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

Milan Workingmen’s Mutual Help Association

[Translation.]

Milan, May 17, 1865.

Brothers of the United States of America:

Our grief for the death of Lincoln is as great as our faith in the triumph of the cause for which you fight. The holiness of your cause is equal to the greatness of its martyr.

For the Working Men’s Mutual Help Association in Milan,

• MONDOLFO, President.
• FILIPPO BUIDA, Vice-President,
  And many others.