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

Grutli Union of Geneva

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Grutli Society of Geneva,
Geneva, May 13, 1865.

To the Bund, in Berne:

Mr. Editor: I respectfully request you, by these few lines, to hand the enclosed paper to the central address committee in Berne.

Accept my thanks for the invitation to join in the expression of sympathy for our sister republic beyond the ocean, and believe me your humble and obedient servant,

C. ROTH,

President.

The Geneva Grutli Union Society to the committee on the address of sympathy and condolence to the American Union, in Berne.

Geneva, May 13, 1865.

Dear Sir: Our society in its session of to-day unanimously voted to approve of the address of sympathy and condolence of the Swiss Confederation to the government of the North American Union. The number of members voting is 235.

Accept the assurance of our high esteem and consideration.

C. ROTH,

President.