FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PUBLIC.
[From the Daily National Intelligencer, April 17, 1865.]
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, April 17, 1865.
To the People of the United States:
The undersigned is directed to announce that the funeral ceremonies of the late lamented Chief Magistrate will take place at the Executive Mansion, in this city, at 12 o'clock m. on Wednesday, the 19th instant.
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 ceremonies.
W. HUNTER,
Acting Secretary of State.