WILLIAM WEIRE, Town Clerk to Town Hall , Geelong, August 22, 1865

Address of sympathy to Mrs. Lincoln, on the death of her husband, the late President of the United States of America, from the mayor, aldermen, councillors, and burgesses of the town of Geelong, in the colony of Victoria, Australia.

We, the town council of Geelong, in council assembled, hereby desire to place on record our abhorrence and detestation of the atrocious murder of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States of America.

We desire also to offer our unfeigned and sincere sympathy and condolence to Mrs. Lincoln, in her deep affliction and great bereavement.