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

Chamber of Commerce of Cape Town

Chamber of Commerce, Exchange Buildings,
June 13, 1865.

Resolution passed at a meeting held by the Chamber of Commerce of Cape Town.

Sir: I have the honor to forward the following resolution, passed at a special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of this city, held this day, and to request that you will be good enough to convey the terms thereof to your government by the out-going mail:

“The Chamber of Commerce of Cape Town desire to convey to Walter Graham, esq, consul for the United States in this colony, the profound regret with which they have heard of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, esq, President of the United States, and beg to offer their sincere condolence on the sad calamity, and to express their deep detestation of the atrocious nature of the crime which has so suddenly deprived the American nation of its ruler.”

I have the honor to be, sir, your most obedient servant,

THOMAS WATSON,

Vice-President.

Walter Graham, Esq.,
United States Consul, Cafe of Good Hope.