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

Israelite Citizens of Legnau

[Translation.]

Lengnau, May 3, 1865.

Declaration of adhesion of the Israelite citizens of Lengnau, to the Swiss address of sympathy to the President of the United States of America.

The sad news of the death of the noble President Lincoln, by the hand of an assasssin, has troubled our hearts deeply, and so great was our consternation that at first we could hardly credit the horrid news. But, alas, the public papers soon confirmed the horrid report and cast a gloom of sadness over our spirits.

As an expression of our sentiments we willingly add our names to the address of sympathy of the Swiss confederation to the President of the United States.

JACOB BRAUNSCHWEIG,

Notary.

MORIZ MAIER,

Clerk.
(Thirty-nine other signatures.)