Announcement to Representatives of
Foreign Governments in the United States.

Name: Messages and Papers of William Henry Harrison - Announcement to Representatives of Foreign Governments in the United States.
Author: William Henry Harrison

[From official records in the State Department.]

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

Washington, April 5, 1841.

SIR: It is my great misfortune to be obliged to inform you of an event not less afflicting to the people of the United States than distressing to my own feelings and the feelings of all those connected with the Government.

The President departed this life yesterday at thirty minutes before I o’clock in the morning.

You are respectfully invited to attend the funeral ceremonies, which will take place on Wednesday next, and with the particular arrangements for which you will be made acquainted in due time.

Not doubting your sympathy and condolence with the Government and people of the country on this bereavement, I have the honor to be, sir, with high consideration, your obedient servant,

DANL. WEBSTER.

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Chicago: William Henry Harrison, "Announcement to Representatives of Foreign Governments in the United States.," Messages and Papers of William Henry Harrison in James D. Richardson, Ed., a Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, William Henry Harrison (U.S. Bureau of National Literature and Art, 1910), 3:1887 Original Sources, accessed March 25, 2026, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UKYG8HZAJK4JVMF.

MLA: Harrison, William Henry. "Announcement to Representatives of Foreign Governments in the United States." Messages and Papers of William Henry Harrison, in James D. Richardson, Ed., a Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, William Henry Harrison (U.S. Bureau of National Literature and Art, 1910), 3:1887, Original Sources. 25 Mar. 2026. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UKYG8HZAJK4JVMF.

Harvard: Harrison, WH, 'Announcement to Representatives of Foreign Governments in the United States.' in Messages and Papers of William Henry Harrison. cited in , James D. Richardson, Ed., a Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, William Henry Harrison (U.S. Bureau of National Literature and Art, 1910), 3:1887. Original Sources, retrieved 25 March 2026, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UKYG8HZAJK4JVMF.

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