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

Municipal Council of Colchester

Colchester, May 3, 1865

Borough of Colchester.

At a meeting of the council of the said borough, held on the 3d day of May 1865, the following resolution was unanimously passed:

That the council of this ancient borough desire to unite with all classes of British subjects in expressing their utter detestation of the atrocious crime by which the United States have been deprived of the life and services of their true-hearted and able President and citizen, Abraham Lincoln; and the council, on behalf of themselves and of the inhabitants of the borough of Colchester at large, would respectfully offer their most sincere and heartfelt sympathy and condolence to Mrs. Lincoln in her deep personal desolation and sorrow, and also to the whole of the American people and their government under their overwhelming; national bereavement.

[seal.]