Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: APPENDIX. [telegraphic Despatch.] For the President of the City Council. It is my melancholy duty to inform you of the deeply lamented death of General H. A. S. Dearborn, who died at eleven o'clock this forenoon, after a short but painful illness. A. W. H. CLAPP. Portland, Me., July 29th, 1851. City Of Roxbury, City Clerk's Office, July 29, 1851. 4 o'clock, P. M. A telegraphic despatch was received from the Hon. Mr. Clapp, announcing the melancholy intelligence of the deeply lamented death of General Henry A. S. Dearborn, Mayor of this City, who died at the residence of his son-in-law, Hon. A. W. H. Clapp, this day at eleven o'clock, in the City of Portland. Upon the receipt of the above intelligence, I consulted with some of the members of the City Council, and with their approbation, I immediately requested that the several church bells be tolled one hour, commencing at five o'clock, P. M. JOSEPH W. TUCKER, City Clerk. I also sent the following communication by telegraph. City or Roxbury. City Clerk's Office, July 29, 1851. To Hon. A. W. H. Clapp, — Portland, Me. We have received the melancholy intelligence of the death of General H. A. S. Dearborn, late Mayor of this City. The City Council will be desirous to communicate with the friends of the deceased, in that manner which will be most agreeable to them, by committee or otherwise. I shall wait a reply. Respectfully, your friend, JOSEPH W. TUCKER, City Clerk. City Of Roxbury, City Clerk's Office, July 29, 1851. After consulting with several members of the City Council, it was thought expedient to call a special meeting of the City Council, to take into consideration the sudden and unexpected death of the Hon. Henry A. S. Dearborn, late Mayor of this City, who died this morning at el...