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

Government of the Canton of Geneva

[Translation.]

Geneva, May 15, 1865.

The state council of the republic and canton of Geneva to the minister resident of the United States of America near the Swiss Confederation in Berne.

Sir: We have the honor to enclose you herewith an extract of the deliberations of the grand council of our canton, which you will please remit to the government of the United States of America, as a new evidence of the sentiments that animate the republic of Geneva towards her sister of the New World.

Accept the assurance of our most distinguished consideration.

In the name of the state council:

ELIE DUCOMMUN,

Chancellor.