Resolution of the Argyle Square Junior Members Society

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Title

Resolution of the Argyle Square Junior Members Society

Subject

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination
Condolence notes
Religions

Creator

Argyle Square Junior Members Society

Source

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

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

1865-05-06

Format

pdf

Language

eng

Identifier

RG59E177-237

Coverage

51.5142, -0.0931
London
England
United Kingdom

Has Version

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), 270.
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), 355.

Transcription

Argyle Square Junior Members’ Society,
24 Grafton Place, Euston Square, London, May 6, 1865.

Sir: I beg to hand you a copy of a resolution passed at a general meeting of this society, held last evening, expressing condolence with the American nation on the late disastrous assassination of Mr. Lincoln.

I have the honor to be your excellency’s most obedient servant,

H. FRANCIS MORSE,
Hon. Sec.

Hon. C. F. Adams.

Resolved, That this meeting desires to give utterence to the feelings of grief With which it has heard of the assassination of President Lincoln, and to convey to Mrs. Lincoln, and to the United States government and people, an expresssion of their deepest sympathy and condolence.

Status

Complete

Percent Completed

100

Weight

20

Original Format

paper and ink
1 p.
23x17.75 cm

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