Letter from Rufus Choate to James Buchanan

Rufus Choate, a former US Senator from Massachusetts, writes President James Buchanan (Class of 1809) to request the appointment of Edward Riddle as a naval agent in Boston, Massachusetts. "Mr Riddle [is] eminently well suited to perform the duties of the place in question," as Choate explains. Choate's recommendation of Riddle is endorsed by eleven other individuals who also signed the letter.