James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Dudley Chase, 7 September 1824

From Dudley Chase

Randolph, Vermont. Sep. 7. 1824

Sir,

Mr. Henry M. Leeds1 and Mr. Benjn. P. Richardson2 of Boston, being desirous of paying their respects to Prest. Madison, I take the liberty to recommend them to your notice as young gentlemen of respectability and distinction. I have the honor to be, Sir very respectfully, your Obt Sevt

Dudley Chase3

RC (DLC). Docketed by JM.

1Henry M. Leeds (ca. 1804–1882) of Dorchester, Massachusetts, was a Boston merchant and a founding member and curator of the Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society (Documents of the City of Boston, for the Year 1905 [4 vols.; Boston, 1906], 1:225; William Dana Orcutt, Good Old Dorchester: A Narrative History of the Town, 1630–1893 [1893; reprint, Bowie, Md., 2002], 194).

2Benjamin Parker Richardson (1802–1870) was a partner in J. Richardson & Brothers, iron merchants, at No. 2 Central Wharf, Boston, from 1826. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, on the Boston common council, and on the city school committee. He was a member and vestryman of Trinity Church (Dorus Clarke, “Benjamin Parker Richardson,” New-England Historical and Genealogical Register 26 [1872]: 1–3).

3Dudley Chase (1771–1846), a Dartmouth College graduate and Vermont lawyer and politician, served in the U.S. Senate, 1813–17 and 1825–31, as a Democratic Republican.

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