Teachers of the Bristol Ragged Schools to Charles Francis Adams

Teachers of the Bristol Ragged Schools to Charles Francis Adams

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Teachers

Teachers of the Bristol Ragged Schools

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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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), 165-66.

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), 218.

Bristol, May 1, 1865.

Honored Sir: We, the undersigned, teachers connected with the Bristol ragged schools, beg permission to express through you our unqualified indignation at the brutal act which has deprived America of one of its best Presidents, and of the man especially adapted to the requirements of the time.

We venture to ask that you will kindly forward our condolence to Mrs. Lincoln, who has been so barbarously bereaved of her illustrious husband.

We earnestly pray that God will speedily restore peace to your united and great country, and rescue it from the effects of a most wanton and wicked rebellion.

JAMES SHEPPERLY,
Master.
MARTHA JANE HARWOOD,
Infant Mistress.
JOHN ALLEN.
ELIZA OXBURGH.
LOUISA COOK.
RICHARD WEYMAN,
Tailor.
ELIZA PALMER.
JOSEPH PALMER.

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