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

Glasgow Chamber of Commerce

Glasgow, April 28, 1865

At a special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, held at Glasgow the 28th April, 1865—present, Messrs. John M’Ewen, Henry Dunlop, James Sterling, James Watson. John Ramsay, James Lumsden, Walter Paterson, James A. Campbell, James White, John Mathieson, jr., Patrick Playfair, J. C. Bolton, and William M’Kinnon—Mr. M’Ewen in the chair—

It was moved by the chairman, and seconded by Mr. Dunlop, that this chamber desire to record their utter abhorrence and detestation of the crime by which the United States have been so suddenly deprived of the services of their President, Abraham Lincoln; that the chamber beg to express their sincere sympathy with the people of the United States of America on so trying an occasion, and trust that the sad event may be so overruled as not to be prejudicial to the continued prosperity of the United States of America and the best interests of the nation.

[seal.]

JNO. M’EWEN,

President.