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

Consul of Belgium

Consulat de Belgique á la Nouv’e Orleans,
New Orleans, April 19, 1865.

No. 430—B.]

General: It is with profound regret that the people of the United States have this morning heard of the untimely death, by the hand of an assassin, of the honored and honorable Chief Magistrate of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and Secretary of State, William H. Seward.

Fully appreciating the merits of the deceased, I feel it my duty, as the representative of the kingdom of Belgium, to express to you, as commander of this department, my most earnest sympathies.

I have the honor to be, general, with the highest consideration, yours very respectfully,

JOSH. DEYNOODT,

The Consul of Belgium.

Major General E. R. S. Canby.