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

Inhabitants of St. Gall

[Translation.]

St. Gall, May 17, 1865.

Council of the canton of St. Gall to the honorable Swiss Bundesrath in Berne.

Gentlemen: In accordance with the wish of the council of this district, we send you an abstract^* of the minutes of the popular meeting held on the 7th of this mouth to ratify the address of sympathy and condolence to the American Union.

Aceept the assurance of our distinguished consideration.

• SAILER, President.
• ZINGG, Secretary.

1. For abstract referred to, see Balgach.