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

Bologna Ladies’ Society

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Bologna, May 12, 1865.

The Ladies’ Society of Bologna, of which Teresita Garibaldi is honorary directress, by its committee, beg you, Mr. Minister, to send the enclosed address of condolence for the assassination of the illustrious Abraham Lincoln, to Mr. Andrew Johnson, the new President of the United States of America.

The society hall shall be hung with mourning, in token of condolence for the memory of the illustrious martyr of liberty, whose holy image shall ever be graven in the hearts of all the members of this society.

Accept, citizen ambassador, the sentiments of our particular esteem, and be kind enough to acknowledge the receipt of this note.

• MARIA TECINI, Directress.
• NINA BONFIGLIOLI,
• CLAUDIA CAMUZZINI,
• CARLOTTA TREBBI,
  Committee of the Members.

Hon. George P. Marsh, Turin.