Committee of Progress in Sineu to Andrew Johnson

Committee of Progress in Sineu to Andrew Johnson

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Presidents--Assassination

Condolence notes

Demonstrations

Committee of Progress in Sineu

Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of State, 1763-2002, Entry 177: Foreign Messages on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, 1865, National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

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Sineu, Mallorca

Spain

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States of America, and the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1866), 542-43

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States of America, and the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867), 704-5.

[Translation.]

Sineu, May 14, 1865.

To the President of the United States:

The Committee of Progress of the town of Sineu, in Majorca, regarding with the deepest feeling of indignation the horrible crime of which the liberator from slavery—the man of high principle, the great patriot, Lincoln, has been the victim—Lincoln, the man whose vigorous soul never wavered in view of the terrible trials reserved for his government, and for whom history, gathering the last testimonial of his lofty wisdom, valor, and patriotism, will reserve the highest place among the most illustrious citizens of the earth—sympathizes heartily with you in the deep regret which pervades the great republic of which you are the worthy President; congratulating you at the same time that, if Providence, in its inscrutable designs, has permitted that he should be stricken down in order to finish the immense work of the reorganization of the Union, peace has crowned his colossal efforts, and that from this moment the fratricidal war which, for a time, desolated a country so beautiful and prosperous, may be considered as at an end.

God preserve your valuable life.

DOMINGO PUNTORT,
 President.
ANTO. BAVEOLO.
SEBASTIAN FERRA.
MIGUEL OLIVEZ.
PEDRO RAY’DA REAL.
FRANCISCO GUECAS,
Secretary.

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