Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth Congress, Part II

Sir F. Bruce to Mr. Hunter

Washington, May 17, 1865.

Sir: At the request of the mayor of Liverpool, England, I have the honor to transmit to you letters addressed to Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Seward, containing copies of a resolution which was passed at a public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Liverpool, on receipt of the news of the assassination of the President of the United States, and of the attempts on the lives of the honorable William H. Seward and Mr. Frederick Seward.

I beg you to be so good as to cause these letters to be conveyed to their respective destinations

I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant,

FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE.

Hon. William Hunter, &c., &c., &c.

[For enclosures see Appendix, separate volume.]