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

From the legation of H. L. M. the Shah of Persia, at Paris, to the United States Minister.

[Translation.]

Paris, May 9, 1865.

I have just received a telegram from Teheran, expressive of the horror felt by the government of his imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia at the news of the assassination of Mr. Lincoln.

I am requested by him to express to you his great regrets on this occasion, and to ask you to transmit them to your new President. Accept the assurance of my very high consideration.

SULEYMAN RHAN,

Persian Chargé d’Affaires.

His Excellency Mr. Bigelow,
United States Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., &c.