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 Lincoln

Lincoln, May 20, 1865

city of lincoln.

At a meeting of the citizens of Lincoln, convened by public notice, and held in the Guildhall, in the said city, on Saturday, the 20th day of May, 1865, at which meeting the mayor, Richard Sutton Harvey, esq., presided, the following resolutions were proposed and unanimously carried:

Proposed by Mr. Coroner Hitchins, and seconded by the Rev. A. F. Macdonald:

Resolved, That the citizens of Lincoln deeply regret the melancholy termination, by assassination, of the life of President Lincoln, and more especially at a time when the continuance of his career of usefulness was in the greatest need.

Resolved, That they deplore the irretrievable loss which Mrs. Lincoln has sustained, and fervently sympathize with her in her sorrow and bereavement.

Resolved, That the citizens of Lincoln sincerely hope the pleasing recollection of the many virtues of her departed husband may in a measure tend to alleviate the sorrows of Mrs. Lincoln.

Resolved, That they rejoice that the deadly intentions of the cowardly assassin upon the valuable life of Mr. Seward and his sons were thwarted, and they cheerfully congratulate him upon his providential deliverance.

[seal.]

RICHARD SUTTON HARVEY,

Mayor.