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.