Address of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland

Address of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Freemasonry

The Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland

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), 207.

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), 272.

May 4, 1865.

At the regular monthly meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, held at Freemasons’ Hall, Dublin, on Thursday, 4th of May, 1865, the following address was unanimously adopted:

The Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland desire to convey to the government of the United States of America the unanimous feeling of execration and horror with which they have learnt the assassination of the late President Lincoln, and they beg to convey to the citizens of that great republic the sentiment of their sincere condolence on this most deplorable occurrence, as well as to the bereaved widow and family of the departed statesman the expression of their heartfelt sympathy for the grevious loss they have sustained.

[seal.]

LEINSTER,
Grand Master.

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