Title
Statement of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Tewkesbury
Subject
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination
Condolence notes
Municipal government
Creator
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Tewkesbury
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
1865-05-15
Format
pdf
Language
eng
Identifier
RG59E177-371
Coverage
52.0000, -2.1500
Tewkesbury
England
United Kingdom
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), 350.
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), 459.
Transcription
His Excellency Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States of America:
We, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Tewksbury, in England, desire to give utterance to our feelings of grief and horror at the assassination of your late distinguished predecessor, President Lincoln, and the attempted murder of Mr. Secretary Seward, and to convey to the people of the United States an expression of our sympathy and good will, and at the same time to add our sincere condolence with the widow and family of the late eminent statesman.
Given under our common seal at the Tolsey in the said borough, this 15th day of May, 1865.
[seal.]
W. ALLARD,
Mayor .
Status
Complete
Percent Completed
100
Weight
20
Original Format
paper and ink
1 p.
23x35.5 cm