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Up for sale a RARE! "Quicksands of Youth" Franklin Chase Hoyt Hand Signed TLS on NCity of New York Letterhead Dated 1921.
1876 – November 13, 1937) advocated for the establishment of a juvenile court in New York City. After the establishment, he was the presiding judge of the New York City Children's Court. He
wrote the book Quicksands of Youth published by Charles Scribner's Sons in
1921. Franklin Chase Hoyt was born on September 7, 1876 in Pelham, New York to Janet
Ralston Chase Hoyt. His grandfather was Salmon Portland Chase. He
married Maud Rives Hoyt (1886–1982) and they had two daughters, Constance M.
Hoyt. and Beatrix Hoyt. He retired in 1933.[5] He died on November 13, 1937. He was buried
at Wappingers
Rural Cemetery.