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

Mexican Club of New York City, New York

mexican club in new york.

By direction of this club, I have the honor to enclose to you the manifestation which it has deemed proper to address to the Secretary of State upon the occasion of the death of President Abraham Lincoln, and to request you to do us the favor to cause it to reach the hands of the government of this country, for the club desires that through your instrumentality, who are the worthy representative of the lawful government of Mexico, that of the United States may be informed of feelings which animate them on this occasion.

I protest to you my distinguished consideration.

Independence and liberty! New York, April 15, 1865.

IGNAGIO MEJIA

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The Minister of Mexico at Washington.