Council of the Borough of Emerald Hill, Victoria, to William Blanchard

Council of the Borough of Emerald Hill, Victoria, to William Blanchard

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Municipal government

Council of the Borough of Emerald Hill, Victoria

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

1865-08-04

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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), 216.

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), 284.

Borough Council Chamber,
 Emerald Hill, August 4, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor, by desire of the council of the borough of Emerald Hill, to forward herewith a copy of a resolution unanimously passed by the council at the last meeting, being an expression of the council’s sympathy with the widow of the late and lamented President of the United States of America in her sore bereavement; and also the council’s deep abhorrence of the dastardly act which has removed from the sphere of his usefulness one of the greatest men of modern times, and one who no doubt, had he lived, would have restored America to her original tranquillity and prosperity. I am further desired to request the favor of your kindly forwarding the enclosed to Mrs. Lincoln by the first opportunity.

I have the honor to be, sir, your most obedient servant,

JOHN WHITEMAN, J. P.,
Mayor.

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