Address of the Vicar, Churchwardens, and Vestrymen of St. Martin in the Fields

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Title

Address of the Vicar, Churchwardens, and Vestrymen of St. Martin in the Fields

Subject

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

Creator

Vicar, Churchwardens, and Vestrymen of St. Martin in the Fields

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

1865-05-05

Format

pdf

Language

eng

Identifier

RG59E177-360

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), 343.
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), 450.

Transcription

At a meeting of the vicar, church wardens, and vestrymen of the parish of St. Martin in the Fields, in the county of Middlesex, specially convened and held at the vestry hall of the said parish, on Friday, the 5th day of May, 1865—present, the Reverend William Gelson Humphrey, B. D., vicar, in the chair—it was moved, seconded, and

Unanimously resolved, That the following address be forwarded to his excellency the American minister at the Court of St. James, viz:

Sir: We, the vicar, church wardens, and vestrymen of the parish of St. Martin in the Fields, desire to express to you the strong feelings of grief and indigdation with which we have heard of the assassination of President Lincoln, and the attempted murder of Mr. Seward.

We are not without hope that it may be some consolation to the American people, and to the widow of the late President, in this their bereavement, to receive the sympathy of the people of this country; and we trust that the dreadful events which have called forth our sympathy will be by Divine Providence so overruled as not in any way to retard the restoration of peace, concord, and prosperity in the United States.

W. G. HUMPHREY,
Chairman.

The honorable Charles Francis Adams, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America.

Status

Complete

Percent Completed

100

Weight

20

Original Format

paper and ink
2 p.
20.25x33 cm

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