Society of Workmen of Spezia to William T. Rice

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Title

Society of Workmen of Spezia to William T. Rice

Subject

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination
Condolence notes
Labor unions

Creator

Society of Workmen of Spezia

Source

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

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

1865-05-04

Format

pdf

Language

eng

Identifier

RG59E177-428

Coverage

44.1167, 9.8333
Spezia
Italy

Has Version

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), 464-65.
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), 610.

Transcription

[Translation.]

May 4, 1865.

Citizen: The Society of the Workmen of Spezia are powerfully affected by the news of the infamous assassination committed on the honored person of President Lincoln, and on that of his worthy minister, Seward. This information, which, with reason, has saddened all humanity, and which has given birth to a feeling of horror towards the assassin and his accomplices, could not otherwise but find a painful echo in the hearts of the working classes in this city. Representative citizen, Lincoln also was a workman—workman for all humanity; his aim, the abolition of slavery, the fraternizing of races—liberty!

The memory of the great citizen cannot die; and the memory of this second Washington will remain sadly everlasting, not only in the New, but also in the Old World.

The workmen, members of this society, who have draped their flag in mourning in consideration of this great affliction, address you, sir, expressing to you and to your fellow-countrymen the feelings of their grief. At the same time that they express these sentiments, coming from their very hearts, they make the warmest wishes for the triumph of the great principle of emancipation from slavery, the Union of America, and the prosperity of her glorious people.

From the hall of the working classes at Spezia.

For the society:

LUIGE URBINI,
President
.

G. SISMONDI,
Secretary
.

The Honorable Representative Citizen 
 of the people of the United States of America, city of Spezia.

Status

Complete

Percent Completed

100

Weight

20

Original Format

paper and ink
4 p.
20.25x33 cm

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