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

Lodge of the Friends of Perfect Union to the Grand Lodge of the State of New York.

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Perpignan, France, May 31, 1865.

Very Dear Brethren: All friends of humanity shuddered with horror when they heard of the death of the illustrious Lincoln; and the world sympathizes with the great nation that trusted him with their destinies.

Our lodge takes part in your affliction, and that of the family of the lamented President.

We ask you, brothers, to be the interpreters of our regrets to the inconsolable widow, by transmitting to her the enclosed pieces to her husband’s memory.

Accept our fraternal salutations.

• BOURGUET, the Venerable.
• D. RAYNAL.
• A. ROLL AND.
• C. THOUBERT, Secretary.
• J. MERIE, Keeper of the Seals.