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

International Committee of the Darien Canal Company

undated

[Translation.]

Permit us to present to your excellency, as members of the international committee of the Darien Canal Company, the expression of our warmest sympathy and profound sentiments of sadness, on account of President Lincoln’s death. Many of us have lived in the great republic; they know the country and are devoted to your cause. They lament the great man who is no more.

We must also say, on this sad occasion, that we will never forget the marks of benevolence we have always had from your government, and particularly from Mr. Dayton, your lamented predecessor, up to the last moments of his existence.

Accept the expression of our respectful sentiments.

Members of the company for the obtaining of the American canal through the Isthmus of Darien.

• MOUGEL BEY,
  President, Aumale Street, No. 10.
• CROCHARD.
• E. FORTIN.
• CH. DU BREIL,
  Marquis of Rays,
• CH. DU BREIL,
  Marquis of Rays,
• For Count Amphernet and Emile de Solminihae, N. CORDIER.
• B. DE CASTRO.

His Excellency Mr. Bigelow,
Minister of the United States of America, in Paris.