Resolution of the Leith Chamber of Commerce

Resolution of the Leith Chamber of Commerce

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Boards of trade

Leith Chamber of Commerce

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), 286.

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), 375.

At a meeting of the Leith Chamber of Commerce, incorporated by royal charter, held the 2d day of May, 1865, the following resolution was moved by John Warrack, esq., chairman of the Chamber, seconded by Adolph Robinson, esq., and unanimously adopted:

The Leith Chamber of Commerce desire to join with all classes of their countrymen in expressing their indignation, horror, and sorrow at the assassination of President Lincoln, and resolve to communicate to the American people and government the sympathy of the Chamber for a loss which is felt, not by the United States alone, but by the whole civilized world.

The secretary was instructed to transmit a copy of the above resolution to his Excellency Mr. Adams, the United States minister in London.

Signed in name, and by authority of the Chamber.

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JOHN WARRACK,
 Chaiman.

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