DescriptionTelegram from the Japanese Emporer typed by Baron Takahira on June 27th, 1908 and sent to Frances Folsom Cleveland in Princeton, NJ after the death of Grover Cleveland.
NoteCourtesy of the State of New Jersey Division of Environmental Protection, the Grover Cleveland Birthplace Historic Site, Caldwell, New Jersey.
Note28 NY SW Ky 4 Paid 3:55 P.M. - MC. Washington D.C. June 27th, '08 - Mrs. Grover Cleveland, Princeton, N.J. - Under instructions I beg to convey to you the sincere condolence of his majesty the Emperor and the Japanese government on the great sorrow which has befallen you and the people of the United States in the death of your most distinguished husband. - Baron Takahira.