Council of the City of Melbourne, Victoria, to the American People and Mary Lincoln

RG59E177-274.pdf

Title

Council of the City of Melbourne, Victoria, to the American People and Mary Lincoln

Subject

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination
Condolence notes
Municipal government

Creator

Council of the City of Melbourne, Victoria

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

1865-07-24

Format

pdf

Language

eng

Identifier

RG59E177-274

Coverage

-37.9333, 145.4333
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia

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), 297.
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), 389.

Transcription

At a meeting of the council of the city of Melbourne, held in the council chamber in the Town Hall, Swanston street, in the said city, on Monday the 24th day of July, 1865, it was

Resolved, That this council for and on behalf of the corporation of the mayor, aldermen, councilors, and citizens of the city of Melbourne, desires to record its unmitigated horror and detestation of the atrocious murder of Abraham Lincoln, the late President of the United States of America; to express its profound sympathy with the American people in the incalculable loss of so great and good a citizen, councilor and ruler; and to offer its deep and respectful condolence to Mrs. Lincoln under her most grievous and terrible bereavement.

[seal]

GEO. WRAGGE,
Mayor
.

E. G. FITZ GIBBON,
Town Clerk
.

Status

Complete

Percent Completed

100

Weight

20

Original Format

paper and ink
1 p.
20.25 x 33 cm

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