Letter

Municipal Council of Hertford, May 10, 1865

Author

Philip Longmore,

Date

May 10, 1865

Type

Letter

Language

English

Municipal Council of Hertford

Hertford, May 10, 1865

At a quarterly meeting of the council of the borough of Hertford, held May 10, 1865—present: Jasper Gripper, esq., mayor; aldermen, Squire, Austin, and Young; councillors, Armstrong, Cocks, Haggar, Hancock, Neall, Pollard, Manser, Twaddle, Wilson, and Woodhouse, M. D.—it was unanimously—

Resolved, That this corporation wishes, emphatically, to express the feelings of indignation and grief with which they have heard of the atrocious acts by which the United States of America have been suddenly deprived of their President, and the life of his chief secretary endangered; and that they recall with sorrowful interest the friendly feelings invariably displayed by the late President Lincoln toward this country.

PHILIP LONGMORE,

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.