Title
Request for Meeting at Derby
Subject
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Presidents--Assassination
Condolence notes
Demonstrations
Creator
Inhabitants of Derby
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
1865-05-02
Format
pdf
Language
eng
Identifier
RG59E177-116
Coverage
52.9333, -1.5000
Derby
England
United Kingdom
Transcription
Borough of Derby
ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN,LATE PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES.
To the Worshipful the Mayor of the Borough of Derby.
We, the undersigned inhabitants of the Borough of Derby, respectfully request your Worship to convene a Public Meeting for the purpose of expressing indignation at the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States, and of condolence with his bereaved Widow and Family, as well as of sympathy with the American People in their present trying position:
| Samuel Brookes. | Henry Corner. | F. Longdon. | John Ryley. |
| William Kirk. | Francis Hebb. | Wm. Brindley & Son. | William Crabtree. |
| William Mart. | Edward Gandy. | William Gragory. | George Holme. |
| William Hurd. | Thomas Moore. | J. Ratcliff. | F.J. Forman. |
| George Wilkins. | Joseph Sale. | H. Goodall. | William Bamford. |
| James Gray. | Jas. A. Rowbottom. | Edward Johnson. | A. W. Pollard. |
| John Shepherd. | Alfred Sowter. | John Johnson. | Edward Smithard. |
| George Cholerton. | William Medley. | William Platts. | William Hall. |
| George Slack. | J. & J. Ward. | R. Wright. | T. F. Joynes. |
| John Hives. | Thos. Rodgers. | William Newton. | Ephraim C. Ellis. |
| John David. | Robert Rowell. | Samuel Bennett. | Samuel Bolsover. |
| Richard Keene. | James Parkins. | J. A. Woodroffe. | Job Bramley. |
| W. & H. Dew. | John Harvey. | W. Duesbury. | Henry Hawgood. |
| Geo. Bennett. | Edmund Walstowe. | John Flewker. | George Miles. |
| Samuel Thrutchley. | Henry Steer. | Richard Stevenson. | Robert Milne. |
| Geo. Hunt. | E. Margoschis. | John Hulland. | Bryan Barnes. |
| Henry Spencer. | Henry Walston. | W. Elliott. | Robert Jefferson. |
| Thomas Lloyd. | Geo. W. Husband. | J. B. Harrison. | Charles Low. |
| W. B. Sherwin. | G. Haywood. | W. E. Ford. | C. Stevenson & Son. |
| James Walklate. | Joseph Clayton. | A. W. Cooke. | G. Bassendine. |
| Leonard Brookes. | Frederick Clifton. | F. Cope. | James Hollingworth. |
| George Stevenson. | George Beswick. | Joseph L Carter. | Edmund Carnell. |
| William Haslam. | Charles Silvester. | H. H. Bemrose. | Frederick Earp. |
| David Hackney. | W. Pike. | George Key. | J. Scottorn. |
In compliance with the above Requisition I hereby convene a MEETING to be held in the GUILD HALL, on MONDAY, May the 8th, 1865, at Eight o'clock in the Evening.
Thos. Roe,
Mayor.
Derby, May 2nd, 1865.
Wm. Hall, Printer, Derby
Status
Complete
Percent Completed
100
Weight
20
Original Format
paper and ink
1 p.
28x48.25 cm