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

The Friends of Perfect Union Lodge to the United States Ambassador in Paris.

[Translation.]

Perpignan, May 31, 1865.

Sir: At its session on the 12th instant the Friends of Perfect Union Lodge fired a triple battery of mourning to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, the late illustrious President of the United States.

We have the honor of sending you, with this, an extract of the minutes of the session on the 12th, and a cantata composed for the occasion by two members of the lodge.

We respectfully request you to have the kindness to transmit these documents to Mrs. Lincoln through the Grand Lodge of New York.

With great respect, your very humble and obedient servants,

Officers of the lodge:

BOURGUET, Venerable,

RAYNAL, Senior Warden.

ROLL AND, Junior Warden.

HERNCOE, Orator.

MERIE, G. de Seals.

C. THOUBERT, Secretary.