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

Town Commissioners of Cape Town

Cape Town, June 7, 1865

Resolutions passed at a meeting held by the municipal commissioners of Cape Town, Wednesday. June 7, 1865.

Unanimously resolved, That this board desire to convey to Walter Graham, esq., United States consul residing in this city, an expression of the deep sorrow which the painful intelligence from Washington has inspired, of profound sympathy with the great people who have lost their Chief Magistrate, and abhorrence of the dastardly acts which deprived President Lincoln of life, and imperilled the lives of other high officers of state.

Further resolved, That a deputation, consisting of the chairman and vice-chairman of the board, be appointed to wait upon Mr. Graham and present him with a copy of the foregoing resolution.