Office of the Historian

Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward

No. 914.]
Legation of the United States, London, March 30, 1865.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit a copy of a resolution passed at a meeting held in St. George’s Hall, Gray’s Inn road, in this city, which has been sent to this legation with a request that it be forwarded to the President.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.

Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.

Resolutions passed at George’s Hall.

1st resolution. That this meeting having heard the address of the Reverend Crammond Kennedy, fully approves of the object of the Freedmen’s Relief Association in America, which, while administering immediate temporal relief, seeks to give such aid, physical and educational, and to apply such moral and religious culture, as shall, under the divine blessing, enable the once downtrodden and degraded slave to act for himself, and to give evidence of his capacity for the blessings of freedom and equality in the eye of the law.

Proposed by the Rev. Dr. Massie, and seconded by Mr. John Presland.

2d resolution. That this meeting commence subscriptions forthwith, in aid of the fund for the relief of the freedmen, and appoint a committee to canvass both for money and clothes, to be received at the school-room of Argyle Square church, and forwarded to the depot as early as possible.

Proposed by Mr. Richard Gunton, and seconded by Mr. C. W. Smith.

3d resolution. That this meeting of north London affectionately and fraternally congratulates the people of the United States of America on the progress they have made of removing from their country the curse of slavery, since the election of their noble President, Abraham Lincoln, and the sad attempt to form a separate slave confederacy, and cordially expresses the hope that the blessings of peace may soon be restored to them.

Proposed by Mr. Robert Jobson, and seconded by Mr. —— Taylor.

Rev. Dr. BAYLEY, Chairman.