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

German Harmony Society of Locle

[Translation.]

Locle, May 19, 1865.

To the Bund:

Dear Sir: Excuse the liberty I take of requesting you to have the kindness to hand the enclosed address to the American people to the United States minister resident in Berne, and oblige your obedient servant,

SEBASTIAN GYGER,

Secretary.

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Locle, Canton of Neufchatel, Switzerland,
May 19, 1865.

Honorable Sir: Through the kind mediation of the editors of the Bund, we have the honor to inform you that the German society entitled Harmony, consisting of ninety members, unanimously resolved at its last meeting to approve of the general address of sympathy and condolence of the Swiss Confederation to the American people. Be pleased, Mr. Minister, to forward this address, with the many others, to your government, and accept the assurance of our perfect consideration.

In the name of the Harmonie:

• JEAN DIETRICH, President.
• SEBASTIAN GYGER, Secretary.

His Excellency Mr. George G. Fogg,
United States Minister Resident in Berne.