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

Mr. Judd to Mr. Seward.

[Extract.]

United States Legation,
Berlin, April 28, 1865.

No. 94.]

Sir: I have to-day received a communication from the minister president and minister of foreign affairs, Herr von Bismark Schoenhausen, expressing the deep sympathy of his Majesty’s government with the government of the United States at the death of Mr. Lincoln, and the attempt on your life, and desiring me to convey the expression of their sympathy to my government. Herr von Thile, under secretary of state for foreign affairs, was charged with delivering the note in person, and came to the legation with it. In doing so, he expressed, in the warmest terms, for himself and his government, the deep feeling the sad occurrences have occasioned.

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My colleagues of the diplomatic corps are all calling to express their sympathy with us in this affliction, and their abhorrence of the foul deed.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

N. B. JUDD.

Hon. William H. Seward,
Secretary of State, Washington.