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-upon-Hull

Town Hall, Kingston-upon-Hull,
April 29, 1865.

Resolution passed at a meeting held by the inhabitants of Kingston-upon-Hull.

At a meeting of the inhabitants of Kingston-upon-Hull, duly convened by the mayor, it was

• “Unanimously resolved, That the inhabitants of Kingston-upon-Hull, in public meeting assembled, desire to express the feelings of horror and indignation with which they heard of the assassination of the President of the United States, and the barbarous attempt on the life of the Secretary of State, and also their deep sympathy with the government and people of the United States, as well as with the widow and the family of the late President, at the great loss which they have sustained.

[seal.]

HENRY J. ATTKINSON,

Mayor of Kingston-upon-Hull and Chairman of the Meeting.