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

Mr. Hill to Mr. Grip.

Department of State,
Washington, September 25, 1901.

Sir: The pressure of public business attendant upon the death of President McKinley has delayed until now an acknowledgment of your telegram of the 14th instant, conveying, by direction of your Government, an expression of the sympathy felt by His Majesty the King and the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway in view of that sad event.

I shall be obliged if you will assure His Majesty and your Government that their condolence is gratefully appreciated by the Government and people of the United States, who are deeply touched by the innumerable manifestations of sympathy which they have received from all parts of the world.

Accept, etc.,

David J. Hill,
Acting Secretary.