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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

Victoria, County of Monmouth, May 30, 1865

Vancouver’s Island, Victoria, April 18, 1865

Vancouver’s Island, Victoria, April 19, 1865

Wigan, May 17, 1865

Office of the Board of Works, White Chapel District,
15 Great Alie street, White Chapel, E. London, May 1, 1865.

Given under our corporate seal this 4th day of May, 1865.

Worcester, May 2, 1865

Given under the common seal of the borough the 3d day of May, 1865.

Town Hall, Wells, May 1, 1865.

Given under our common seal the ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

City of Waterford, Ireland,
Council Chamber, May 2, 1865.

Town Clerk’s Office, Waterford, Ireland,
Monday, May 8, 1865.

Warrington, May 2, 1865

Wakefield, May 1, 1865

Town Hall, Wolverhampton,
May 5, 1865.

Woodstock, April 20, 1865.

Wednesbury Local Board of Health, May 5, 1865.

Yeovil, May 1, 1865

York, May 4, 1865