Resolution of Local Board of Blaydon

Resolution of Local Board of Blaydon

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Municipal government

Local Board of Blaydon

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

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

1865-05-04

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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), 178-79.

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), 234-35.

The following resolutions were passed at a meeting held May 4, 1865: That this board desires to give utterance to the feelings of grief and horror with which it has heard of the assassination of President Lincoln, and the murderous attack upon Mr. Seward, and to convey to Mrs. Lincoln, to President Johnson and his colleagues, and to the people of the United States, its profound sympathy and heartfelt condolence.

That a copy of the foregoing resolution be placed in the hands of the Honorable C. F. Adams, the American minister for transmission, to his Excellency the President of the United States, Mrs. Lincoln, and the Honorable William H. Seward.

[L. S.]

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