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

Turners’ Society

[Translation—in substance.]

Kappell Rhein, May 1, 1865,

To the President of the United States:

The Turners Society, of Kappel Rhein, in the grand duchy of Baden, express their sorrow and horror at the murder of President Lincoln—refer to his exalted character as conservator of the Union, and assertor of the equal rights of man by doing away with slavery.

In the Turners Society:

• BERTHOLD RICHTER, Leader.
• FRANZ RICHTER.
• ADAM LOSSEL.
• AUGUST LOSSEL.
• SANDELIN ARMBRASTER.
• MELCHIOR BAUMANN.
• F. HENNISGAR.