Legation of
the United States,
Berlin, January 6, 1879.
(Received January 27.)
No. 67.]
to the memory of bayard taylor.
At a meeting of the Americans in Berlin, on Sunday, December 22, 1878,
after public worship in the American Chapel—during which the Rev.
Charles Wood had made a fitting allusion to the loss sustained in the
removal by death of Mr. Taylor—Dr. Joseph P. Thompson being chosen
president and Francis Brown secretary, the following resolutions were
proposed by Prof. William D. Whitney, of Yale College, New, Haven, and,
according to the motion of Hon. Herrmann Kreismann, consul-general of
the United States, supported by Messrs. Everett and Coleman, secretaries
of the United States legation in Berlin, were unanimously adopted by a
rising vote of the ladies and gentlemen present:
Resolved, That we, the Americans in Berlin, deeply
deplore the death of Bayard Taylor, our minister at this court, the
distinguished traveler, orator, and author, whose deeds and words have
made him dear to our whole people, and famous wherever the English
language and its literature are known, in whose character and repute his
countrymen have felt a just pride, and at whose elevation to the high
station he has lately filled all rejoiced, most of all we, who promised
ourselves from his presence among us, both in an official and in a
private character, greatly increased enjoyment and profit in this
foreign land;
That we feel with all those who, at home and abroad, are now lamenting
his untimely loss; and especially with his family, to whom we tender the
expression of our respectful and heartfelt sympathy.
It was further voted that copies of these resolutions be transmitted to
the family of Mr. Taylor, to the State Department at Washington, to the
United States legation and to the United States consulate in Berlin.
- JOS. P. THOMPSON,
President.
- Francis Brown,
Secretary.
