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 Emerald Hill

Borough Council Chamber,
Emerald Hill, August 4, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor, by desire of the council of the borough of Emerald Hill, to forward herewith a copy of a resolution unanimously passed by the council at the last meeting, being an expression of the council’s sympathy with the widow of the late and lamented President of the United States of America in her sore bereavement; and also the council’s deep abhorrence of the dastardly act which has removed from the sphere of his usefulness one of the greatest men of modern times, and one who no doubt, had he lived, would have restored America to her original tranquillity and prosperity. I am further desired to request the favor of your kindly forwarding the enclosed to Mrs. Lincoln by the first opportunity.

I have the honor to be, sir, your most obedient servant,

JOHN WHITEMAN, J. P.,

Mayor.

William Blanchard, Esq.,
Consul of the United States of America.