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 Dewsbury

Dewsbury, May 2, 1865

Resolution passed by the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Dewsbury, in council assembled, on the 2d day of May, 1865.

That this council desires to give expressions to the feelings of horror and indignation with which it has heard of the assassination of President Lincoln, and the attempt upon the life of Mr. Seward; and it also desires to convey to Mrs. Lincoln and the people of the United States an expression of its heartfelt sympathy and condolence; and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the honorable Charles Francis Adams, the American minister, for presentation.

Extracted from the minutes.

CHARLES WALKER, Town Clerk.