Resolution of the Council of Hastings

Resolution of the Council of Hastings

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Municipal government

Council of Hastings

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), 228-29.

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), 300.

Town Clerk’s Office,
 Hastings, May 6, 1865.

Resolution of the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Hastings.

Sir: At a meeting of the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses, the council of the borough of Hastings, held on the 5th instant, it was—

Resolved, That this council has heard with extreme horror and indignation the news’ of the assassination of the late President of the United States, and desire that the people of those States do understand that the people of this municipality are full of sympathy with them, under the disgraceful act by which President Lincoln lost his life.

At the above-named meeting of the council of this borough I was instructed to forward a copy of the resolution to the American ambassador.

I have the honor to be your most obedient servant,

ROBERT GROWSE,
Town Clerk.

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