Resolutions of Citizens of Limerick

Resolutions of Citizens of Limerick

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Demonstrations

Citizens of Limerick

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), 252-53.

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), 331-32.

Limerick, May 6, 1865.

Proposed by Richard Russell, esq., J. P., seconded by Councillor Lyman, J. P., and unanimously passed:

That this meeting views with the deepest abhorrence the assassination of the President of the United States, and desire to record their most heartfelt sympathy with the American people in the great national loss sustained by the removal from the head of the government of a man who displayed, in the discharge of his duties, the greatest ability and zeal for the interest of the people over whom he presided.

Proposed by Caleb Powell, esq., J. P., seconded by Eugene O’Callaghan, esq., J. P., and carried unanimously:

That as Irishmen we feel it our duty to express our deep sorrow and indignation of the attempt to assassinate Mr. Seward, Foreign Secretary of the States of America.

Proposed by Alderman Quarter an, J. P., and seconded by Thomas Boyse, esq., J. P.:

That copies of the resolutions now passed be forwarded to the American minister in London, and to Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Seward.

JOHN R. TINSLEY,
 Mayor of Limerick, Chairman of Meeting.

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