Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 9, 1891

Mr. Carter to Mr. Blaine.

Hawaiian Legation,
Washington, January 21, 1891.

Sir: It is my sad duty to inform you that His Majesty Kalakaua, King of Hawaii, died yesterday at 2:35 p.m., at San Francisco.

In this hour of personal grief and anxious solicitude for the welfare of my bereaved country, I must content myself with this simple announcement of the sorrowful event and pray you to communicate it to the President.

Please accept, etc.,

H. A. P. Carter.