Earl Russell to Adams

Full Title

Foreign Minister Earl Russell to Minister Charles Francis Adams

Description

A letter from Earl Russell, Foreign Minister of the United Kingdom, to Charles Francis Adams, U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom, acknowledging receipt of the official news of Lincoln's assassination and expressing his government's condolences.

Source

Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, and National Archives, Record Group 84

Rights

This item is in the public domain and may be reproduced and used for any purpose, including research, teaching, private study, publication, broadcast or commercial use, with proper citation and attribution.

Tags

• government: foreign

• man

• diplomatic

• first reaction

• mourning

• untranscribed: handwritten

Cite this Item

John Russell, First Earl Russell. "Foreign Minister Earl Russell to Minister Charles Francis Adams". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed October 18, 2018. http://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/747

Item Type

Letter

Creator

John Russell, First Earl Russell

Date

May 1, 1865

Region

Europe