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 Neath

Town Clerk’s Office, Guildhall,
Neath, May 8, 1865.

At a quarterly meeting of the town council of the borough of Neath, in the county of Glamorgan, holden at the council chamber of the Guildhall of the said borough, on Monday the 8th day of May, 1865.

On the motion of Mr. Alderman Gwyn; seconded by P. Charles, esq., mayor, it was resolved—

1. That this council desires to record the sentiments of horror and detestation with which it regards the assassination of President Lincoln and the attack on Mr. Seward, the American Secretary of State; and wishes to offer its sincere condolence to the widow and family of the late President, and to express its deep sympathy with the American people in the severe loss which they have sustained.

2. That the foregoing resolution be transmitted by the mayor to the American minister for presentation in due course.

[seal.]

P. CHARLES,

Mayor.