Executive Order No. 5

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, April 13, 1866.

On the 14th of April, 1865, great affliction was brought upon the American
people by the assassination of the lamented Abraham Lincoln, then President
of the United States. The undersigned is therefore directed by the President
to announce that in commemoration of that event the public offices will be
closed to-morrow, the 14th instant.

WILLIAM H. SEWARD.