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 Leicester

Leicester, April 28, 1865

At a public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Leicester England, held in the Temperance Hall, on Friday, the 28th day of April, 1865, Alfred Burgess, esquire, mayor, in the chair, it was unanimously resolved—

• First. That this meeting records its unqualified abhorrence of the assassination of his excellency Abraham Lincoln, the late President of the United States.
• Second. That the inhabitants of Leicester greatly deplore the loss which the citizens of the United States have sustained in the violent death of their patriotic and honest President, and deeply sympathize with them at this important crisis.
• Third. That this meeting desires to express its deep sympathy with the widow and family of the late President of the United States, trusting that, in the midst of their unparalled affliction, they may find comfort from the memory of the high character of the deceased, and from the gratitude of a great nation.
• Fourth. That this meeting, while receiving with feelings of thankfulness an improved account of the state of the honorable W. H. Seward, desires to express its strong sympathy with himself and his family.
• Fifth. That the foregoing resolutions be signed by the mayor for transmission to the honorable C. F. Adams, the American ambassador.

ALFRED BURGESS,

Mayor.