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

Captain Gloor

[Translation]

Schöftland, May 5, 1865.

The Editor of the Bund, in Berne:

Sir: I have the honor to transmit to you the lists of the signatures of the Feldschützen and Leist-Gesellschaft of this place to the general address of sympathy and condolence to the North American Union, and its inhabitants, our brothers beyond the ocean, on the occasion of the assassination of the martyr President, Abraham Lincoln, and for their recent glorious victories over the southern rebels. You will please have them sent to the proper address, and oblige the undersigned.

T. GLOOR,

Secretary.