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 Grantham

Grantham, May 11, 1865

BOROUGH OF GRANTHAM.

Resolution passed at a meeting held by the council of the borough of Grantham.

Extract from the minutes of a quarterly meeting of the council of the said borough held at the Guildhall there, on Thursday, the 11th day of May, 1865; present, Richard John Boyall, esq., mayor, and others:

Resolved unanimously, That we, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Grantham, in council assembled, desire to give expression to the feelings of horror and indignation with which we have heard of the assassination of President Lincoln, and the murderous attack upon Mr. Seward, and beg to convey to Mrs. Lincoln, and the government and people of the United States, our sincere and profound sympathy and heartfelt condolence at the sad events.

[seal.]

RICH’D JOHN BOYALL,

Mayor.