William McKinley to Elihu Root re: giving a son's body and arms to his father - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC02793.052
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to the 1890s
Title	William McKinley to Elihu Root re: giving a son's body and arms to his father
Date	2 June 1898
Author	McKinley, William (1843-1901)
Recipient	Root, Elihu
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Written as President to Root as Secretary of War. The bearer, Nicholas Fish, had lost his son in the Spanish-American War.
Subjects	President Spanish American War Military History Children and Family Death Weaponry
People	McKinley, William (1843-1901) Root, Elihu (1845-1937)
Place written	Washington
Theme	Foreign Affairs; The Presidency
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Transcript	Show/hide June 2 1898 [illegible] This will be handed you by Mr. Nicholas Fish the Father of the gallant young man who was the first to fall in the engagement of last Friday. He would like to have provided for his family the side arms of his son, and you will give the necessary orders to that end. He wants the return of the body of his son if that can be done. About this I refer him to you for such action as you deem practical Wisdom [illegible]