Number of Pages
2
Date
January 12, 1858

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.

Time Period
Location
I-AsbellY-1978-1
Origin
Gift of Yale Asbell
Letter from Rufus Choate to James Buchanan