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 Hanley

Town Clerk’s Office,
Hanley, Staffordshire, May 11, 1865.

Resolution passed at a meeting of the mayor, aldermen, and town council of the borough of Hanley.

We, the mayor, aldermen, and town council of the borough of Hanley, have heard with feelings of grief and abhorrence of the foul assassination of President Lincoln, and the murderous attack on Mr. Seward, and desire to convey to Mrs. Lincoln and the United States government our heartfelt sympathy and earnest wishes for the prosperity of the country.

The corporate seal of the borough of Hanley was hereunto affixed this 11th day of May, 1865, in the presence of

[seal.]

EDWARD CHALLINO,

Town Clerk.