Statement of the Merchants, Brokers, and others of Cardiff

Statement of the Merchants, Brokers, and others of Cardiff

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Demonstrations

Merchants, Brokers and others of Cardiff

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

1865-04-29

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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), 191.

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), 251.

Charles Edward Burch,
 Consul for the United States of America at Cardiff:

We, the undersigned, the merchants, brokers, and others at this port, beg to convey to you our sympathy, indignation, and horror at the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, the President of the United States. We feel that his loss will be deplored not only by the British nation, but throughout the civilized world, and we sincerely trust and believe that the great nation you represent will be able to bear with dignity, and that its future progress will in no way be impeded by, the great and irreparable loss it has sustained.

Dated this 29th day of April, 1865.

JOHN PRIDE,
Mayor.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER,
Alderman and Justice of the Peace.
D. HOWELL,
Treasurer of St. John’s, Cardiff.
SAMUEL NASH.
SYDNEY D. JENKINS.
THOS. HODGE.
JOHN WILLIAMS.
JOSEPH ELLIOTT.
J. H. WILSON.
And some fifty others.

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