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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

This Most Faithful Majesty’s Legation in the United States,
Charlestown, Maryland, April 17, 1865.

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May 5, 1865

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House of Deputies,
Session of May 3, 1865.

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Department of State for Foreign Affairs,
May 6, 1865.

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Department of State for Foreign Affairs,
May12, 1865.

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May God preserve your excellency! Palace of the Cortes, May 9, 1865.

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Department of State for Foreign Affairs,
May 16, 1865.

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Bureau of the Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies,
Palace of the Cortes, May 13, 1865.

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Department of State for Foreign Affairs,
May 1, 1865.

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Department of State for Foreign Affairs,
May 8, 1865.

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Secretariat of the Chamber of Deputies,
Palace of the Cortes, May 5, 1865.

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Legation of the United Stated,
Lisbon, April 28, 1865.

Legation of the United States,
Lisbon, May 11, 1865.

undated

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Centro Promotor dos Methoramentos das Classes Laboriosas Office, June 11, 1865.

Expedient of Foreign Affairs,
Macao, June 23, 1865.

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