N. B. Judd to Herr Von Bismarck, April 28, 1865

B.

The undersigned has the honor to acquaint his excellency the minister president and minister of foreign affairs, Herr von Bismarck, that he will not fail to transmit at once to his government the expressions of sincere sympathy with the great loss the United States have sustained in the assassination of their President, Abraham Lincoln, and the prostration of the Secretary of State, Mr. Seward, which his excellency, on behalf of his Majesty’s government, has been pleased to address to the undersigned, in the note of the 27th of April, 1865, and which was delivered in person, by his excellency the under-secretary of state, Herr von Thile.

In the midst of their great affliction, it will afford the government of the undersigned, as it does him, a sincere satisfaction to receive a renewed and so marked a token of the happily existing friendly relations between the United States and Prussia.

The undersigned but anticipates the directions of his government in assuring his excellency that the expressions of sympathy and condolence of his Majesty’s government will be received with due appreciation and acknowledgment, and he avails himself of this occasion, too, to renew to his excellency the assurance of his distinguished consideration.