George W. Gordon to Andrew Johnson

George W. Gordon to Andrew Johnson

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Demonstrations

George W. Gordon

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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Kingston

Jamaica

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), 247.

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), 324-25.

Kingston, Jamaica, June 5, 1865.

His Excellency Andrew Johnson,
 President of the United States of America:

May it please your excellency: By desire of a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of this city, held at the Tabernacle on the 1st instant, in condolence on the assassination of your late beloved President, I have the honor to hand herewith a copy of resolutions and address which were unanimously adopted, and also to state that the sympathies of the people of Jamaica have ever been with your government. I have further to ask the condescension of your excellency towards the meeting, by placing the enclosed letters in possession of Mrs. Lincoln and the honorable W. H. Seward, giving expression to our sincere and respectful wishes.

I have the honor to be, with the highest respect, your excellency’s most obedient servant,

GEORGE W. GORDON,
 Chairman.

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