James A. Garfield: Orders of the Heads of the Executive Departments in Response to the Death of President Garfield

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Orders of the Heads of the Executive Departments in Response to the Death of President Garfield
September 20, 1881

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LONG BRANCH, September 20.*

It has been agreed here by all the heads of Departments that the Departments shall remain closed from this time until the conclusion of President Garfield's funeral ceremonies in Washington, and it is understood that you will notify the acting heads of all Departments of this arrangement. * * *

ROBERT T. LINCOLN,

Secretary of War.

*Sent to the chief clerk of the War Department.

ORDER.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,

Washington, D.C ., September 20, 1881.

It is ordered, as a mark of respect to the memory of President Garfield, that the Treasury Department be closed during this day.

H. F. FRENCH,

Acting Secretary.

NOTICE.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,

Washington, D.C., September 21, 1881.

As a token of respect to the memory of the late President, James A. Garfield, the Treasury Department will be closed to public business to-day at 12 o'clock noon, and remain closed Thursday and Friday, the 22d and 23d instant.

H.F. FRENCH,

Acting Secretary.

ORDER.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,

Washington , D.C., September 24, 1881.

In accordance with the proclamation of the President appointing Monday, the 26th day of September, as a day of humiliation and mourning, being the day of the burial of the late President, James A. Garfield, it is ordered that this Department be closed during that day.

H. F. FRENCH,

Acting Secretary.

POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

Washington, D.C ., September 20, 1881.

Ordered , That, owing to the death of President James A. Garfield, this Department be closed for all public business until after the funeral party shall have left Washington for Ohio.

RICHD. A. ELMER,

Acting Postmaster-General,

POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

Washington, D.C ., September 24, 1881 .

Ordered , That, in conformity with the action of other executive branches of the Government, this Department be closed on Monday next, the 26th instant, and that the day be fittingly observed by all persons connected therewith as the occasion of the consignment to their final resting place of the remains of the late beloved and honored Chief Magistrate of the United States, James A. Garfield.

RICHD. A. ELMER, Acting Postmaster-General.

ORDER.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

Washington, September 20, 1881.

As a token of respect to the memory of the late President, James A. Garfield, the Department of the Interior and the several bureaus and offices thereof will be closed to public business until Saturday, the 24th instant.

A. BELL, Acting Secretary.

ORDER.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

Washington , September 24, 1881.

In pursuance of the proclamation of the President of the United States appointing Monday, the 26th instant, as a day of humiliation and mourning for the death of the late President, this Department and the several bureaus and offices thereof will be closed to business on that day.

A. BELL, Acting Secretary .

Citation: John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, The American Presidency Project [online]. Santa Barbara, CA. Available from World Wide Web: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=69138.

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