I have to perform the melancholy duty of announcing to the two Houses of Congress the death of the Hon. Abel P. Upshur, late Secretary of State, and the Hon. Thomas W. Gilmer, late Secretary of the Navy.
John Tyler: “I have to perform the melancholy duty of announcing to the two Houses of Congress the death of the Hon. Abel P. Upshur…”
On the recordFebruary 28, 1844
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