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

Government of the Canton of Valais

[Translation.]

The grand council of the canton of Valais to the legation of the United States of America in Berne.

Sir: The grand council joins in the addresses of sympathy and condolence sent to the legation by the government of Valais, and other states of the Swiss Confederation, on the subject of the assassination of President Lincoln. The grand council is convinced that this is the expression of the sentiments of the inhabitants of the canton.

Given at Sion, May 17, 1865, in the name of the grand council.

• ZERMATTEN, President.
• Z. DURIER,
• L. E. ROURY,
  Secretaries.