Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1901

Mr. Hay to Mr. Choate.

[Telegram.]

Department of State,
Washington, January 23, 1901.

The House of Representatives yesterday afternoon adopted the following resolution, and thereupon adjourned:

Fifty-sixth Congress, Second Session, Congress of the United States.

In the House of Representatives, January 22, 1901:

Resolved, That the House of Representatives of the United States of America has learned with profound sorrow of the death of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and sympathises with her people in the loss of their beloved sovereign.

That the President be requested to communicate this expression of the sentiment of the House to the Government of Great Britain.

That as a further mark of respect to the memory of Queen Victoria the House do now adjourn.

Attest:

A. McDowell, Clerk,
By William J. Browning, Chief Clerk.

You will communicate the foregoing to the secretary of state for foreign affairs, requesting that he advise His Majesty of this tribute to the memory of the Queen. An engrossed copy will be forwarded later for formal communication.

Hay.