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

Señor Banuelos to Mr. Perry

[Translation.]

Department of State, Bureau of Political Affairs,
Madrid, May 9, 1865.

Most Excellent Sir: The president of the council of ministers, on the 5th instant, directed this department as follows:

By her Majesty’s orders, and for the instruction of the department under your charge, I transmit to your excellency copies of the resolutions passed by the Senate and House of Representatives, sympathizing with the United States, and deploring the abominable crime committed upon the person of your worthy President, Mr. Abraham Lincoln. Communicated by royal order, through the minister of state, I transmit them to you, with the said copies, that you may send them to your government.

God grant you many years.

Under Secretary

MIGUEL BANUELOS.