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

Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland

May 4, 1865.

At the regular monthly meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, held at Freemasons’ Hall, Dublin, on Thursday, 4th of May, 1865, the following address was unanimously adopted:

The Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland desire to convey to the government of the United States of America the unanimous feeling of execration and horror with which they have learnt the assassination of the late President Lincoln, and they beg to convey to the citizens of that great republic the sentiment of their sincere condolence on this most deplorable occurrence, as well as to the bereaved widow and family of the departed statesman the expression of their heartfelt sympathy for the grevious loss they have sustained.

[seal.]

LEINSTER,

Grand Master.

Charles Walwishy,
Deputy Grand Secretary.