Office of the Historian

File No. 2372/30.

The Secretary of State to the Brazilian Ambassador.

Department of State,
Washington, June 16, 1909.

My Dear Mr. Ambassador: On the receipt of a telegram from the American Ambassador at Rio de Janeiro reporting the death on June 14 of His Excellency President Penna, the President on yesterday by telegram to His Excellency Vice President Pecanha offered in the name of his countrymen and in his own, heartfelt condolence to the stricken family and to the Brazilian people in their great personal and national bereavement.

In advising you of this I beg that you will assure Baron Rio Branco of my own deep regret at the loss which the Brazilian Nation has sustained and will convey to the bereaved family the expression of my personal sympathy.

I am, my dear Mr. Nabuco,

Very sincerely,

P. C. Knox.