Certificate, presented to Mrs McBean 1869

TO / Mrs McBean / Relict of the late / Alexander McBean Esquire / Councillor for Smith Ward. / Madam / We the Mayor Alderman and Councillors of the City of / Melbourne desire to express deep sympathy and condolence with you in / the loss which you have suffered by the death of your excellent husband the / late Mr. Alexander McBean. / We know that words of ours cannot alleviate your sorrow / but there may be some melancholy satisfaction to you in assurance that / we are the participators in your grief, mourning the loss, in Mr. McBean, / of one of our number who during his many years association with / us as Councillor for Smith Ward entitled himself to the cordial / respect and esteem of every Member of this Council, and to the / lasting thanks of the Citizens of Melbourne. / Given under the Common Seal of the City of / Melbourne pursuant to resolution of the City Council / adopted on the twentysixth day of July 1869 / [signed] Thomas Moubray Mayor. / [signed] EG FitzGibbon Town Clerk.

Cr Alexander McBean, lluminated manuscript, Smith Ward, 1869, Thomas Moubray, E.G. FitzGibbon