. Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, in the City of New York, under the auspices of the Common Council . ^kto. ut,. |n ^0mm0H €anntx\, OCTOBER 19, 18G5. WlbErcas, The late imposing ceremonies incident to the suddendeath of our much beloved and martyred President of the UnitedStates, Abeaiiam Lincoln, deserve conspicuous mentiim in the annalsof fame, and should be duly chronicled and preserved in tangibleform for future reference and for the information of after genera-tions, although so little needing aught to remind the present sorrow-ing citizens of every incident relating to a nations berea
. Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, in the City of New York, under the auspices of the Common Council . ^kto. ut,. |n ^0mm0H €anntx\, OCTOBER 19, 18G5. WlbErcas, The late imposing ceremonies incident to the suddendeath of our much beloved and martyred President of the UnitedStates, Abeaiiam Lincoln, deserve conspicuous mentiim in the annalsof fame, and should be duly chronicled and preserved in tangibleform for future reference and for the information of after genera-tions, although so little needing aught to remind the present sorrow-ing citizens of every incident relating to a nations bereavement;and, SJlbcvtas, It is befitting that there should be collated, in chronologi-cal and succinct form, a detailed account of the obsequies, whichequal, if not surpass, aught that has ever been seen of a similar naturein the world ; and inasmuch as the records of our City Governmentshould be complete in recording every memorable incident in thehistory of our city ; therefore, be it Pcsollitb, That twenty-five thousand copies of the full and detailedreport of the Committee, having in charge
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