Title
Union and Emancipation Society of Stafford to Charles Francis Adams
Subject
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination
Condolence notes
Slavery--Societies, etc.
Creator
Union and Emancipation Society of Stafford
Source
Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of State, 1763-2002, Entry 177: Foreign Messages on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, 1865, National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
1865-04-29
Format
pdf
Language
eng
Identifier
RG59E177-357
Coverage
52.8000, -2.1000
Stafford
England
United Kingdom
Has Version
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States of America, and the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866), 342.
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States of America, and the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867), 448.
Transcription
Stafford Auxiliary, April 29, 1865.
union and emancipation society.
Sir: We, the undersigned, on behalf of the committee and members of the above society, beg respectfully to tender to your excellency our most sincere condolence upon the loss the United States of America and the civilized world have sustained by the atrocious murder of President Abraham Lincoln.
Trusting that Providence will direct his successor, President Johnson, as an instrument for perfecting the work so honestly begun to a speedy termination, when the South may see that to be prosperous a nation must be both free and united.
We are, sir, yours most obediently,
WM. SILVESTER,
President.
W. J. LAPWORTH,
Secretary.
His Excellency the American Minister in London.
Status
Complete
Percent Completed
100
Weight
20
Original Format
paper and ink
2 p.
12.75x17.75 cm