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 Bristol

Council House, Bristol, May 4, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor of informing your excellency that at a largely attended meeting of the citizens of Bristol, over which I presided, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted; and the duty having devolved upon me of forwarding them to your excellency, I take leave to express my heartfelt concurrence in the sentiments they convey.

I have the honor to be, sir,

WM. NAISH,

Mayor of Bristol.

His Excellency Charles Francis Adams,
United States Minister, London.