Resolutions of the Council of Halifax

Resolutions of the Council of Halifax

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Municipal government

Council of Halifax

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

1865-05-03

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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), 231-32.

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), 304.

Borough of Halifax, in the county of York.

At a meeting of the council of the borough of Halifax, held in the Town Hall, Halifax, on 4th 3d day of May, 1865, William Irving Holdsworth, esq., the worshipful the mayor, in the chair,

It was, on the motion of the mayor, seconded by Mr. Alderman Ramsden—

Resolved, That we, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Halifax, in council assembled, desire to give expression to the feelings of horror and regret with which we have heard of the assassination of President Lincoln, and beg to convey to Mrs. Lincoln and the United States government and people an expression of our sincere and profound sympathy and heartfelt condolence at the sad event.

On the motion of Mr. Alderman Collensin, seconded by Mr. Alderman Dennis—

Also resolved, That the mayor be requested to sign and affix the corporate common seal of the borough to a copy of the above resolution, and to transmit the same to the American minister now in London.

[seal.]

W. I. HOLDSWORTH,
Mayor.

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