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

Grutli Union of Schönenberg

Schönenberg, undated

[Translation.]

Sir: All the members of the Grutli-Union, of Schönenberg, twenty-six in number, congratulate the brave North in their recent victories for freedom and humanity in the United States. They also deeply deplore the death of President Lincoln, and hope that God will now give the country a permanent peace.

• JOHN GURTLER, President.
• ED. ULRICH, Secretary.