Letter

Francis Morse, to C. F. Adams . Resolved , That this meeting desires to give utterence to the feelings of grief With which it has heard of the assassination of President Lincoln, and to convey to Mrs. Lincoln, and to the United States government and people, an expresssion of their deepest sympathy and condolence, May 6, 1865

Author

Francis Morse,

Recipient

C. F. Adams . Resolved , That this meeting desires to give utterence to the feelings of grief With which it has heard of the assassination of President Lincoln, and to convey to Mrs. Lincoln, and to the United States government and people, an expresssion of their deepest sympathy and condolence

Date

May 6, 1865

Type

Letter

Language

English

Argyle Square Junior Members Society

Argyle Square Junior Members’ Society,
24 Grafton Place, Euston Square, London, May 6, 1865.

Sir: I beg to hand you a copy of a resolution passed at a general meeting of this society, held last evening, expressing condolence with the American nation on the late disastrous assassination of Mr. Lincoln.

I have the honor to be your excellency’s most obedient servant,

H. FRANCIS MORSE,

Hon. Sec.

Hon. C. F. Adams.

Resolved, That this meeting desires to give utterence to the feelings of grief With which it has heard of the assassination of President Lincoln, and to convey to Mrs. Lincoln, and to the United States government and people, an expresssion of their deepest sympathy and condolence.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth.