Resolution of Working Men of Hinton Martell

Resolution of Working Men of Hinton Martell

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Labor unions

Working Men of Hinton Martell

Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of State, 1763-2002, Entry 177: Foreign Messages on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, 1865, National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD

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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States of America, and the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866), 238.

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States of America, and the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867), 312-13.

Resolutions passed at a meeting held by the working men of Hinton Martell, Dorset county.

At a public meeting of the working men, held (by permission) in the schoolroom, Hinton Martell, near Wimbourne, in the county of Dorset, on Wednesday, May 17, 1865, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:

,p>That this meeting having heard with great regret of the assassination of Mr. President Lincoln, beg most humbly, but very respectfully, to tender through his excellency the American ambassador residing in this country, to the government and people of the United States of America, their most earnest sympathy and condolence, and to express their detestation and horror of the crime.

That his excellency be requested to convey to Mrs. Lincoln the assurance, that by no class in this country will there be felt for her a more earnest and true sympathy under this great trial than that experienced by us, a few of the agricultural laborers of Dorset.

Signed on behalf of the meeting:

HARRY STOKES,
Chairman.

Hinton Martell,
 Wimbourne, May 19, 1865.

Sir: As chairman of the above meeting, I have the honor to hand you the resolution passed by the working men of this district.

I would take this opportunity to express my earnest hope that the prospect now presented of a termination of the conflict that has been raging so long in your country may be speedily realized, and that you, sir, may be long spared to watch over the interests of your country at the court of our beloved Queen.

With great respect, I beg to remain, sir, your very obedient humble servant,

HARRY STOKES.

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