Proclamation, John B. Gordon Camp of the Atlanta, Ga., Sons of Confederate Veterans, Sept. 16, 1901, McKinley Papers, Container 5, Folder 15, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH; See also “Memphis Mourns,” The Commercial Advance (Memphis, TN) Sept. 20, 1901, p. 4; Charles Henry Grosvenor, William McKinley, His Life and Work (Washington: The Continental Assembly, 1901) p. 69 (excerpt from editorial printed in the Birmingham Age-Herald) p. 160 (quoting the message from the Governor of South Carolina); Letter, George Clifton, Eureka Springs, AR, Sept. 10, 1901, McKinley Papers, Folder 5, Container 6, Western Reserve Historical Society Library, Cleveland, OH. All Footnotes