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

American Residents of Pau

undated

To His Excellency the Minister of the United States at Paris:

Sir: The undersigned, residents and visitors at Pau, forgetting their political dissensions before such a national calamity as the dastardly murder of the late President, Abraham Lincoln, beg leave most respectfully to convey to your excellency the expression of their horror and indignation at so criminal an act.

They earnestly wish, moreover, through the medium of your excellency, to add the testimony of their sympathy, in common with their own countrymen and all the civilized world.

They have the honor to be, most respectfully, your obedient servants.

E. RORRUN GRAVES.	CHAS. RUSH, VICE-ADMIRAL B. M. S.
A. G. VAN ZANDT.	W. H. BEYTU, R. A. B. M. S.
P. MCCARTY.	ARTHUR NUGENT, R. J. A.
THOS. MCCARTY.	FRANCIS P. BLAIR RIGGS.
PRESCOTT HALL WARD.	WILLIAM CORCORAN RIGGS.
JNO. A. POST.	A. S. DANIELL.
EUGENE CRUGER.	J. D. OGDEN.
AUSTIN L. S. MAIN.	J. M. WRIGHT.
MUSGRAVE HENRY, N.S. V.C.	GEORGE TALBOT BAGOT.
C. O. SHEATFIELD, MAJOR GENERAL.