Statement of Chamber of Commerce of Glasgow

Statement of Chamber of Commerce of Glasgow

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Boards of trade

Chamber of Commerce of Glasgow

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), 223.

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), 293.

At a special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, held at Glasgow the 28th April, 1865—present, Messrs. John M’Ewen, Henry Dunlop, James Sterling, James Watson. John Ramsay, James Lumsden, Walter Paterson, James A. Campbell, James White, John Mathieson, jr., Patrick Playfair, J. C. Bolton, and William M’Kinnon—Mr. M’Ewen in the chair—

It was moved by the chairman, and seconded by Mr. Dunlop, that this chamber desire to record their utter abhorrence and detestation of the crime by which the United States have been so suddenly deprived of the services of their President, Abraham Lincoln; that the chamber beg to express their sincere sympathy with the people of the United States of America on so trying an occasion, and trust that the sad event may be so overruled as not to be prejudicial to the continued prosperity of the United States of America and the best interests of the nation.

[seal.]

JNO. M’EWEN,
 President.

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