Title
Inhabitants of Halstead to Charles Francis Adams
Subject
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination
Condolence notes
Demonstrations
Creator
Inhabitants of Halstead
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
1865-04-29
Format
pdf
Language
eng
Identifier
RG59E177-174
Coverage
51.9500, 0.6333
Halstead
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), 233.
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), 306.
Transcription
Halstead, April 29, 1865.
His Excellency C. F. Adams, London:
We, the undersigned, inhabitants of Halstead, Essex, England, desire to express our deep horror and regret that the President of the United States has been deprived of life by an act of violence, and our sympathy with the citizens of the United States in the great loss they have sustained.
(Signed by 67 names.)
Forwarded by R. L. Hughes, proprietor of the “Halstead Times.”
Status
Complete
Percent Completed
100
Weight
20
Original Format
paper and ink
3
20.25x33 cm