The ninth US president died on this day in 1841 - here's how newspapers reacted

On this day in 1841, William Henry Harrison became the first US president to die in office.

Harrison's death shocked the nation. He had been inaugurated just 30 days earlier, making him to this day the shortest-serving president in US history.

Harrison is commonly believed to have died of pneumonia caught while giving his famously long Inaugural Address - although that theory is disputed by some modern historians.

It took several days - for the news of Harrison's death to spread across the country, as evidenced by newspaper archives available on the Library of Congress' website.

Check out how some newspapers reacted below: