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

Inhabitants of Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston, Jamaica, June 5, 1865.

His Excellency Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States of America:

May it please your excellency: By desire of a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of this city, held at the Tabernacle on the 1st instant, in condolence on the assassination of your late beloved President, I have the honor to hand herewith a copy of resolutions and address which were unanimously adopted, and also to state that the sympathies of the people of Jamaica have ever been with your government. I have further to ask the condescension of your excellency towards the meeting, by placing the enclosed letters in possession of Mrs. Lincoln and the honorable W. H. Seward, giving expression to our sincere and respectful wishes.

I have the honor to be, with the highest respect, your excellency’s most obedient servant,

GEORGE W. GORDON,

Chairman.