A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 4, part 1: William Henry Harrison — John Shaqi
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 4, part 1: William Henry Harrison
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 4, part 1: William Henry Harrison
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Presidents -- United States; United States -- History -- Sources; United States -- Politics and government
Commodore Morris, the senior captain in the Navy now in the city, to
have the direction of the naval arrangements.
The marshal of the District to have the direction of the civic
procession, assisted by the mayors of Washington, Georgetown, and
Alexandria, the clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States, and
such other citizens as they may see fit to call to their aid.
John Quincy Adams, ex-President of the United States, members of
Congress now in the city or its neighborhood, all the members of the
diplomatic body resident in Washington, and all officers of Government
and citizens generally are invited to attend.
And it is respectfully recommended to the officers of Government that
they wear the usual badge of mourning.
DANL. WEBSTER,
_Secretary of State_.
T. EWING,
_Secretary of the Treasury_.
JNO. BELL,
_Secretary of War_.
J.J. CRITTENDEN,
_Attorney-General_.
FR. GRANGER,
_Postmaster-General_.
[The Secretary of the Navy was absent from the city.]
[From official records in the War Department.]
DISTRICT ORDERS.
WASHINGTON, _April 5, 1841_.
The foregoing notice from the heads of the Executive Departments of the
Government informs you what a signal calamity has befallen us in the
death of the President of the United States, and the prominent part
assigned you in those funeral honors which may bespeak a nation's
respect to the memory of a departed patriot and statesman, whose virtue
and talents as a citizen and soldier had achieved illustrious services,
and whose sudden death has disappointed the expectation of still more
important benefits to his country.
With a view to carry into effect the views of these high officers of
Government in a manner befitting the occasion and honorable to the
militia corps of this District, I request the general and field
officers, the general staff, and the commandants of companies to
assemble at my house to-morrow, Tuesday, April 6, precisely at 10
o'clock, to report the strength and equipment of the several corps of
the militia and to receive final instructions for parade and arrangement
in the military part of the funeral procession.
The commandants of such militia corps from the neighboring States as
desire to unite in the procession are respectfully invited to report to
me as soon as practicable their intention, with a view to arrange them
in due and uniform order as a part of the general military escort.
The detail of these arrangements, to which all the military accessories,
both of the regulars and militia, are expected to conform, will be
published in due time for the information of all.
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