Letter

PICKERING, Wesleyan Minister to The above memorial of the inhabitants of Kettering was signed by eight hundred persons, April 15, 1865

Inhabitants of Kettering

We, the undersigned inhabitants of the town of Kettering, in the county of Northampton, desire to express, through his excellency the American minister, our horror at and detestation of the atrocious crime by which the President of the United States has been deprived of his life, and our deep sympathy with the people and government, as well as with the family of the late President.

  • H. LINSAY, Rector.
  • JAMES MURSELL, Baptist Minister.
  • MILES B. PICKERING, Wesleyan Minister.

The above memorial of the inhabitants of Kettering was signed by eight hundred persons.

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.