To James Madison from James Taylor, 9 July 1827
From James Taylor
Columbus Ohio July 9th. 1827.
My dear Sir
I do my self the pleasure to introduce to your acquaintance, Chapman Coleman1 Esqr Marshall of the State of Kentucky, a particular friend of mine & one of our worthiest citizens.
Mr Coleman is a Native of your County, but left it when quite young & has not visited it since til the present trip. You will find him able to give you much information, both as to your friends & acquaintances, as well as what relates to our Country generally. Accept with your good lady & the good old Lady assurances of my best respects and am my dear Sir yours truly
James Taylor
This coarse paper is all I could procure at a late hour at night as MrC. was passing on in the Stage.
RC (DLC). Docketed by JM.
1. Chapman Coleman (d. 1850) lived in Frankfort and later Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife, Ann Mary Crittenden Coleman, daughter of John J. Crittenden. James Monroe appointed Coleman U.S. marshal for the district of Kentucky on 2 January 1823, and the Senate confirmed him four days later. He was removed by Andrew Jackson in 1829 (St. Louis Daily Missouri Republican, 25 July 1850; Mrs. Chapman Coleman, The Life of John J. Crittenden, with Selections from His Correspondence and Speeches [2 vols.; Philadelphia, 1873], 1:20; , 3:318, 319; Smith et al., Papers of Andrew Jackson, 7:34 n.; William S. Railey, “History of Woodford County,” Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society 18, no. 54 [1920]: 62).