William planned a development on Pensacola's east side known as "[[New City]]," a plat of which was designed by George. The project was canceled after the [[Wikipedia:Panic of 1837|Panic of 1837]].
==References==
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*Thomas Patrick Hughes & Frank Munsell. ''American Ancestry: Giving Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, A. D. 1776''. Munsell, 1892.
*Gene M. Burnett. "Pensacola's One-Man Economy." ''Florida's Past: People and Events That Shaped the State''. Pineapple Press Inc., 1997.
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| subject_name =George E. Chase
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| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[May 2]], [[1803]]
| place_of_birth =
| date_of_death =[[March 27]], [[1844]]
| place_of_death =
| occupation =
| religion =
| spouse =Elizabeth Flower
| parents =
| children =
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'''George Edmund Chase''' ([[1803]]-[[1844]]) was the younger brother of engineer [[William Henry Chase]] who moved to Pensacola to assist in his brother's fort construction and real estate dealings.
A graduate of Harvard and West Point (1828), Chase became an Artillery Lieutenant. After a visit to Pensacola, William arranged to have George stationed in the town.
[[Image:NewCityPlat.jpg|thumb|right|Plat of [[New City]] designed by George Chase]]
George and William planned a development on Pensacola's east side known as "[[New City]]," a plat of which was designed by George. The project was canceled after the [[Wikipedia:Panic of 1837|Panic of 1837]].
==References==
{{refbegin}}
*Thomas Patrick Hughes & Frank Munsell. ''American Ancestry: Giving Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, A. D. 1776''. Munsell, 1892.
*Gene M. Burnett. "Pensacola's One-Man Economy." ''Florida's Past: People and Events That Shaped the State''. Pineapple Press Inc., 1997.
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