Resolutions of the Magistrates, Merchants, Bankers, Manufacturers, and other Inhabitants of Dundee

Resolutions of the Magistrates, Merchants, Bankers, Manufacturers, and other Inhabitants of Dundee

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Demonstrations

Magistrates, Merchants, Bankers, Manufacturers and other Inhabitants of Dundee

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

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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), 209-10.

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), 275.

Dundee, Council Chamber, May 12, 1865.

To his excellency the ambassador to the court of Great Britain for the United States of America.

At a public meeting of the magistrates, merchants, bankers, manufacturers and other inhabitants of the royal burgh of Dundee, in Scotland, held in the Town Hall, on Tuesday, the 2d day of May, in the year 1865, called by due public notice, the provost of the burgh in the chair, it was moved and resolved, without a dissenting voice, as follows:

That the meeting unite in declaring the profound sorrow and indignation with which they have heard the atrocious assassination of President Lincoln, and of the attempted assassination of Mr. Seward and his son; further, they desire to express their sincere respect for Mr. Lincoln’s personal character, and in particular their admiration of the forbearance and moderation which he evinced in the hour of success; and they would respectfully express their deep sympathy with the American people and with the afflicted families of the sufferers.

It was then moved and Unanimously resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolution be transmitted to the United States embassy in London, through their consul in Dundee.

Signed in name and by appointment of the meeting:

CHARLES PARKER,
 Provost and Chief Magistrate of the Royal Burgh of Dundee.

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