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

Government of the Canton of Neufchatel

Neufchatel, undated

[Translation.]

The state council of the republic and canton of Neufchatel to the President and members of the federal council, Berne.

Gentlemen and Colleagues: We are informed that an address of sympathy for the American Union, on account of the loss to the nation of its first citizen by the hand of an assassin, is now being signed.

Wishing to participate in the demonstration, we take the liberty of requesting you, gentlemen, to sign the address in the name of the government of Neufchatel.

Thanking you in advance, we embrace the occasion to assure you of our high consideration and federal devotion.

In the name of the state council:

• U. FRANRENAU, President.
• GEORGE GUILLAUME, Secretary.