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 Unterwalden Upper

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Sarnen, May 7, 1865.

The state chancery of the canton of Unterwalden to the committee for the address of sympathy and condolence to the American Union.

In answer to your note of the 1st instant to our government, we respectfully say that our council most cordially joins the federal Union in the address of sympathy and condolence to the American Union.

Accept the assurance of our high esteem.

W. L. HASSER,

Chief Justice for the State Chancery.