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

Teachers of the Ragged School

Bristol, May 1, 1865.

Honored Sir: We, the undersigned, teachers connected with the Bristol ragged schools, beg permission to express through you our unqualified indignation at the brutal act which has deprived America of one of its best Presidents, and of the man especially adapted to the requirements of the time.

We venture to ask that you will kindly forward our condolence to Mrs. Lincoln, who has been so barbarously bereaved of her illustrious husband.

We earnestly pray that God will speedily restore peace to your united and great country, and rescue it from the effects of a most wanton and wicked rebellion.

• JAMES SHEPPERLY, Master.
• MARTHA JANE HARWOOD, Infant Mistress.
• JOHN ALLEN.
• ELIZA OXBURGH.
• LOUISA COOK.
• RICHARD WEYMAN, Tailor.
• ELIZA PALMER.
• JOSEPH PALMER.

Hon. C. F. Adams,
United States Minister.