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 Dublin

City Hall, Town Clerk’s Office,
Dublin, May 13, 1865.

Madam: I have the honor to transmit to you herewith a resolution unanimously adopted by the municipal council of the city of Dublin, expressive of their condolence and sympathy in the sad bereavement you have sustained in the loss of your lamented and esteemed husband, the late President Lincoln. I have the honor to remain, madam, your obedient servant,

W. J. HENRY,

Town Clerk.

Mrs. Lincoln, Washington.

At a meeting of the municipal council of the city of Dublin, held in the council chamber, City Hall, Cork Hill, upon Monday the 1st day of May, 1865, the right honorable the lord mayor in the chair—

It was moved by Councillor Warren, seconded by Councillor Draper, and—

Unanimously resolved, That we offer the expression of our condolence and sympathy to the widow and family of the lamented President Lincoln, in their sad bereavement.

[seal.]

• JAMES BARRINGTON, Lord Mayor.
• W. J. HENRY, Town Clerk.