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

Chancery of the Canton of St. Gall

[Translation.]

St. Gallen, May 3, 1866.

The chancery of the canton of St. Gallen to Mr. F. Gengel, in Berne.

Sir: By order of the government of the canton, in acknowledging the reception of your estimable communication of the 1st instant, we have to say, in answer to the committee charged with the address of sympathy and condolence to the American Union, that we heartily accord in its approval, and desire to have this expression conveyed to the proper destination through the medium of the union council of the confederation.

The Secretary of State,

ZINGG.