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

Spanish Senate

[Translation.]

presidency of the cabinet of ministers—senate.

To the President of the Cabinet of Ministers:

Excellency: The Senate in session of to-day has unanimously declared that it associates itself to the profound grief produced in the United States by the horrible crime committed on the person of their worthy President, Abraham Lincoln.

God guard your excellency many years. Palace of the Senate, May 3, 1865.

• JUAN DE SEVILLE,
  Senator Secretary.
• HILARION DEL REY,
  Senator Secretary.

It is a true copy:

VALENCIA.