Title
Statement of Provost, Magistrates, and Council of Falkirk
Subject
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination
Condolence notes
Municipal government
Creator
Provost, Magistrates, and Council of Falkirk
Source
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
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
1865-05-03
Format
pdf
Language
eng
Identifier
RG59E177-141
Coverage
56.0000, -3.7667
Falkirk
United Kingdom
Scotland
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), 217.
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.
Transcription
Excerpt from the minutes of a meeting of the provost magistrates and council of the burgh of Falkirk, held on the 3d day of May, 1865.
Provost Keir in the chair. It was moved by Provost Keir—
That this meeting agrees to enter on its records an expression of deep sympathy with the government and people of the United States of America under the calamity which has befallen them through the assassination of President Lincoln, and its entire concurrence in the universal detestation with which that crime is looked on in Great Britain.
The motion was seconded by Bailie Wyse, and unanimously carried.
Excerpted from the minutes of council by—
ROBERT HENDERSON,
Town Clerk.
Status
Complete
Percent Completed
100
Weight
20
Original Format
paper and ink
1
20.25x25.5 cm