Municipal Council of Cork, May 1, 1865

Municipal Council of Cork

Resolution passed at a meeting of the town council of the borough of Cork.

At an assembly of the town council of the borough of Cork, held on Monday, the 1st May, 1865, the right worshipful Charles J. Cantillon, mayor, in the chair, on motion of Councillor Lyons, seconded by Alderman Casey, it was—

Unanimously resolved, That this council desire to express the deepest regret at the great loss which the people of the United States have sustained by the untimely death of President Abraham Lincoln; that this council view with feelings of horror the atrocious crime by which the President’s life was sacrificed, and desire respectfully to offer to the government and people of the United States the sincerest expression of profound sympathy.

That copies of this resolution, signed by the mayor and countersigned by the town clerk, be sent to the American minister in London, with a request that he will transmit one to the Secretary of State at Washington, and the other to Mrs. Lincoln.