Resolution of the Council of Colchester

Resolution of the Council of Colchester

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Municipal government

Council of Colchester

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), 193.

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), 253-54.

Borough of Colchester.

At a meeting of the council of the said borough, held on the 3d day of May 1865, the following resolution was unanimously passed:

That the council of this ancient borough desire to unite with all classes of British subjects in expressing their utter detestation of the atrocious crime by which the United States have been deprived of the life and services of their true-hearted and able President and citizen, Abraham Lincoln; and the council, on behalf of themselves and of the inhabitants of the borough of Colchester at large, would respectfully offer their most sincere and heartfelt sympathy and condolence to Mrs. Lincoln in her deep personal desolation and sorrow, and also to the whole of the American people and their government under their overwhelming; national bereavement.

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