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 Dublin

35 Molesworth Street, April 28, 1865.

To the right honorable the Lord Mayor:

We, the undersigned, citizens of Dublin, request your lordship to convene a public meeting, at your very earliest convenience, to express our indignation and sorrow at the assassination of President Lincoln, and our sympathy with the people of the United States.

The above was signed by Joseph Wilson, D. L., and 426 other names and firms.

Mansion House, April 28, 1865.

In compliance with the above influentially-signed request, I hereby convene a meeting of the citizens of Dublin, to be held in Oak Room Mansion House, on to-morrow, Saturday, April 29, at 2 o’clock.

JOHN BARRINGTON,

Lord Mayor.