Letter
Walter Howard Ware, to P. W. Figgelmesy, May 22, 1865
Government Secretary
Government Secretary’s Office,
British Guiana, May 22, 1865.
British Guiana, May 22, 1865.
Sir: The governor directs me to acknowledge the receipt of your official communication of this day’s date, announcing the death of his Excellency Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States of America, and I am to convey to you the expression of his very deep regret on the occasion.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient, humble servant,
WALTER HOWARD WARE,
Acting Government Secretary.
P. W. Figgelmesy, Esq., United States Consul, Demerara.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth.