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Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part IV, Appendix to diplomatic correspondence of 1865; the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, late president of the United States of America, and the attempted assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Frederick W. Seward, Assistant Secretary, on the evening of the 14th of April, 1865; expressions of condolence and sympathy inspired by these events

Great Britain and dependencies

[609] Sheffield Cutler’s Company

Cutlers’ Hall, Sheffield, April 29, 1865.

[610] Sheffield Secular Society

Sheffield, undated

[611] Municipal Council of Selkirk

Signed by the magistrates, by authority of the town council, and the seal of the burgh affixed, this 11th day of May, 1865.

[612] Selkirk Commissioners of Supply

May1, 1865

[613] Municipal Council of Sligo

Sligo, May 4, 1865

[614] Sligo Board of Guardians

Board Room, Sligo, May 10, 1865.

[615] Inhabitants of Stourbridge

Stourbridge, May 1, 1865.

[616] Stourbridge Workhouse Board

Board Room, Workhouse ,
April 20, 1865.

[617] Stafford Auxiliary Union and Emancipation Society

Stafford Auxiliary, April 29, 1865.

[618] Municipal Council of Stockport

Stockport, May 3, 1865

[619] Stockport Sunday School Union

Stockport, May8, 1865.

[620] Vicar, Church Wardens, and Vestrymen of the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

St. Martin-in-the-Fields, May 5, 1865

[621] Inhabitants of Swansea

Swansea, May 4, 1865

[622] Swansea Workingmen’s Institute.

Swansea, May 9, 1865

[623] Vestry of the Church of St. Marylebone

St. MARYLEBONE, April 27, 1865.

[624] Vestrymen of the Parish of St. Pancras

Parish of St. Pancras, in the county of Middlesex[, May 10, 1865].

[625] Municipal Council of Stockton

Stockton, May 5, 1865

[626] Inhabitants of Stockton

Stockton, May 5, 1865

[627] Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance

New Brunswick, April 26, 1865

[628] Colored People of Bermuda

Saint George’s, Bermuda, April 28, 1865.

[629] Bermuda Division of the Sons of Temperance

Saint George’s, Bermuda, May 11, 1865.

[630] Municipal Council of Sydney, New South Wales

Adopted by the municipal council of the city of Sydney, this seventeenth day of July, A. D. 1865.

[631] New South Wales Irish National League

Committee Rooms, 106 King Street,
Sydney, July 22, 1865.

[632] Municipal Council of Toronto

Tuesday, April 18, 1865.

[633] Municipal Council of Tewkesbury

Given under our common seal at the Tolsey in the said borough, this 15th day of May, 1865.

[634] Municipal Council of Thetford

Given under our common corporate seal, this 22d day of May, 1865.

[635] Inhabitants of Tynemouth

Tynemouth, May 2, 1865

[636] Legislative Assembly of Vancouver’s Island, Victoria

Vancouver’s Island, Victoria, April 22, 1865.

[637] Legislative Assembly of Vancouver’s Island, Victoria

Vancouver’s Island, Victoria, undated

[638] Legislative Council of Vancouver’s Island, Victoria

Vancouver’s Island, Victoria, undated

EXTRACTS FROM THE PRESS OF GREAT BRITAIN. (Documents 658–686)

Great Britain and dependencies

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