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Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part IV, Appendix to diplomatic correspondence of 1865; the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, late president of the United States of America, and the attempted assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Frederick W. Seward, Assistant Secretary, on the evening of the 14th of April, 1865; expressions of condolence and sympathy inspired by these events

Great Britain and dependencies

[519] Canadian Institute

Montreal, April 22, 1865.

[Translation.]

[520] Municipal Council of Newark

Given under our common seal at the council chamber, in the Town Hall of the said borough, the 2d day of May, 1865.

[521] Municipal Council of Newcastle-under-Lyme

Newcastle-under-Lyme, May 3, 1865

[522] Municipal Council of Neath

Town Clerk’s Office, Guildhall,
Neath, May 8, 1865.

[523] Municipal Council of Newburgh

Newburgh, May 10, 1865.

[524] Municipal Council of Newburgh

Signed by the chief magistrate at Newburgh, May 10, 1865.

[525] Newmilus Antislavery Society

Newmilus, May 5, 1865.

[526] Salt Chamber of Commerce of Northwich

Salt Chamber of Commerce,
Northwich, Cheshire, May 6, 1865.

[527] Watch Committee of the Corporation of Newport

Newport, May 2, 1865

[528] Municipal Council of Newport

Newport, May 2, 1865

[529] Municipal Council of Nottingham

Nottingham, May 1, 1865

[530] Inhabitants of Nottingham

Nottingham, May 1, 1865

[531] United Methodist Free Church Assembly

Nottingham, August 1865

[532] Inhabitants of Norwich

Norwich, May 2, 1865

[533] Municipal Council of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 3, 1865

[534] Inhabitants of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 4, 1865

[535] Conference of the Methodist New Connection

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June 13, 1865

[536] Executive Council of Newfoundland

Newfoundland, May 6, 1865

[537] Citizens of the Swiss Republic in New South Wales

New South Wales, undated

[Translation.]

[538] Municipal Council of Northampton

Northampton, May 1, 1865

[539] Miss Grace W. Gray, Acrostic

Abington Terrace,
Northampton, May 19, 1865.

[540] Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Nova Scotia

Government House,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 17, 1865.

[541] Legislative Chambers of Nova Scotia

Legislative Council Chamber,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 15, 1865.

[542] Proceedings in the Legislative Chambers of Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia, undated

[From the Reporter.]

[543] Municipal Council of Oldham

Oldham, May 3, 1865

[544] Municipal Council of Oldham

Oldham, May 3, 1865

[545] Inhabitants of Oldham

Oldham, May 1, 1865

[546] Ancient Order of Foresters

Old Ford, Middlesex, May 2, 1865

[547] Municipal Council of Oxford

Given under our common seal the 18th day of May, 1865.

[548] Chancellor of the University of Oxford

St. James Square, May 6, 1865.

EXTRACTS FROM THE PRESS OF GREAT BRITAIN. (Documents 658–686)

Great Britain and dependencies

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