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 Secretary

Government Secretary’s Office,
British Guiana, May 22, 1865.

Sir: The governor directs me to acknowledge the receipt of your official communication of this day’s date, announcing the death of his Excellency Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States of America, and I am to convey to you the expression of his very deep regret on the occasion.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient, humble servant,

WALTER HOWARD WARE,

Acting Government Secretary.

P. W. Figgelmesy, Esq.,
United States Consul, Demerara.