Title
Notice of Day of Humiliation and Prayer in Bremen
Subject
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination
Condolence notes
Demonstrations
Creator
Consulate of the United States in Bremen
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
1865-06-03
Format
pdf
Language
ger
Identifier
RG59E177-397
Coverage
53.0833, 8.8000
Bremen
Germany
Transcription
CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT THE Free Hanseatic city of Bremen
Notice.
His Excellency Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America, having, appointed thursday, June 1st, to be observed as "a day of special humiliation and prayer" in view of our recent national bereavement by the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, appropriate divine services will be held on that day in the Methodist Chapel, 59 George Street, commencing at 11 1/2 o'clock. Providence permitting the Rev. Bishop R. S. Janes of Newyork-a personal friend of Lincoln-will preach upon the occasion. All citizens and friends of the United States are respectfully invited to attend.
Enclosure.
U. S. Consulate, Bremen
with dispatch No 160
Bremen, June 3d/65
Original Format
paper and ink
2 p.
15.25x23 cm