Squire Frederick Chase
and the Place Called Prospect
by Patricia and Edward Shillingburg ©2003
1. Introduction
 7. Changes on the Wind
2. Frederick Chase
 8. Chase Family Divides Land
3. Ten Years as a Lighthouse Keeper
 9. John E. Searles Starts Buying
4. The Birds
 10. Finishing the Job
5. Place Called Prospect
 11. Prospect House Opens
6. Lands of Frederick Chase at his Death
 12. Sources

Maps


Chase Peninsula

Gull Islands


Place Called Prospect


1839 Road

1855 Map of Shelter Island


Copeland Map