Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part IV, Appendix to diplomatic correspondence of 1865; the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, late president of the United States of America, and the attempted assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Frederick W. Seward, Assistant Secretary, on the evening of the 14th of April, 1865; expressions of condolence and sympathy inspired by these events

Government of the Canton of Zurich

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Zurich, May 4, 1865.

From the state chancery of the federal state of Zurich to the committee for the address of sympathy and condolence to the American Union in Berne.

Honored Sir: We have the honor, by order of our state council, in answer to your esteemed letter of the 1st instant, to communicate to the authorities inviting our participation in the address of sympathy and condolence to the American Union, that our state council expresses the friendly feeling it has for the late successes of the Union in its war for freedom, and the deep sorrow for the atrocious assassination of its excellent President, Mr. Abraham Lincoln, and makes this known to the federal council for its proper communication to the authorities in the United States of America.

Accept, sir, the assurance of our distinguished consideration.

The slate chancery of the canton of Zurich, by the second secretary of state,

T. BOKHARD.