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

Mutual Aid Society of the North Part of the Canton

Aargau, undated

[Translation.]

To the Editor of the Bund, in Berne:

The Mutual Aid Society of the north part of the Canton of Aargau, at a meeting held on the 21st instant, (seventy-six members being present,) unanimously resolved to approve of the address of sympathy and condolence of the Swiss confederation to the North American sister republic beyond the ocean.

While making this communication, we ask you to accept the sincere expression of our high esteem.

• FERD. AFFOLSTER, President.
• N. DINKELMANN, Secretary.