MCKINLEY, William (1843-1901), President . Letter of state signed ("William McKinley") as President, to "His Excellency Juan L. Cuestas," acting President of Uruguay, also signed by Secretary of State John Sherman, Washington, 15 October 1897. 2 full pages (10½ x 14 in.), first page with bold heading "William McKinley President of the United States of America," text in a bold clerical hand, minor discoloration to edge of first page, otherwise very fine. A FUTURE ASSASSINATION VICTIM EXPRESSES "ABHORRENCE OF THE CRIME BY WHICH" ANOTHER PRESIDENT "WAS REMOVED" An imposing diplomatic response to news of a Presidential assassination. President Juan Idiarte Borda of Uruguay was shot by a young man who disagreed with Borda's policies on 25 August 1897, at ceremonies marking the 72nd anniversary of the independence of Uruguay. Four years and 12 days later, President McKinley too fell to an assassin's bullet while attending the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Here, the President offers formal condolences to Cuestas "President of the Honorable Senate, exercising the Executive Power" in Uruguay: "Great and good friend...I have received the letter...in which you announce that, by reason of the assassination of his Excellency the late President of the Republic, you, as President of the...Chamber of of Senators, have, in virtue of the prescriptions of the Constitution,...assumed charge of the Executive Power. I beg to assure you in reply of the regret felt by myself, as well as the people of the United States, at the death of the late President, and of the General abhorrence of the crime by which he was removed...." President Juan Idiarte Borda of Uruguay was shot by a young man who disagreed with Borda's policies on 25 August 1897, at ceremonies marking the 72nd anniversary of the independence of Uruguay. Four years and 12 days later, President McKinley too fell to an assassin's bullet while attending the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Here, the President offers formal condolences to Cuestas "President of the Honorable Senate, exercising the Executive Power" in Uruguay: "Great and good friend...I have received the letter...in which you announce that, by reason of the assassination of his Excellency the late President of the Republic, you, as President of the...Chamber of of Senators, have, in virtue of the prescriptions of the Constitution,...assumed charge of the Executive Power. I beg to assure you in reply of the regret felt by myself, as well as the people of the United States, at the death of the late President, and of the General abhorrence of the crime by which he was removed...."
MCKINLEY, William (1843-1901), President . Letter of state signed ("William McKinley") as President, to "His Excellency Juan L. Cuestas," acting President of Uruguay, also signed by Secretary of State John Sherman, Washington, 15 October 1897. 2 full pages (10½ x 14 in.), first page with bold heading "William McKinley President of the United States of America," text in a bold clerical hand, minor discoloration to edge of first page, otherwise very fine. A FUTURE ASSASSINATION VICTIM EXPRESSES "ABHORRENCE OF THE CRIME BY WHICH" ANOTHER PRESIDENT "WAS REMOVED" An imposing diplomatic response to news of a Presidential assassination. President Juan Idiarte Borda of Uruguay was shot by a young man who disagreed with Borda's policies on 25 August 1897, at ceremonies marking the 72nd anniversary of the independence of Uruguay. Four years and 12 days later, President McKinley too fell to an assassin's bullet while attending the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Here, the President offers formal condolences to Cuestas "President of the Honorable Senate, exercising the Executive Power" in Uruguay: "Great and good friend...I have received the letter...in which you announce that, by reason of the assassination of his Excellency the late President of the Republic, you, as President of the...Chamber of of Senators, have, in virtue of the prescriptions of the Constitution,...assumed charge of the Executive Power. I beg to assure you in reply of the regret felt by myself, as well as the people of the United States, at the death of the late President, and of the General abhorrence of the crime by which he was removed...." President Juan Idiarte Borda of Uruguay was shot by a young man who disagreed with Borda's policies on 25 August 1897, at ceremonies marking the 72nd anniversary of the independence of Uruguay. Four years and 12 days later, President McKinley too fell to an assassin's bullet while attending the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Here, the President offers formal condolences to Cuestas "President of the Honorable Senate, exercising the Executive Power" in Uruguay: "Great and good friend...I have received the letter...in which you announce that, by reason of the assassination of his Excellency the late President of the Republic, you, as President of the...Chamber of of Senators, have, in virtue of the prescriptions of the Constitution,...assumed charge of the Executive Power. I beg to assure you in reply of the regret felt by myself, as well as the people of the United States, at the death of the late President, and of the General abhorrence of the crime by which he was removed...."
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