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

Hull Chamber of Commerce

Hull, May 1, 1865.

At a meeting of the directors of the Hull Chamber of Commerce and Shipping held this day, the president, Henry V. Atkinson in the chair, it was moved by Stephen West, vice-president, seconded by Edmund Philip Maxsted, vice-president, and carried unanimously—

That the American minister be assured of the sympathy of this chamber with the government and people of the United States, under the mournful circumstances in which they are placed by the assassination of President Lincoln.

HENRY V. ATKINSON,

President.