April 4, 1841 – President William Henry Harrison – who was inaugurated only 31 days earlier – suddenly dies in office.
Following Harrison’s death, the nation was asked – by official decree – to participate in thirty days of mourning. And during that month, every state in the Union, held memorial services for the late President. In our collection is an interesting note from Iowa Territorial Governor Robert Lucas to New York’s Governor William Seward, written in response to this tragedy.
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