September 23, 1930
My dear Mrs. Palmer:
I am grieved to learn of the death of your distinguished father, Congressman Charles M. Stedman of North Carolina. He will be gratefully remembered for his high character and for his long and useful public service. I send you my deepest sympathy in your loss.
Yours faithfully,
HERBERT HOOVER
[Mrs. Katharine Palmer, George Washington Inn, Washington, D.C.]
Note: Representative Stedman served in Congress from 1911 to the time of his death.
Herbert Hoover, Message of Sympathy on the Death of Representative Charles M. Stedman. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/211748