Letter

Municipal Council of Emerald Hill, August 3, 1865

Author
JAMES EVILLE, Town Clerk
Date
August 3, 1865
Type
Letter
Language
English

Municipal Council of Emerald Hill

Emerald Hill, August 3, 1865

Resolution unanimously passed by the council of the borough of Emerald Hill, in the colony of Victoria, on the 3d day of August, 1865.

Resolved, That this council place upon record an expression of its abhorrence of the cruel and dastardly assassination of the late President of the United States of America, and its deep sympathy with Mrs. Lincoln in her bereavement; and that a copy of this resolution be conveyed to that lady through the American consul.

[seal.]

  • JOHN WHITEMAN, J. P., Mayor.
  • JAMES EVILLE, Town Clerk.
Topics
19th CenturyDiplomacyReconstruction
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.