Title
Resolutions of Public Meeting at Great Bardfield
Subject
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination
Condolence notes
Demonstrations
Creator
Public Meeting at Great Bardfield
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
RG59E177-150
Coverage
51.9333, 0.4833
Great Bardfield
United Kingdom
England
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), 220.
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), 289.
Transcription
Resolutions unanimously adopted at the above meeting:
1st. That this meeting deeply sympathizes with the people of the United States in the great loss they have sustained in the sad death of their worthy President, Abraham Lincoln, and expresses its horror and indignation both at the foul crime which was the cause of his decease and of that which meditated the murder of Mr. Seward.
2d. That this meeting records its heartfelt condolence with Mrs. Lincoln in her irreparable loss, and fervently hopes that she may be supported in her overwhelming trouble.
Signed on behalf of the above meeting.
FRANCIS J. FREELOVE,
Chairman.
Great Bardfield,
May 3, 1865.
Status
Complete
Percent Completed
100
Weight
20
Original Format
paper and ink
1
20.25x30.5 cm