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 Coventry

City of Coventry, May 9, 1865.

Resolution passed at a meeting held by the council of the city of Coventry.

At a meeting of the council of the city of Coventry held at the justice room, St. Mary’s Hall, in the said city, on Tuesday, the 9th day of May, 1865, Robert Harvey Minster, esq., mayor, presiding, it was—

Resolved unanimously, That this council, on this first occasion of its meeting since the receipt of the intelligence from America of the deplorable assassination of President Lincoln, desires to express its cordial sympathy with the government and people of the United States of America under that great calamity, and its horror at the detestable crime.

That this council also desires to express its feelings of deep and respectful sympathy with Mrs. Lincoln in her loss of a husband whose rare virtues under the most trying circumstances the civilized world had learned to recognize and admire.

That a copy of the foregoing resolutions, under the common seal, be presented to the American minister in London.

In testimony whereof the common seal of the said city of Coventry is hereunto affixed this, 9th day of May, 1865.

[seal.]

R. HARVEY MINSTER,

Mayor of the City of Coventry.