Letter

Municipal Council of Lymington, May 2, 1865

Municipal Council of Lymington

Resolution passed by the town council of the borough of Lymington, May 2, 1865.

Resolved, That this meeting, having heard of the great loss the American Constitution has sustained in the horrible assassination of its President, and the murderous attack upon Mr. Seward, desires to convey to Mrs. Lincoln, the United States government and people, its sympathy and condolence, and that the town clerk do forward a copy of this resolution to the American minister in London.

E. H. MOORE,

Town Clerk.

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.