Scope and Contents: The diary of Henry Chase consists of one volume with entries beginning January 1, 1858 and ending November 12, 1858. The entries are in only about a third of the diary and there are numerous pages are cut out. Chase recounts his time living in Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois with his law practice partner Charles Kellum. The partners participated in many of the social activities of the town, including dances, sleigh riding, the formation of the Sycamore Debating Club, fund-raising...

Scope and Contents: The first part of the volume is the accounting of expenses for the various schools Henry Chase attended beginning in 1843-1844, when he attended an unknown school, in 1845 when he entered college in Burlington, Vermont, then from 1848-1850 when he attended Yale College for his junior and senior year, and finally in 1851 when he left home for Cambridge Law School. Expenses include those that are school related such as paper, wood, lamp oil, books, ink and pencils, and also personal expenses...