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.
1. Henry 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).
2. Benjamin 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).
3. Dudley 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.