Letter

Municipal Council of Hanley, May 11, 1865

Author

Edward Challino,

Date

May 11, 1865

Type

Letter

Language

English

Municipal Council of Hanley

Town Clerk’s Office,
Hanley, Staffordshire, May 11, 1865.

Resolution passed at a meeting of the mayor, aldermen, and town council of the borough of Hanley.

We, the mayor, aldermen, and town council of the borough of Hanley, have heard with feelings of grief and abhorrence of the foul assassination of President Lincoln, and the murderous attack on Mr. Seward, and desire to convey to Mrs. Lincoln and the United States government our heartfelt sympathy and earnest wishes for the prosperity of the country.

The corporate seal of the borough of Hanley was hereunto affixed this 11th day of May, 1865, in the presence of

[seal.]

EDWARD CHALLINO,

Town Clerk.

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.