The assassination of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States 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
"...one copy to each senator and each representative of the Thirty-ninth Congress and to each foreign government, and one copy to each corporation, association, or public body, whose expressions of condolence or sympathy are published in said volume..."--T.p. verso
