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

Hr. Hall to Mr. Hunter.

Legation of the United States,
Cochabamba, Bolivia, June 24, 1865.

No. 41.]

Sir: I have had the honor to receive your circular No. 29, apprising me of the horrible assassination of the late President Lincoln. The news of that deplorable event was received here a fortnight ago, through the Panama papers, and produced a sensation of universal and deep regret. From the inhabitants of this city I have received many expressions of sympathy and condolence. The instructions accompanying the circular that all officers and others subject to the orders of the Secretary of State wear crape upon the left arm for the period of six months,” will be carefully regarded by me.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

ALLEN A. HALL.

Hon. W. Hunter,
Acting Secretary of State.