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

Royal Scotch Lodge

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Royal Scotch Lodge the Elect of St. Stephen. Courage, Charity, Discretion.

[Translation.]

Sir: The Lodge of the Elect, at St. Stephen’s on the Loire, has unanimously decreed to wear full mourning in memory of the death of Abraham Lincoln, the American patriot and martyr of human emancipation; and to make known to you the deep sorrow it felt at the news of the crime of which the illustrious President of your free America has been the unfortunate victim.

The five officers of this lodge are glad to communicate these facts, so consonant to their own feelings.

Accept this evidence of our regrets and sympathy, and of our respectful good wishes.

• G. L. MARECHAL, Venerable.
• FREYNET, Warden.
• E. BESSY, Keeper of the Seals
• AYMARD, Orator.
• M. LIART, Secretary.