"The various religious denominations throughout the country are invited to meet in their respective places of worship at that hour for the purpose of solemnizing the occasion with appropriate ceremonie..."
"The melancholy duty devolves upon me officially to apprise you of the assassination of the President at Ford's Theater, in this city, in the evening of the 14th instant."
"He died the next morning from the effects of the wound."
"Andrew Johnson has formally entered upon the duties of President."
"The usual badge of mourning will be worn on the left arm and on the hilt of the sword."
"The armies of the United States will share with their fellow-citizens the feelings of grief and horror inspired by this most atrocious murder."
"By the death of President Lincoln the office of President has devolved, under the Constitution, upon you."
"He from whom all blessings flow must not be forgotten."
"A call for a national thanksgiving is being prepared, and will be duly promulgated."
"To General Grant, his skilful officers and brave men, all belongs."
"Nor is it a small additional embarrassment that we, the loyal people, differ among ourselves as to the mode, manner, and measure of reconstruction."
"As a general rule, I abstain from reading the reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer."