Elizabeth Chase (1767–1840), woman of letters, was born in Baltimore, Maryland. A daughter of the Anglican clergyman Thomas Chase, and a half-sister of Samuel Chase, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and United States Supreme Court justice, she compiled a number of works, including Extracts in Prose and Verse, By a Lady of Maryland. together with a collection of Original Poetry, never before published, by Citizens of Maryland, 2 vols. (Annapolis, 1808), and Miscellaneous Selections and Original Pieces, in Prose and Verse. consisting principally of pieces of moral instruction, descriptions of fine scenery, delineations of distinguished characters, &c. (Baltimore, 1821; TJ’s copy inscribed “Thomas Jefferson Respectfully presented by The Editor” and reportedly presented by TJ to Cornelia J. Randolph on 24 June 1822, subsequently sold by Christie’s, London, auction 6973, lot 336, 3 Mar. 2004). Chase proposed in 1824 to publish her father’s translation of the Punica by Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus, but the idea apparently did not come to fruition (birth record in Saint Paul’s Church Records [MdHi]; MdBmAED: Chase Family Papers; New York National Advocate, 9 Feb. 1824; Baltimore Sun, 2 May 1840).