Office of the Historian

Mr. Hunter to Sir F. Bruce

Department of State, Washington, May 31, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 19th instant, which is accompanied by the following documents, originating upon the assassination of President Lincoln, and the attempt upon the lives of the Hon. William H. Seward and Mr. Frederick W. Seward:

1. Address from the ministers comprising the annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in Canada; transmitted by the governor general of Canada.

2. A copy of a despatch from the governor of the Bahamas, forwarding resolutions of the legislative council and house of assembly of the colony, with a copy of the governor’s message to both houses.

3. A letter and minute of resolutions from the council of the borough of Liverpool, England, presented by the mayor of that city.

I shall, with much satisfaction, cause these resolutions, so expressive of the sympathy and regard of her Majesty’s subjects, to be forwarded to their respective destinations, and I must avail myself of your kind intervention for the conveyance to the honored sources from which they respectively came the grateful acknowledgments of this government.

I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your obedient servant,

W. HUNTER, Acting Secretary.

Hon. Sir Frederick W. A. Bruce, &c., &c., &c.