Resolution of Council of Grantham

Resolution of Council of Grantham

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Municipal government

Council of Grantham

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

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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), 219.

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), 287.

BOROUGH OF GRANTHAM.

Resolution passed at a meeting held by the council of the borough of Grantham.

Extract from the minutes of a quarterly meeting of the council of the said borough held at the Guildhall there, on Thursday, the 11th day of May, 1865; present, Richard John Boyall, esq., mayor, and others:

Resolved unanimously, That we, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Grantham, in council assembled, desire to give expression to the feelings of horror and indignation with which we have heard of the assassination of President Lincoln, and the murderous attack upon Mr. Seward, and beg to convey to Mrs. Lincoln, and the government and people of the United States, our sincere and profound sympathy and heartfelt condolence at the sad events.

[seal.]

RICH’D JOHN BOYALL,
Mayor.

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