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

Inhabitants of Cramlington West

West Cramlington, Northumberland, May 20, 1865

Resolutions passed at a meeting held at West Cramlington, Northumberland, Saturday, May 20, 1865.

That this meeting desires to convey to Mrs. Lincoln, President Johnson, Mr. Seward, and the people of the United States, the expression of its utter abhorrence of the assassination of President Lincoln, its condolence for the loss sustained, and its heartfelt hope that peace and freedom may bless forever the land of promise in the west.

That the Hon. Charles Francis Adams, United States ambassador in London, be respectfully requested to transmit to Mrs. Lincoln, President Johnson, and the Hon. William H. Seward, copies of the foregoing resolutions.