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

Municipal Council of Liverpool

Liverpool, May 3, 1865

At a meeting of the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Liver-pool, in common council assembled, held in the Town Hall within the said borough, on Wednesday, the 3d day of May, 1865—present, Edward Laurence, esq., mayor, &c., &c., &c.—it was

Unanimously resolved, That this council desires to record its horror and indignation at the atrocious murder of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, and to express its sympathy with the American nation under their severe loss, as well as to Mrs. Lincoln in the sad bereavement she has sustained.

And it was also

Resolved, That a minute of the foregoing resolution, under the common seal, should be sent to Mrs. Lincoln through the British minister at Washington.

[seal.]

• EDWARD LAURENCE, Mayor.
• WILLIAM SHUTTLEWORTH, Town Clerk.